Its this certain ?

Well no, I was tricked by some twitter account that I thought was the official one. But it would seem Laffranchi has been boasting about his new deal in the lounge on Sunday.

If its true that Laffranchi has signed a new deal, it will only leave us with one quota spot as Walsh will replace Perry on the quota.

TP going will leave us with one spot for Mose Moase

The trouble with Laffranchi is that he is playing one of those adaptive roles that just does,t work, its no good judging him as a prop because he isn,t one. He looks as though he has put some timber on to play in the adaptive role, so when he reverts to a back row forward he,s no effective in that position either. I think the club has ruined his game similar to about another 6 or 7 players playing in adaptive roles.
We,ve got loads of players playing to there weaknesses instead of there strengths and as a result get judged on the negatives.

It's like McManus wants to empty the stadium and drag us into the bottom half of the league !!!!! I refuse point blank to accept there isnt someone British and cheap out there who cant do as good a job as Laffranchi, if it's a second row Whitehead is available for starters and if he's supposed to be a prop then we should be trying to pick up Amor or someone

Terrible terrible news that could only be worse if we announced Ade and Wello has new deals

If Laffranchi has announced it in the sponsors lounge then I'd say it's pretty certain.

Like several others, I don't rate him at all. He plods it in really slow and makes no impact whatsoever. We don't need him in the back row either as we have plenty of better options. It's a wasted signing when we have the chance to clear the decks.

I suspect this has only been done to prevent too many experienced heads leaving the club at the same time. I don't happen to agree with it, but at least it will mean some continuity in the pack for next year given so many new heads are expected.

Great, we will continue to be sh*t

I don't think the pack is too bad save for a couple of BIG, UGLY Props. Signing Frankie up for next year will have no impact in cap terms because we spend way below it. We will still also have 1 quota space left for an overseas prop if one becomes available. IMHO that quota space should be used for nothing else and all other areas where we are weak can be solved by ditching the dead wood and promoting youth. I honestly think we will see a better frankie when the team is lead by a decent pair of halfbacks.

I do agree with you but I just dont see Laffrachi's value. I'd rather see Hand, Greenwood and Walker given game time , even Forster. As for the cap if we are spending it all we are getting ripped off.

McManus obviously happy to maintain mediocrity

As I e said for a long time "doing it on the cheap"

We play Laffranchi at prop - people say he isn't a prop.

We play Laffranchi at Second row with no props - people say he's a bad second row.

With 2 big props you will see a much better player. Of that I have no doubt.

I'd love to know where the blind optimism for him comes from.