Agree in general but thought Olbison, Pitts and Addy were poor on Saturday.

how long did Pitts actually get ?

I personally don't think Crossley is good enough,

A bit plump and not mean enough...
Lauki will probably go too, he will be on a big wage and we could do better with the cash...he was marketed as our Moi Moi but doesn't get close.

I would like to see flemming and Tahroui given some game time, they could both do well for us!

We were dumb enough to give Lauaki a two year deal. So unless we pay him off, he will be here next season stealing a wage. No other club is gullible enough to take him off our hands.
I've praised Steve Ferres for his recruitment during last year's off-season, but his panic buys after deals fell through (Siejka for O'Brien and Lauaki for Offerdahl) have both been shockers.

is Sijeka on a two year as well?

Forgot about Offerdahl. Gutting to think if the O'brien and Offerdahl deals had worked out, we'd probably be in SL now What's he doing now Offerdahl. Could be worth a shot?

The stats on the SL site show the problem

Crossley made 4 carries for 23 yards
Lauaki made 4 carries for 24 yards

That's just pathetic for bench props who are meant to give impact.

To be fair, Crossley did make 22 tackles (although he missed so he made a defensive contribution. Lauaki only made 5 tackles so he didn't do anything in attack or defence.

But who on earth would sign up Lauaki - or Crossley for that matter?

It might help if those two got dropped in favour of Flemming or Taharoui if they didn't shape up, but it seems like they get picked no matter how little contribution they make.

Till end of 2016, yes.

Doh!

Our backrow is above average for the Championship but below average for SL. It shouldn't be that surprising that they struggled against Wakefield.

Without Ferguson, I think our back row lacks some punch. Pitts and Olbison are grafters but not really big enough against the SL packs.

Agreed but I think Olbison and Pitts would be better if they weren't playing along side two props who are having to put in 70 minute shifts and two from the bench who have zero impact. For me our backrow is solid enough. Get two props from the bench who provide some reall impact, then Pitts and Olbison will go better. Don't want to be going through wholesale changes.

The O'Brien deal was all signed. We agreed to rip it up when Warrington offered him another year. Nice to know that when he was released he came to us, sorry I meant went and signed for Salford. Just goes to prove the saying "No good deed goes unpunished"