I'm not surr why Max Wood hasn't played or been in the reckoning yet. He's shown since we signed him he wants to put the work in, gives his all, has decent impact, skillful hands and puts 60-80 min stints in.
I'm not privy to what goes on behind the scenes, but i don't get what's happening and some of the choices being made.
I'm glad Musgrove has finally been dropped, glad Lindop is getting a chance etc but it just seems like Burgess has lost his way abit.
Only 4 games in to the season though with 2 wins, so might just be overreacting but hopefully we click in to gear soon.
But the low on confidence comment i find bizzarre after 4 games.

We've been hearing about shoddy signings & missed opportunities for donkeys years with the Wire. During all that time you would expect the club would have set up a viable scouting procedure to avoid players with issues & players who are panic bought just to fill gaps.

Could they not wait 20 minutes and suffer with the rest of us? 

Indeed the Director of Rugby role was meant to address this. 

The state of our overseas recruitment is embarrassing; Zane Musgrove sat in the stands because he is garbage, Dan Russell hauled off because he's a pudding, Rodrick Tai sent to Widnes because he's unit and Lachlan Fitzgibbon is fast becoming a liability with injuries. 

How hard is it to spot a good player? Other teams do it every year - apart from us.

It backs up what I said earlier about someone well connected at the club saying (not to me) this season is about treading the water because we’ve young lads coming through and a fair few big contracts ending this season. 

Wire hands were pretty much tied with the cap and that shown in the lack of quality recruitment this season. 


I’m guessing we’ll see a big difference in 2026 recruitment this spring. 
Sam hadn’t had his team, in 2026 he will. So no excuses then. 

Treading water to me means staying broadly the same. We have regressed on this initial showing. 

We shafted some dead wood players and only really lost one quality player in Nicholson and partly Bateman..



Still you’d may have thought that would been enough change to bring in at least one decent player. 
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I can only assume that little amount of cap was soaked away by improving contracts to the academy step ups. 
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The key was Vaughan, Wire hands bound because Vaughan (according to Fitzy) wasn’t in contact with the club and he’d heard (known the facts) about him looking for a deal in Aus. 
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With Vaughan’s money, we could have bought big. 

Does anyone know what happened to Yates? Because of the stupid 1pm Kick off time i only caught the 2nd half, and he wasn't mentioned by the commentry team, and i never saw him on the field?

Musgrove is infuriating. It all sounded so good when we signed him, didn't it? Powerhouse Samoan international, 6ft 4in, 17st 4lb, 78 NRL appearances, played alongside Burgess at the Rabbitohs, only 27 years old. I was genuinely excited when it was announced. But the reality, as so often with Wire, has been somewhat different, and we've ended up with a prop who has made about as much impact as a four-pack of Kestrel lager at a student party.

Ankle injury, still heard nothing about the assessment