According to the Huddersfield board young prop Josh Johnson could be available?

I agree, which is a shame and frustrating, as Rohan won't have had enough time to properly build a team, but it is imho definitely a true shhit or bust season - assuming we can finance a season - and I have no clue how we would manage to continue in anything like the current shape the season after that if not promoted.

Josh Johnson is available and we have enquired

From what I've seen he's a bit of a penalty and error machine.

Ben Evans set to sign for London and someone on Twitter posted we Phil Joseph rumoured to be coming to us (dear God I hope not)

Hoping Smith can pull some forwards out of the bag from the NRL

Spencer has signed for London

Has everyone signed for London? They'll have a right squad next season with every player in the league signed to them.

Is that the Joseph that used to play for us?

I think so. Although i've only seen one group on twitter mention it who are very hit and miss with their rumours.

To be fair from what i've seen and the way he has applied himself since he was with us I reckon Joseph will do a good job at our level. Tough difficult to stop and a bit of utility can do a bit of 9 and 13

He was ok with us previously, imo, just not the best of what we had at the time. Not the biggest, but plenty of effort and he's done ok at Widnes.

He (Joseph) might well be looking for a move since he seems to be well down the pecking order at Salford. Although I'm unsure of what his contractual situation is (void if Salford go down obvs). He'd certainly make a useful and hard working addition to our 2017 squad and probably wouldnt cost the earth. It wasnt a million years ago Sky took to calling him "The Wrecking Ball" and I certainly think he could do a job against Championship opposition and then stand up well in a middle 8's scenario. If he's available I say sign him up.

He is potentially the worst hooker I've ever seen.

Joseph is pretty no nonsense really. He's never going to be the best prop in the world. He's lacking a bit of skill. But you'll never fault his effort, which makes up for some of his shortcomings.

I think he'd do a decent job in the championship, and after the amount of times some of our players have looked like they're lacking effort this season, maybe someone with Phil's kind of attitude might be quite welcome.

I've always viewed Crabtree and Karl Pryce as being in the same category. Monsters with no heart. If it isn't heart, then I struggle to think of another reason why a huge bloke can go into contact and make so little impact.

Haha I wasnt claiming he would play at 9 just that he has and he has at Salford this season. Bear in mind he was a hooker when he came through at Huddersfield. Agree he isnt good enough to play there

Regarding Crabtree, I think you're right. He always looked the part, but as soon as he made contact, he just went down like a sack of spuds. No leg drive or aggression, just seemed to go through the motions every time he carried the ball.