I sincerely hope this isn't our last signing. We are turning into a team of utility players.

No doubt it's the club taking a chance so he will have to settle in very quickly to appease the doubters, the pluses are he does have talent and is pacey we will have to wait and see how it all works out, welcome.

Just like cooper cronk ain't he!!!

Underwhelmed

The Club isn't really taking a chance at all. It's a 1 year contract and he certainly won't be on top money. If he does manage to stay fit then he'll be a real asset and no doubt he'll be offered an enhanced contract for future years. If it doesn't work out, then there's very little lost.

Sheesh. The kids haven't even been round "Penny for the Guy"ing, and already, some of the "faithful" have 2015's scapegoat in place.

Give the lad a break.

As Teesside says, it's one year, on a (assumed) smallish contract.

If he doesn't make the grade/gets injured, we have contingencies in place.

WINWIN

I don't know what the fuss is about either. Look at the wording on the website; "At times he’s had some bad luck with injuries but we’ve assessed the situation and look forward to him contributing to the 2015 season.” It doesn't say he is as fit as a fiddle, neither do they give the Wigan / Bateman line about breaking him down and re-building him. It's a low key statement on expectation coupled with a 1 year contract, i.e. " we are going to have a punt on Gary but we will not have lost anything if it doesn't pay off".

My only worry is that there are a multitude of people on here who seem to think that they all know better than Tony Smith.

Agreed give him a chance,nobody will give stuff if he scores a winning try against the pies or stains will they.Come on get a grip.

Now if he has a great season next year and is able to walk away on a free to the NRL or to Wigan/Leeds/back to Saints what will we all be saying about the decision to hand him a one year deal.

Well you could say TS is very lucky to get all this high quality, free advice, I am just a bit surprised he never thanks us for any of it. I bet when he gets home he is glued to this site sifting through all the ideas and comments.


"Tony, could you just pop out and milk the goats, nobody has done it today"

"One minute darling, I am just reading a thread about swapping Chris Hill with Richie Myler. Apparently that would give us a lot more speed in the forwards and make damn sure nobody bullies our HB"

I won't be dishing him before he starts like some.
He is a Wire and he gets my support, and if he gets more than his fair share if injuries in the course of wearing primrose and blue, just like Grix and Harrison, he will still get my support.

But I've made no secret of liking classic footballers that have the quality to play halfback and centre.
Wheeler fits the mild of Jamie Lyon, Whittle, Jiffy, Bridge, Blake. My favourite type of player.

I for one am thrilled he is a Wire, always liked him and hated him too, too naturally talented on a red V.
If he does to Saints what he did against us I'll be very happy.

Welcome Gary, don't ignore the knockers and pessimists, use it as a platform to ram it down their throats.

COTW!

I can't wait to see him play tbh, welcome Gary!

I love duckie's posts..... He's like a Del Trotter character, with his rather random grasp of the English language - Nobody can ever be quite sure if his little grammatical errors are deliberate or not.

Whether he's 'Smelling the custard', 'fitting the mild', or any of his other little classics, Duckie sure knows how to make me smile .....

Lol DSM, it's predictive text. It also put an on instead of in!
Still I like mild, my first ever pint, and it made you laugh, so it stays.
Mould was the intended word!