Roger Draper said at the Pyramid that another Director matches SM contribution and the rest of the Board were fully committed to improvement of the club. Maybe it's time to spread credit for player signings 'across the Board'?

I think the club has been on the lookout for a prop/props and must have had at least one lined up having missed out on a couple, England for weeks was rumoured to be going at the end of season, so not to have a replacement especially knowing the team would be missing Harrison and Laithwaite for a long period is poor management.

King for me has prop written through him but he's young with his experience being mainly from the bench, King who is quick, like Sims can slip into the back row as both are mobile, Sims isn't your ball wrecking prop but he hurts in the tackle also having a great work rate.

This is not a massive pack but certainly one of the quickest, I can't see Hill,Sims,Dodds,Westwood or Clark being bullied so if the
team plays to its strengths with the pace it has we should be OK.

We'll be signing another prop don't panic.

who and when..do tell

I still think Ryan Bailey could be a bargain 1 year buy

Apart from George King do we have any youngsters who might step up this year for game time? I have to admit since the breakup of the academy teams I've lost track of things. I would have liked to see England see out his last year with us as like mention he was a beast in the st.george game and I thought he's finally become a bigger Alex Walmsley. I'll be gutted if he finally hits his top form with Wakefield, looking at wakefields forward pack for 2016 I genuinely don't think there's a team that will bully them, there gonna be a tough game for anyone next year. I think we have a solid pack though and will do well I just think we lack the depth with cover for injuries.

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We do have Daniel Murray from the U19's who is apparently being retained and will feature in the reserves - not that I have seen anything official as yet. Murray is an out and out prop, strong in attack and defence. He played in all 26 matches last year and scored 8 tries. i would be quite happy to see him getting game time but at 19 he is still very young for a prop.

He's 20 in March. If he's good enough get him with the big boys before someone else nabs him.

I think that might have something to do with there being very little information about the U23s as a whole competition. I still don't know what the format is, when it starts and which teams are due to be playing in it.

Will it even cross over with the Championship teams?

You are right about Murray though, last seasons POTY, he is a big lad yet mobile and has a good attitude. Knows the way to the try-line as well.

Hopefully the RFL are finalising the details of the competition. I wonder if part of the rationale for partnering with Rochdale was to make up the numbers for the U23's from them.

Interesting topic this one. If there is anyone with an in-depth knowledge of others SL squads it would be interesting to see how other teams props fare against what we think ours are going to be. I don't have that level of knowledge. The basic maths shows that of the players who started last pre-season we have lost 3 propos in Wood, Asotasi and England and brought in one in Dodds. That means we are two short of where we were 12 months ago.

So, does anyone have a relatively comprehensive overview of the relative strength of other top 8 teams front rows, particularly Leeds, Wigan, Saints and Huddersfield ? Will be interesting to see how Leeds go on after losing Peacock and Kylie L.