Jeez! Featherstone are really spending some coin with their latest signings.

Thanks for doing this, brilliant job! I think Nichol and Wallace signed one year contracts but that article has disappeared from the club website.
Anyone know the situation regarding Marty Race? He’s the only member of the 2021 squad who I haven’t seen mentioned as staying, released or joining another club.

Featherstone spending will all end in tears

Quote: Dutch Bull "Featherstone spending will all end in tears'" The Leilua signing will grab some headlines but I can't see him lasting the season. Featherstone have thrown him a lifeline but he's damaged goods. He's got some serious baggage and has self-sabotaged his career in the NRL according to this article: https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/joey-leilu ... 3506d33945 I can't see Brian McDermott standing for any of that nonsense.

Quote: Dutch Bull "Featherstone spending will all end in tears'" The Leilua signing will grab some headlines but I can't see him lasting the season. Featherstone have thrown him a lifeline but he's damaged goods. He's got some serious baggage and has self-sabotaged his career in the NRL according to this article: https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/joey-leilu ... 3506d33945 I can't see Brian McDermott standing for any of that nonsense.

Leilua was an absolute monster only a few seasons ago. Questions are definitely there to be answered regarding how he's gone from a top NRL side to a champ club so quickly but if he's even partially switched on he will cause carnage in this league.

To be honest I'm really looking forward to seeing him play!

It'll be interesting to see what state he's in. His career has gone down the pan massively and he has an awful reputation. So much that no SL was interested and he's instead gone to Fev.

They're really spending big. I hope they know what they're doing. We tried the poop or bust approach in 2015 and look where that got us.

Purely based on precedent and the many clubs that have chased the SL dream, I'm cynically thinking there's about 25% chance they know what they're doing and 75% they'll go bust. No desire for that to be the case as I'm at worst neutral about Feath but their business model doesn't entirely stack up to me.

Risky business but they know they are, once again, in a two horse race for promotion this year with Leigh. Last year they came out runners up so maybe this year they are spending big to make sure they dont fail again this year.

I’m sure they have done the sums but wasn’t it only a couple of years ago they were finishing a season struggling to cobble a team together (alongside Leigh) in the championship shield.

I bet we did our sums too but went bust a few times. But then our sums appear to have been done by Helen Keller wearing mittens.

3 new signings from superleague due. Who?

Not to turn this into a Fev thread, but you need to look at who's left as well as who they've brought in.
Nu Brown, Parata, Harrison, Moors and Ferguson have all moved on and I'm sure there are some I've forgotten.

Due to us?

Apparently Kear said this at the shirt launch last night.

Halton, Welham. Dagger's back at HKR. I think JL is an amazing signing but overall I agree, it's an odd approach to say we need Pickersgill and Wildie before Brian Mac arrives and then an NRL class centre after he rocks up. It's a Toronto Wolfpack signing. Long way to go before the season so maybe they have another 2/3 signings up their sleeve. Leigh need to sign about 10 players to make a squad so lets see who they get.

And then there's us and our 3 SL signings????