So, to summarise us after the season has gone.

OUT
Ben Jeffries
Terry Newton
Glenn Morrison
Matt Cook
Tame Tupou
Matt James
David Solomona
Semi Tadulala
(Potentially Duane Straugheir too)

IN
Heath L'Estrange
Glenn Hall


I know there are no more back row signings coming, but I'll be very surprised if there aren't at least 3 in other positions.

Which I found a little surprising. If we get hit with an injury or two to the back row we will be struggling.

I'm not convinced about Worrincey as a starting 2nd row. I personally feel he is more potent off the bench when we need to add some speed and he can hit a gap well against tiring defences.

So what will be our starting back 3 in the pack?

11.Menzies
12.Whitehead/Donaldson/Olbison/Burgess/Hall
13.Langley

Looking at that will surely have to use Hall at 2nd row more than Prop if we are not replacing the 3 departing 2nd rowers. The young guys look good but lose Menzies/Langley and we look very bare indeed.

The season's been one week shorter than the last two years.

8. Scruton
9. Godwin
10.Lynch
11.Burgess/Hall
12.Langley
13.Menzies.

14. Hall/Burges
15. Kopczak
16. L'estrange
17. Donaldson/Whitehead

I don't have too many issues with our starting 17, although I'm not in the 'Burgess for 2nd row' camp. I just feel we're going into the season a bit light and if we get 1 or 2 injuries we are really asking a lot of some very inexperienced players. It's not like the rest of our team has enough quality to carry them if needed! I don't think we can afford a quota spot on a 2nd rower but if a quality British one came available I would be surprised if we weren't interested.

Probably are going into the season a 'bit light', but it's only a bit lighter than usual to us. I think/hope Macca is following the Saints/Leeds/Noble model of filling up with youngsters and getting the best 17 out on the field. That's the way to go in my books.

I'm not to bothered how experienced we are after the first 17, I don't buy into this boll0cks that we should have established players as cover and depth as we seen in recent seasons.

The youngsters need to get experience and the only way they'll get that is by playing and not waiting for their chances behind some of the crap we've signed recently.

Why do people bother what positions players are who take up quota spots? If he's a good player and will benift us then we should take a serious look and not be bothered that he's overseas and a certain position.

Hear, hear

Which is why I said a 'quality British 2nd row' not some average joe just to fill out the squad.


I agree to a point, but there are certain positions where the quality in quantity just isn't there in the SL pool of players. We have very few top quality British halfbacks and also top draw centres are not exactly falling from tree's. So I think there is a case for making sure you use your quota spots on positions were the talent is sp in SL.

Hood did promise us more "exciting signings" to come, did he not?

He'll look in very bad light if he does not deliver on this promise. So I'll keep my powder dry for now, and await news of these exciting signings.

He said last years would be "exciting signings" it's open to interpretation what he may we might not.

There was a teeny hint of scepticism in my wording there!

Just making people aware of previous statements from Mr Hood.

I like the piccie in this story, though it don't look like Semi and whoever it is the forearm is a tad to low www.sport.co.uk/news/Rugby_Leagu ... efeat.aspx

I like the piccie in this story, though it don't look like Semi and whoever it is the forearm is a tad to low www.sport.co.uk/news/Rugby_Leagu ... efeat.aspx

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... _Tadulala/

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... _Tadulala/