Quote: king of the shed "How about this fella? Good player but an injury prone 31yr old. www.theherald.com.au/news/local/ ... torypage=1

Quote: king of the shed "How about this fella? Good player but an injury prone 31yr old. www.theherald.com.au/news/local/ ... torypage=1

[i Andy Coley, Stuart Fielden and Iafeta Paleaaesina are all coming out of contract at Wigan Warriors

I wonder if the Reds will make a bid for any of the above forwards for next season ?

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Interested in a top NRL full back apparantly. Cant imagine it being qouta so could possibly be Gareth Widdop. Also interested in Matt Blaymire and Ali Lau'ititi

I've read on another forum that Karl Pryce [imay[/i be heading our way.

Wouldn't mind Fielden or Lauititi on a 1 year deal, can't see it happening though. With us linked with Blaymire and a "top NRL fullback" I see Fitzy on his way out, I wouldn't have Pryce though don't think he'd fit in with us.

Think Feilden is still a quality prop who would benefit from being a big name at the Willows, but as I said previously i'd like to see him being used as he was at Bradford initially when he regularly played 60 or 70 minutes a game.
Think Lauititi would be an amazing purchase as for me he is the best off loader of the ball in SL bar none, all we'd need is someone perminantly hanging off his shoulder and he'd be the creative spark in the forwards that we currently don't have.

Pryce i'd be wary off as I always get the impression he punches well below his weight, he is a massive centre but never seems to match the size with the correct agression.

I'm failing to see how if the Ryan Cross thing works out how we could be after a top NRL fullback, unless as someone else has mooted that were after Widdop from Melbourne would be a serious statement of intent if we got him but I doubt we have the pulling power needed.

Interesting times though.

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Would love that signing

The name Gower springs to mind!!!! And I mean the one we didn't get!

menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... for_patten

menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... for_patten

I see it also mentions Rhys Wesser who I recall from a while back but I'm not sure what he's like these days.

Rhys Wesser , watched the Manly v Souths Saturday Night Game and he looked OK , another ' oldie ', 31 spent all his time with Penrith before they presumably moved him on in favour of their new star Full Back & Top NRL Try Scorer - Lachlan Coote.

I hope it's just a rumour as I can live with ' Experience ' in certain key positions but would prefer to have another couple of ' Matty Smith - Jodie Broughtons ' .

Mind you is approaching ' silly season ' as the NRL begin to offload their surplus squad members to pick over what's left of Melbournes team.

I'd like to see Andrew Ryan in a Reds shirt, but not many others who we've been rumoured with who I can honestly say I'd want. Wesser, Patten both good players, but getting on. I don't think Blaymire is as good as Fitzy. Ali Lauitiiti is good but again, getting on a bit. Fielden is now no better than what we already have, Ben Cross would also be getting on and haven't we previously declined Karl Pryce anyway? We need to keep going with the young players. We keep saying we're building for the future but all the players we have been linked with are around their 30's. We could do with signing a hooker, preferably a young one, seen as Alker won't be playing and Jeremy Smith is out of contract. Still, at least we are being linked with a fair few players.

Think you can go to far down the yough route, what is needed is the correct mixture of youth and experience. For me a 30+ full back would be a backwards step but any of the import forwards that have been mooted of late would add a great deal to the squad and help bring on the crop of brilliant youngsters we have in our forward ranks. Think next season is a make or break one for Adamson as he has failled to progress this year for me, I thought he may have been in with a shot of touring this year but his form has let him down.

Any thoughts of signing Lau'ititi can now be forgotten, he's signed a new deal at Leeds. (For the record they've also resigned Diskin, Bailey, Buderus, Leuluai, Donald & Senior)