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All these suggestions of who we might or not be signing & who might be going are a pretty poor reflection on the man who has had his finger on the pulse for over 18 months. We will no doubt be dragged into a late spending spree once more to bring the overpaid over here to under perform.
And the club wants to sell season tickets.

Every time I saw Drinkwater last year he looked a stone overweight.

I recall seeing him make a break in one match and you could actually see the physio preparing the oxygen tent on the touchline.

As Saddened said earlier, he’s happy in France and he’s under contract. To me that says he wouldn’t be heading here for anything other than more money on a longer deal.

It’s a no from me. If Williams is good enough to be the England captain he should be good enough to steer us around the park behind a bigger pack. I’m sure Dean or Hayes have a good enough long kicking game to justify the other HB jersey (if Ratchford isn’t up to standard as we suspect).

I just hope we don’t throw too much money at Gildart for centre. He’s above average, but nothing that justifies King-style wages.

We aren’t half in a mess right now. I actually felt better last month at the end of an awful season.

So assuming we sign Drinkwater the squad for next season is looking something like:-

1. Dufty
2. Ashton
3. Ma'atutia
4. Ratchford
5. Thewlis
6. Williams
7. Drinkwater
8. Vaughan
9. Clark
10. Dudson
11. Currie
12. Nicholson
13. McGuire

Walker
Kasiano
Mikaele
Harrison
Bullock
Philbin
Wrench
Minikin

It`s looking like we will sign both a centre and a halfback for 2023.

Releasing Holmes and possibly A.N. Other will allow us to do that.

With the meagre salary that he will be on, I can`t see how it would affect our Salary Cap that much, and I would like to retain Longstaff.

rlhttps://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/brandon-wakeham-super-league-fiji-25234955rl

Were we supposed to be after him?

Yes, we were linked with him part the way through last season.

Wakeham didn’t really get a chance to show what he can do last weekend. The whole team was bullied from start to finish. The little bit I’ve seen of him on the NRL highlights suggests defence is decent enough, and short kicking game looks okay. I think we need a controlling half with a long kicking game, and I’m not sure Wakeham will be that.

I really don't think Wakeham is the answer.....or Drinkwater.

Play the youngsters and let the England captain (ahem!) Williams run the team.

Spend money on a centre instead

Drinkwater is at risk of being the scapegoat before he even puts pen to paper. It’s a cauldron at the moment, from last years performance, two promising halves waiting in the wings and an expensive and decorated pack to provide a platform to a halfback to do “something”.

If he comes in and doesn’t hit the ground running, the fans will be on his back no doubt. He’d be mad to come here, in my opinion, unless the money makes it worthwhile.