Taylor is ten times the player Dudson is. He's got plenty of improvement in him as well. He probably just lacks a bit of aggression, if he had that he'd be a top line international.

I'd be more concerned about whether bringing in a player who we know is not staying with us could hinder the development of the others who we have more of a vested interest in developing (Walne, Menzies, Forster) - in effect, we're developing a player for Hull. Unless of course we're going to do a Cas and do everything we can do to get a loanee to change plans.

Confirmed, but we have made a terrible, terrible mistake.

He's Ginger!

I think this has a bit of a worry about it. It's one thing to take a player on loan who's intention is to get back to his home club and needs to prove his worth to achieve that.
But IF Taylor has already signed for another club for the following season, then other than keeping fit where is the motivation and committment to perform coming from?

I worry that he will just coast through the year until he can head home.

And as someone else has said it is a bit of a kick in the teeth for the other young players who are already on the books, they might find themselves behind him for a season. which for me potentially stifles their growth and desire.

As a result I can see one of the younger players going out on loan for the season to the Championship. Not entirely sure if possible but to Bradford or London would be ideal as every team will up their game when they play them, maximum competitive edge each week.

Great signing stop moaning!

Happy with this signing. Regardless of length of contract.

We'll see in twelve months time where his future lies. In the meantime, we have ourselves another good forward which was needed.

Sneyd didn't coast through his season loan with Cas , he went out of his way to prove what a big mistake his previous club had made & put himself in the shop-window for a new deal & possible representative selection.
Taylor got England Knights call up in 2013 , i would expect him to want to get himself back in contention next season.
He is also working with his old Scrum Half from Hull KR & his ex assistant coach from Wigan.
Yes He's Ginger but so was Craig Stapleton .
For the Other Props in contention , well the bar just went up another notch , and if they push for selection this year two - three of the props will have moved on or retired by 2016.

Unless a player is so close to the end of his career he'll see out his days with you, every player on your books is potentially being developed for another club. That applies to all clubs, including Wigan.

I'm not sure that it'll have too much of an adverse effect on the development of the players you name either. We had too few props last year, and with Walne missing most of the season with injury, then Tasi suspended and Griffin injured, we were sometimes going into games with just two out and out props. What we've got now is a bit more strength in depth in that position. Prior to this signing, though, what we didn't have was enough tried and tested props; the ones you would want playing in most games as the younger players develop.

The only real concern I have is that we've now got three props (Morley, Puletua and Taylor) on, effectively, one year contracts, so we'll be scrabbling around for three more props this time next year. It's a similar situation to what we had at the start of last season, but at least this time we've got a few younger players coming through.

Some of those younger players came from the Championship though, so I can't see what would be gained by sending them back there. Also, as we saw last season, prop is a position where you need plenty of depth, and with three of our front line props being in the twilight of their careers, I think it's a fairly safe bet that some of those young players will feature in the first team quite a few times next year.

Was it Scott Taylor that scored a 60m try against us 3/4 seasons back at The Willows or am I getting him mixed up with Rhys Lovegrove? I remember thinking at the time "f*ck me, this kid is quick for a prop"!
FWIW, a Pie fan in work seems to think we're getting their best front rower. Young, British and plenty of ability... he'll do for me!

Pie boards are full of how we have been shafted on this deal. Since we have paid the 'compo Hull wouldn't'

His 1st full season was 2011 I think , he was responsible for Hull KR's win against us in April 2012 where he walzed over for two short pass tries in the last 10 minutes.

and there's more ..


I think when it comes to feeling shafted by Wigan , I've a guess Parramatta would be in that queue before us , ( Paid up for Mossop, Paid to fix both his shoulders up , plays three games then walks straight back to pieland.)
after Phil Bailey & Feka's 1st season , if Taylor makes it onto the pitch and lasts more than 10 minutes a spell he'll be classed as one of Salford better signings from our beloved neighbours