Make your mind up! You say 'I think people need to wake up and realise how badly the club is run' and then 'Although most of the players which have left I agree with'

What I said was I don't have a problem with them leaving IF we had replacements. There are very very few English players available and we seem to be losing more and more. Most squads have been announced. We had a small squad last year and its looking extremely like it will be smaller this year.

bit more patience mate, sure its wearing thin with most fans but signings like mamo and hardaker just havent come off for one reason or another, sure we will get some in before the season kicks off

mamo still expected over the next few weeks with wardle going other way

Is that supposed to be good mews?

Bad we can't keep hold of a great young athlete like Wardle.. However we are in desperate need of a fullback and we'd be getting somebody who would want to play for the Giants, while losing somebody with an ambition to play in Australia.

If it happens then good on him. He'll be missed by most.

Mamo released from knights
now can we borrow him back for the Auckland 9s
He's always our best in the 9s.

Apparently we have come to an agreement with Newcastle now and we will be announcing it sometime this week. Wardle going the other way.

Surely Wardle will be the last outgoing player and we will see another 2/3 additions after Mamo arrives.

So we are going to lose a quality young talent for a full back who is injured at the moment and unlikely to be fit for a while. Will someone please explain to me how that strengthens our paper thin squad?

Wardle going means we now need the following first team players

Fullback - presumably Mamo, Murphy/Simpson/Gaskell back up

Left centre - nobody been mentioned but we need a top class one - Murphy/Sam Wood/Gaskell back up

Left wing is weak - Murphy first choice for me, back up of Ormsby and Darnell if Murphy injured or playing elsewhere

2 Props - 1 of which has to be top class with Mason/Clough/Smith battling for other positions. Seb and Taai can play here but both are better on the fringes imo.

Hooker - Leeming will be a big player this year (he needs to be) but I'd rather Hinchy cover hooker only when necessary. We need a top line hooker.

If cap is an issue then following Mamo we need to prioritise in the following order Hooker/Centre/Prop for me.

I suppose the reality of it is with the time of year, money and players available we will probably end up with a couple of unknown quota gambles and a couple of British surplus squaddies (in addition to the Bradford lot)

We don't need anything like that

Mamo at the back, with a ton of cover
Left centre - Sam Wood or Gaskell, plus loads of cover
Left wing - Ormsby, with a load of cover

Prop, we need a new one with Wakeman being likely

It'll do for me


Murphy remains an entirely dependable squad player, but lacks pace at wing, power and handling at centre and organisation at full back to be first choice

Utterly dependable yes. Match winner. No

Ormsby has the power and pace to do the job on the wing for me