It is always a gamble Steve, do we nab them before someone else does or wait until we are too late? You win some you lose some, my view of Atkins changed last night, he is not the sort of centre we want, he is too selfish and gets tempted out of position.

Ste, agree with Reffy's first point above, but will add that DB & Jukesy also know that the players that were signed up prior to Leigh's promotion have defo bought into the dream and the set up at the club. All for one etc&

I was told last night in the pub by a man with a bald head we have 4 more signings

Lee Mossop to be announced next. One of the top up and coming props in the country before he went to Parramatta. Indifferent season for Wigan last year. Hopefully Jukesy and the team can get him back to his old self.

Which pub were you and Stevo in?

You are linked with Ryan Hampshire and Niall Evalds

Who/what were we linked by/in Tricky ?

It's in today's league express Ste says you have agreed terms with Hampshire

Have always been impressed with Evalds when playing against us. Young, pacey can play wing or full back -what's not to like? 2 tries in Millon pound game too.

Presumably we are concentrating on signing some backs now - we've only got ten signed so far, with only two centres in Brown and Tonga. And Tonga hasn't had the best of luck with injuries. Versatile backs such as Evalds or Hampshire could be worth a punt, although neither of them is a centre. Also, we could do with one or two pacy signings, as we aren't currently blessed with outstanding pace in the squad.

Agree totally with this. If we want to compete & not just be a passenger in SL then we need pace in the backline.

Bradford were far quicker in the backs than us in 2016, good job our pack destroyed everybody bar Leeds.

Higson, Thompson and Dawson can cover centre but would like to see a centre who can cover wing even if we do sign Hampshire and Evalds

What worries me is we DON'T sign Hardaker,as Cas and Salford are reported as being interested, then we have Harold Rigby Jnr displaying his nether regions at the Turnpike, it will be a Voyeurs Dream, but a Nightmare for most.
Maybe Harold will follow Charlie and become a Killer Clown.

Minns was also mentioned in the papers, he has opted to stay at HKR, Hampshire still not announced, the good Dr looking like he isn't letting Evalds get out of his contract. Are we suddenly finding it difficult to sign the players we wanted. With the quota full, I don't think we can look overseas either.