And so it is...how is it right to discus someone else’s condition or business. What does it matter? Wire is winning.

Just as well, given Red Vee's reaction to Saints playing Percival.

Friday is deadline day apparently in terms of player recruitment. According to Price there will be no new faces so that suggests no early Inglis arrival and no Widdop leaving early either. https://www.totalrl.com/steve-price-on- ... this-week/

Friday is deadline day apparently in terms of player recruitment. According to Price there will be no new faces so that suggests no early Inglis arrival and no Widdop leaving early either. https://www.totalrl.com/steve-price-on- ... this-week/

If GW did seek a contract break, it wouldn’t affect Wire’s dominance. We don’t need a hb, although i hope we are looking at recruiting a decent prop for when we lose BBM and Akouala (perhaps).

Does this deadline also apply to signing players down under?

OK I'll bite for fun - wel sort of.
Sod all on tv anyway.......

First of all I agree we need at least one good prop unless one of the youngsters is thought to be good enough. Akauola is out of favour big time. Latu is clearly not seen in a favourable light either (although I thought he did ok in his 2 matches). The issue appears to be that there aren't that many good props available - same situation as last year - hence the Latu signing.

'Wires dominance' - mmm - we're on a good run but this is not a normal season and the rule changes help us, but as I understand it, they are temporary.
I get the feeling we've stumbled on this good form - yes a lot of hard work has ben put in, but I've yet to understand why we were so dire and inept last year when SP semed to have no idea about how to fix it even though he said he did.
I'll believe in Wire dominance when we win the GF this year and next (but would settle for one!) and score tries for fun. For me the 2011/12 team we had was the closest we've come to dominance. Over 1000 points scored and great attractive rugby.
Wigan and Bradford are the 2 sides that I can think of as having had dominance - the Pies last century only because they had a full time squad stuffed with internationals and the best players from the UK, plus half decent coaches.
Leeds won GFs, but often it was from a lower placing (how I would have loved it if Peacock had accepted our offer).

Who would we put in at h/b instead of GW ?
I assume you mean Ratch (Patton out at the end of the season and Dean not yet ready) and Austin being full back.
It possibly works for the team, but from what I've seen it's his 3rd best position - behind full back and loose.
Time will tell.

Just to confirm, Ratchford is stifled at half back.

Exactly. The fact there's a thread on here called "Widdop's family" smacks of poor taste to me, especially when it comes to people speculating about what's going on behind the scenes and making judgements on overseas players not knowing in advance how their families would settle.

I agree, but unless the dice fall any other way, I can see Ashton at fullback next year, unless of course that Tommy gets his marching orders and Ashton moves to wing.

I really like Ratch at fullback, but as I said before - from a team point of view SP may decide otherwise.

Ok so if Widdop does leave can we not get Sezer from Hudds please.

Him and Blake would run riot.

So the rumours persist, he’s been offered a deal by the North Queensland’s Cowboys to return to the NRL next year..

Yeah he won't be here next season that's for sure. Odd that he's linked with the NQL Cowboys though when his famiy are based in Sydney.

This es me right off. Did he not discus it with his family before he signed?

Who knew eh? Oh yeh...

I've got no problem at all with him going if he goes. If his family don't want to be here and are unhappy then let him go, he goes with my full blessing. Came over, give it ago in a very boring most of the time team that is clueless in attack most of the time. He won't really be missed to be fair, he's not come over and lit the team up like sezer so i hope he finds a club back home.