Quote: Bulliac "Peacock definitely said he wasn't looking to leave but felt "disrespected" by not getting, what he felt, was a rise commensurate with his standing in the game and then being told effectively to go forth and multiply [he claims put more succinctly] by then chairman Caisley. Not getting the rise was, I'm pretty sure, tied in very directly with the Harris signing.
Agree with most of the others; Ferres was one I would have liked to keep even though he never gave the impression he was going to play for England. We were out bid for Wardle from a club with no real success in their own academy. Bridge, say no more, as least said soonest mended. Cook never really showed 'top' quality at the Bulls, Higham was a ruse by us and Wigan for them, to get Higham and us to get Newton. Losing Pryce was a disappointment, though in some respects I think the change of environment helped his game.'"
Ferres had a superb season the season prior to him being a makeweight for the disastrous signing of Solomona. The older end at the club who saw him playing for the England acadamy against the Aussies years before knew he was something special. Seemed to lose his way a little after leaving us but thought he was top notch in the world cup (slight negative is he does try to offload too often when it really isn't on) and looks a monster running out wide in super league now. A bit uncanny really as sure the signing of Solomona was meant to bring us an xfactor in Mcnamaras words yet now Ferres has that himself with the bit of mongrel in him which he has always had from been a kid. He has developed into a top top player that many thought he would.
