BEST
1. chris hill to wire - (will continue to grow)
2. michael robertson to london - (grand final winner for manley)
3. lance hohaia to saints - (adds quality and experience in the halves)
4. anthony laffranchi to saints - (adds quality and experience in the forwards)

WORST
1. richard moore to leeds - (poor player and will not grow)
2. ben flower to wigan - (wigan could of got someone better)
3. aspinwall to hull - (always gets in trouble)
4. lauaki to wigan - (very unfit, and could of got someone better)

I'll be honest I'm not impressed with the Lauaki signing, but I think if Mark Bitcon can trim him down (which he has a history of) and we can stop him doing the silly stuff he could be a cracking signing.

Fitness and discipline aren't a problem with Lauaki tbh, he just doesn't run his weight and likes to play pat-a-cake instead of defending. The frustrating thing is we have seen glimpses of what he can do, but he very rarely does it. Hull improved his discipline since his first season, but by doing that they seemed to remove all the aggression from his game. He needs to find the right balance.

On the face of it, quite a big one.

However, Kopzcak has proved himself to be a strongly developed SL front rower after some oustanding performances for Wales in the 4N. If Scruton has overcome his injury problems (which we are assured he has), then he can hopefully regain the kind of form that saw him on the fringes of the England squad two years ago. Burgess will get better again this year (scary prospect), and that leaves Hargreaves and Manufokua to fill one more front row spot.

Looking forward to seeing waterhouse play, and ratchford will go well.

From my teams POV GRIFFIN should be a great addition. And while I personally wasn't blown away by the Moore signing he hasn't been signed as a starting prop and just to give some competition. Can't see him being anything more than a squad option but I will reserve judgement