Duly noted, Mr Senior revealing the simple route to avoid salary cap analysis.

Additionally, a woeful response form the RFL.

Good point, never crossed my mind. Maybe we should offer Crookes 2 contracts for next year - a relatively modest one for playing services and his company gets a larger fee for his "try-scoring consultancy services"

Certain clubs (I will refrain from naming the obvious) have done this for years, along with the very, very obvious brown envelopes. Ultimately, it's nigh on impossible to monitor/stop and indeed, UEFA will face the same enforcement problems in a couple of years.

Crookes should be retained, but I fear his head may have been turned by Mr Pearson. Who can blame him, we only live once.

Purtell and Senior would be better than Purtell & Lulia.

If we sign him it would be a bigger embarrassment than going into administration. He hasn't played a game in 18 month and has had a serious knee injury. Oh yeah he's well passed his retirement age. How on earth do we think he's going to fair. Haven't rated him for about 5 years.

No, Lulia and Crookes on the left, Senior and Purtell on the right. Are you a Ainscough fan?

No i would go Kear Purtell Lulia Crookes. Ainscough as back up. I doubt very much he's going to be able to play top flight rugby anymore. Too old, been out of the game too long and hasn't played since his injury.

Right now, I'd go Lulu and Crookes on the left, Purts and Pryce on the right. Kear to FB and BK to 6. I'm not knocking Jeffries but he's not as good as Gale at 7 and he's poor at 6.

If either Gaskell or Wheeler is available from Saints I'd sign either to go to stand off from next year.

I've put up with Hood. At a pinch I can even stand the Dark Lord regaining command of Odsal but Keef is a step too far.

How about Matty Smith from Salford? OOC at the end of the season I think.

Decent player but more a 7 or 9 isn't he. Apart from the issues with injuries and getting our halves on the pitch our problem (for the last how many years) is at 6 in my view.