Can't quite understand the Bullock situation. For me he's more effective and destructive than Philbin off the bench. I wonder what it is in his game that's holding him back.

His fitness for one, he has averaged 10 games per season over his career.

Yeah, I get that, but there are loads of injury prone players who are picked if they're fit so there must be something specific to his game or how he trains that coaches see and we don't

I can't see another prop coming in this year for us.
Mike McMeeken i'd like to see in our squad, but apparently Wakefield are front runners to sign him.......some how??
Surprised they would be front runners and nobody else is interested.

It’s quite a strange one with him, I recall Powell not picking him for a period too, despite being fit. Maybe Chambers too but my memory lets me down.

But at least 2 of the previous three coaches have dropped him when available. And we’re not particularly blessed in that position really, Dudson, Wood and Holroyd (indirectly, with Currie being shifted to accommodate) have all been put in before him.

Think it’s best for all if we can make this move permanently and write it off as a failed experiment

Dudson going to Salford for rest of season.

Along with Dwyer this hopefully free's up the money for a mid-season signing, not sure how this works tbh cap wise with loans. Does it have to be a season long loan to free up the cap space?

Yes, it has to be a season long loan.

That takes the remaining Powell signings to 5 of 19. While we’re talking of writing off failed experiments.

Bullock recalled from his loan and in line for his first appearance of the season on Sunday. Pleased with that.

5? I think these were all Powell sign/resigns

Dufty
Harrison
Vaughan
Currie (re-signed)
Russell
Drinkwater
Nicholson
Bullock
loan - Dud
loan - Dwyer

Any I have missed?

Excluding extensions, were now at 7. I had missed Drinkwater, likely to have missed more:

Holmes - gone
Matautia - gone
Minikin - gone
Magoulias- gone
Bullock
Harrison
Mikaele - gone (twice)
Amor - gone
Wardle - gone
Nicholson
Dufty
Vaughan
McGuire - gone
Kasiano - gone
Dudson - loan
Crowther
Russell - loan
Dwyer - loan
Drinkwater

Mikaele returning (again) perhaps?