Interesting wording in that article 'direct replacement for rikki sheriffe'. does that imply he's going to be one of our starting wingers (implying Ah Van into ) or is it just an assumption from the reporter?.

If 2-3 names are yet to come I think it is fair to say that Potter doesn't think much of the side assembled by McNamara over the past few seasons.

To be fair, most people on here thought the same!

yep he thought so little of it that so far he's voluntarily released 2 members of it ( sheriffe and reardon). he offered both nero and wardle new deals which were turned down and menzies has only gone for cap and quota reasons.

He may have offered Nero a new deal but it could have been an offer that was down right unacceptable to Nero but had he accepted it been a great bit of business by the Bulls.

Potters hands will be tied in terms of being only able to release players who are out of contract.

In fact it is equally fair to say that we had far too small a squad last year (was it something like 18 players over 20?) because of not being able to spend the full cap, and the club has clearly been addressing that for the coming season.

I can't see what the problem is. He was only in prison for fraud. Not like he beat up a pensioner or anything .

Didn't Bradford get Ellery Hanley out of prison too? And if I recall that was for something worse than Raynor.

Should be an interesting one for you. It might come off. Good luck to you, if he still has his pace he will still be a dangerous player. Just don't give him the contract to supply your offices with ink cartridges .

IIRC didn't Raynor also get in trouble for assaulting a bouncer at a strip-club?

Not sure how I feel about this to be honest.

To be fair, he seemed to start the season well for Crusaders and a one year deal seems makes it seem like a decent enough risk. As has been said, he's not the youngest for a wing but still prbably good enough to tide us over for a year whilst we continue blooding the youngsters.

don't remember that. I remember Bailey and Walker doing something like that though.

Suspended sentence (not sure who or where), activated because of his later indiscretion.

Think that just about covers it. I don't think Walker and Bailey's attack was racially motivated.

Raynor seems to be a gamble worth taking to me. Reardon was another gamble that didn't pay off but which i supported, but that was on the basis that he had been one of the best attacking fullbacks in SL, and I still reckon if we had told him we believed he still was, and played him there, he could have done OK. Still, we'll never know, but playing him out on the wing was always a mystery to me, and maybe something which didn't do anything for either his confidence or his enthusiasm. He wasn't even a shadow of the player he used to be.

Whereas Raynor will definitely play in his position, he's a winger and that's that. Sheriffe has been unfairly maligned to a large extent on here, but if you want to analyse the merit of Raynor, even Rikki would probably privately agree that Raynor's credentials to play on the wing, even at 32, are several factors better than his.

na, just 2 morons with too much beer inside them. I reckon you could get a decent team out of all the players who have done time over the years.

rlDaily Mirror reportrl briefly summarising the "assault" charge at the time.