thing to remember with walker though was that his injury was a broken bone. they tend to heal stronger than they were before the original break. reardon on other hand was a ligament problem and once they start having problems the tendency is for them to be progressively weaker and re-occuring.

It wasn't just a straight forward break though. It was a potential career ender as the bone splintered and went right through his skin, now correct me if I'm wrong but splintered bones never heal aswell as a clean break?

I really hope we don't sign Ainscough or Walker. Neither are good enough for a side aiming for the playoffs, which is something I hope Bradford are looking to achieve next season at the very least.
I'd much rather us utilise what we already have: Finigan, Wardle, Crookes etc.

cant say I've ever heard enything one or the other as to whether splinter bones heal stronger or weaker. Will be interesting to see how he comes through hull kr u20's fixture. the fact they are considering him returning to 1st team action next week tends to suggest their medical staff have no concerns.

Walker is alot better than Crookes is or will be imo.


Out of all the rumours mentioned, Pryce, Elima, Paleaasina, Fielden, Reddy & Meli are the only ones i'd be excited about. A shame half of them are the unrealistic ones too.

cant see crookes being retained tbh. thing to remember is that while we some very good youngsters coming through, they are exactly that youngsters and we cant expect them to step straight into 1st team and play full season. Even if our youngsters get first shot at the positions we still need to bring in some players to give us squad depth in the short term.

think meli and elima are only ones out of that list we have any realistic chance of signing.

I think if we manage to get Meli, then he and Platt will be our first choice centres next season with Sykes and possibly Wardle for cover. Wingers can be selected from Sheriffe, Halley and Finigan.
We need to sort out a stand off before we start spending big money on wingers/centres.

No bone ever heals stronger than it originally was.
But I like Chev Walker as a player and a person and I think we should sign him.

Walker, Platt & Sykes vying for 2 centre spots does sound alot stronger than Platt & Nero imo.

Although Meli has been playing some centre recently, I think he is more naturally suited to the wing. I'd rather hope we're signing wingers to play on the wing... not to fill in at centre.

Tony Williams may be a good player to approach, as we seem to have some sort of deal to take Manly players lately (Hall,Menzies,Orford)

Uate, from Newcastle Knights is a great player, and would be another player to look at if he didnt cost to much.