Where's he from?

Hull IIRC. went full length against us and then Hull KR on Good Friday but I expect Hull to tie him down long term.

Born in Oldham and came through the Salford youth system.

Personally I'd sign Turner, Broughton, Sargison and Arundell and release Gardner, Meli, Wellens and Shenton.

I was with you up until Shenton which i'm still unsure about. If he can re-gain his defence from last year which was solid i'd be happy to keep him but if his injury has took too much out of him and this Shenton is here to stay he has to go.

So Turner was from Salford and went to Hull but, Broughton was from Hull and went to Salford, right?

They both look good, from what I've seen and would be a fairly menacing physical threat on one side.

Shenton's s funny one.
I'm pretty sure there's a very good centre in there somewhere, but his form has been patchy to say the least since he joined us.
However, am I the only one to suggest replacing him with Joe Arundle is a slightly ridiculous idea? Shenton was an England centre when he was at cas, but has failed to maintain form in a saints jersey. What's to say exactly the same won't happen to Arundel?
Shenton wasn't a flash in the pan at Cas, he'd been [idoing it[/i for a few seasons for them.

If he has the talent then it's no different to taking a punt on Gleeson, who was in no way a high profile player at Huddersfield when we signed him.

I wouldn't object to the signing, I just want to make a point that signing players is only the beginning and that getting them playing is the main part. If we're not getting Shenton to perform, who's to say we won't get exactly the same problem with Arundel, who's essentially the next player off the same conveyor belt.

That's why we've signed a new coach, not (just) to help assemble a better 17, but to make sure the team we have is playing the best possible rugby. Its not inconceivable that if Brown does a good job, Shenton could recapture some of the form that got us interested in the first place?

Broughton is from the Leeds system, IIRC. He spent a season on loan at Hull before going to Salford. I don't think he's out of contract anyway. Danny Williams is, though. Another speedy Leeds product doing well at Salford.

Sargison looks quality and I aldi like the look of arundell.

Sarginson is OOC at the end of next year, will probably spark a bidding war.

If you look at Browns record at Huddersfield he has not gone out shopping with a big cheque book. The biggest name he brought in was Brough, but did he not snaffle him from Wakey when they were in all kinds of trouble. So effectively got him on the cheap as Wakey needed the money.

At that point we still had Eastmond on the books, so there was no way we would have gone in for Brough.

But my point being that if you ask Huddersfield what he has done , he has took their players, that were no great names and took a year concentrating them on defense, before then working on other aspects of the game. I can't see us signing any big name players before he gets here, you have to look at our current contracts. In 2013 we have 7 big names up for renewal. By that point Brown will know if he has moved them on and if they can play his way.

If we are going to sign anyone for next year it maybe that missing prop.

Hudds have spent as and when required but NB being able to get the best out of certain players means they've not had to go mad with the big names. He seems to know exactly what will work and what won't and the majority of his signings seem to be on the mark. Given some of our rather questionable signings over the years it'll be interesting to see who he does bring in if anybody.

It's more the Greg Eden, Michael Lawrence, Leroy Cudjoe types I'd want. Someone in talent scouting at Huddersfield is doing a wonderful job.