I assumed those places were filled by Evans,Walker and Sanderson. All ex SL players albeit some quite a while ago.

Reference was made to players coming in after the Fev game due to clubs not wanting their players cup tied.

Given Walker and Sanderson were un attached and Toulouse not being involved in the challenge cup obviously Kear wasnt referering to any or those 3.

Sadly it looks like false promises which is very dissapointing to say the least.

Or maybe they are still cup tied?

Plenty of injuries in SL so far, Kear did allude to loans from SL teams maybe due to said injuries clubs are wanting to keep hold of players.

There was talk of Smith from Wigan being a target now I’m not saying he was but look at the injuries and 3/4 line Wigan put out at the weekend and you could see that if this was on it might be now put back? Leeds another club with big injuries if we were lined up for any of their squad

Well if we are relying on SL loans to assemble a play off capable squad then we clearly aren't ready for SL anytime soon are we!

Majority of clubs who have finished in the playoffs/got promoted have loaned players from SL, I don't see a problem.
Hull KR had Jordan Abdull for full season in 2017.
Toronto had Brad Fash and Jack Logan in 2019
Both these clubs got promoted so I don't see the problem of SL loan players helping boost a squad.

As much as I am inclined to agree, Featherstone were lauded by some on how well they were doing and how they were an example to championship teams, despite being based on the same thing for years.

I guess it’s a case of needs must.

I have no major objection to the odd loan here and there to boost the squad but I get the impression that our recruitment is done and we are now relying on some players from SL. They might not materialise or if they do, it might only be short term cover.

To me, that isn't a side with realistic SL ambitions. To me we look like a decent Championship side with a chance of a play off spot but I think promotion is a bit optimistic. Which I'm fine enough with, but the club keep harping on about SL ambitions but I'm not sure the recruitment strategy matches those statements.

This I agree with but I think the club feel they have say we are promotion candidates even if they don’t think it’s realistic, to keep fans on side.

I think most fans are much more realistic these days but they are probably keen to avoid putting out a message that we are midtable championship because it does sell as well

people talk about SL ambition, if we did manage by some fluke to get promoted we don’t have to stick with same side!!!!!

My issue with Featherstone is that they had around 5 loanees plus dual reg whilst trying to gain promotion which in my opinion is wrong. The teams of Hull KR and Toronto only had 1 or 2 loans.

When we had 5-6 loans in 2017 we were kept in the Championship after liquidation and had to assemble a squad in pretty much 2 weeks. That was needs must. A promotion contender should not be having dual reg AND loans too.