Heard we're in for Kane Evans, but also read that he's signed for Hull so i don't think we've got him. Looking at our props, if Powell can get the best out of them including Bullock if signed then we aren't looking bad to be honest.
But we are still short of a Prop, i'd be happy with a solid consistant Prop like Adam Sidlow from Leigh. We can look around all day but there literally isn't an abundence of forwards so it's gonna be the best we can find really. But how many times has that gone wrong

I don't think we can replace Chris Hill with Adam siflow and feel optimistic about next season TBH. Hull have a beast of a pack next season if they pull off that signing. Our pack on paper is alright But it's still a little lightweight, we need a big unit off the bench with Philbin having the impact he used to have IMO.

Hull have had a huge pack for several years and it's not done them much good. With the set restart rule I'm not sure having a monster pack is a great advantage any more. I'd much rather have a Cooper or Prior who can do big minutes, is mobile and still eats up yards.

We have one of those and missed out on the other according to rumours at the time. Prior didn't have the best start to his Leeds career but from about halfway through last season and this season he's been really good.

Unfortunately such players are in quite short supply, NRL salary cap means aussie players are becoming too expensive really and who are those players currently in superleague? I'm not sure other than matty English, then again I don't think many (if anyone) would have said Mulhern would be a good signing for us last season but he has defied expectations. Maybe solid and steady is enough, I was really impressed with George King for Hull KR this season, certainly at the back end. The longer there is no announcement the more I feel we haven't got anything lined up at the minute.

Nah mate, Brad Fash, Cator, and Laney are lightweights, Taylor missing nearly two seasons now, The addition of Satea has been tremendous boost, the set restart has probably found our halves and hookers out more.

I don't think there will be any new signings announced until Powell has his feet under the table and the push to flog season tickets is underway. I don't expect any big name signings after all we opened our Christmas present early this year (Williams) so just expect a tangerine and a lump of coal on Christmas day.
I know a lot of people are expecting Hughes to line up at 13 but it wouldn't surprise me to see Hughes line up straight in the front row for quite a number of games.. That would leave the no 13 role more for Clark / Davis to act as tackling machines a bit like Milner and Massey at Cas. We see this at quite a lot of clubs where the 13 is a bit more mobile and covers a lot of ground doing the stuff that is not very glamorous like applying pressure to the kicker. Kick chase and just basically doing a load of tackling.
This would leave Longstaff to cover 11,12 and 13 and front row of Cooper, Mulhern, Philbin, Hughes, Butler, Doro, Harrison (when fit) and possibly Bullock. If we thought a game needed a bigger pack then Philbin or Hughes at 13.
I am looking forward to see what Powell and Co can do with our No9's. I love Clark but his game has not progressed since moving over the pennines. I think Powell will add to his all round game and I would expect to see a few more kicks closer to the try line and possibly in the future the odd kick straight out of DH. When you look at Roby his game has evolved from predominantly a running game 15 years ago to now where he has a lot more strings to his bow. Hoping that both Walker and Clark can progress under Powell etc.

Thoughts on Kibula? We (Bradford) have just signed him from you guys.

Plenty of size, no aggression. He could still come good but never looked the part for me, he played against Salford in the league for us last year when we played all the youths. Sure you will find some videos of that on YouTube. Whatever he was like for us doesn't mean he won't be any good at Bradford anyway. Good luck to him.

Played 2 games for us then out on loan. Had a bad achilles injury in March 2021. Still a young lad though at 22.

What, you mean Jon Clarke to return with his fake tan as conditioning coach, and Asotasi to return as, well, the lump that he was?

“Cooper and Prior” edited for accuracy.

Kane Evans looks nailed on at Hull now.
We’ve not 2 brass farthings in the cap left.
2022 is going to be a tough year for Wire.