Done deal. Announcement tomorrow/Tuesday.

Fantastic signing. Top class player.

I did tell you lot the other day on the Eastmond thread but got shot down and one of your lot had never even heard of him. You have got a class player. Man of Steel in 2019

Please don’t show us a video montage of his performances, as not really worked out as that.

Or maybe they were taking the Mick out of you as there was already two pages of posts under the Roberts thread about Austin by the time you broke the news to us?

Lol

Honest Mozzas Bookies here. Place your bet, on

Odds on him turning up injured and having no pre-season
Odds on him listing surfing as a hobby then wondering where the beaches are
Odds on someone saying he'll be fine when the pitches firm up
Odds on someone saying it takes a while to settle in, beyond round 20

I'm not even entertaining bets on him being onto his agent the first time he sees the Wakefield away dressing room and telling him to get the airport taxi running.

In all fairness though ,Morrissey, the Roberts clan could still be traumatised from encountering the Beast from the East.

That's no way to talk about Big Sarah from Orford

Does Blake Austin have a family? Might actually work in our favour if he has no baggage, so to speak. Did I imagine it, or did someone say he’s got English parents and has been to the UK before?

Grandmother I think. Could be Ethel.

I think it was more likely $335k a year, about £187,500. So if we guarantee him £800k over 4 years that would seem about right. Not sure he’s worth it but he’s young enough and there aren’t many halfbacks available of his quality... not the sort of classic ‘little general’ scrum half I was hoping for to guide us round the park though... maybe we can get a Gale or Drinkwater style player alongside Austin.

That’s if it’s even true - still a rumour for me until it’s announced.

I think I met her when my mum took me to get my primary school pants in Stockton Heath forge. Great lady, and if her grandson can stitch this squad together, no matter how unfashionable it may look, then we should be okay...

He could be our Maestro, and a good Ambassador. We certainly don’t want another Princess...