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| Quote: Little Ivor "This. Have any of you criticising the club thought that maybe there will be a clause in the contract that makes it moot if we are relegated; and therefore the club might wait to see if we make the 8s to announce it? They could potentially announce season tickets at the same time then.'"
When is debating what’s freely available in the Australian media, oh and the Hull Daily Mail, criticising the club?? This is a site for chat and debate amongst Huddersfield supporters so why the ‘holier than thou’ attitude ?
If you spend 10 minutes trawling the internet there are several sources including Uate himself saying the deal is done and several others saying we are on the verge of signing Hastings with immediate effect due to the fact that Manley need to move him on before 30th June because of the NRL rules on replacing players in their top 30 (squad) so it’s now or never if we are.
Even Woolford himself in his press conference, it’s on line if you want to watch it, talked about new signings in the next few days, so why would they now keep what’s common knowledge under wraps once the deal is done?
However if the club thought speculation was criticism why would they just not ‘gag’ him in the first place, if they didn’t want it to be common knowledge so as to not raise speculation amongst the supporters of good news on the way ?
To not announce it until September in case we are relegated would be just daft considering Salford, Widnes and Catalans have announced players for next year and at least two of them are in far more danger of relegation than us.
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| Quote: jools "I’d like to bet Lawrence will be on less money than clough and Rankin.
I’d say therefore he’s better value for money to the club than those players.
Id also rather have a dependable local lad in our squad than any other similar.'"
In Cloughs case he has constantly made decent metres, played well and the club rewarded him with a new two year deal.
Lawrence on a long term deal I think, has been injured more oft than not recently, a worry, but is a good defender, but has next to no go forward at all for such a big and strong looking lad.
For instance Hinchcliffe makes as many tackles as Mike and has more go forward and can pass it too which is where Mike needs to be as he’s not really achieved his potential, if he is seen as just a dependable local lad, as he was in the England Knights squad at a fairly young age and has not really kicked on.
Mellor for instance has gone past him recently as will Dan Smith if he continues his recent improvement so let’s hope Simon Woolford has the key to finally unlock Mikes full talent because it was definitely there !
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| He's not on a long term deal hes off contract at the end of next year
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| didnt know lawrence was off contract end of this season but no doubt will get a new deal.
i have no problem with the club holding back on announcing signings.... like the uate one..might be known by us who are interested in the club but not by the joe public... thats who we need to attract and announcing it at the right time may get them to buy a season ticket.. wishfull thinking
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| Quote: GIANTSRL "didnt know lawrence was off contract end of this season but no doubt will get a new deal.
i have no problem with the club holding back on announcing signings.... like the uate one..might be known by us who are interested in the club but not by the joe public... thats who we need to attract and announcing it at the right time may get them to buy a season ticket.. wishfull thinking'"
Devils advocate.
The early statement of intent by signing two quality players from the NRL would raise interest and attract people to see what else the Giants are planning particularly after the free ticket beano ... strike whilst the iron is hot... it’s what Town do and that’s not working too badly...
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| you cant announce uate when you dont know what division your in, might not come if relegated.
dont forget also theirs current players in the squad who dont know their futures and if they know someone else is coming into their position they might throw the towel in and upset the team morale
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| If the rest of the squad don’t know he’s signed, then they must be the only people in the RL world who don’t!
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| Quote: GIANTSRL "you cant announce uate when you dont know what division your in, might not come if relegated.
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Why?
If they announce it and they get relegated the fact he’s not coming and they said he would is not the biggest problem they’ll have!
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| Personally, I like that idea of showing a montage of him playing to the crowd. Depending on what he’s like about cameras, I’d have also have thought about a Skype call put up on the big screen for him to say hello to the crowd!
They had a big crowd on, for which they should be pleased. It would have been a good moment to pile on the feel good factor by showing off a massive signing.
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| Quote: Steve May "Personally, I like that idea of showing a montage of him playing to the crowd. Depending on what he’s like about cameras, I’d have also have thought about a Skype call put up on the big screen for him to say hello to the crowd!
They had a big crowd on, for which they should be pleased. It would have been a good moment to pile on the feel good factor by showing off a massive signing.'"
To me that is obvious, it would have looked so good live and would have made the wider media too.
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| apparently enquired about swift at st helens too...another winger ![Shocked icon_eek.gif](images/smilies//icon_eek.gif) could jerry be off, hope not, but we had all that after the world cup too!
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| Quote: GIANTSRL "apparently enquired about swift at st helens too...another winger
Wonder what the obsession with wingers is, We need to be thinking about Forwards , Big forwards, aggressive forwards, any forwards that can knock the opposition back.
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| Swift would add absolutely nothing to our side. Really not the sort of signing we need.
We need forwards now. (Providing we have secured Uate and Hastings) although, ive heard Hastings is now going to South Sydney now they have released Robbie Farah,
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| Totalrl.com now join the list of media confirming that Uate has joined the Giants.
Still nothing from the club....
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| If we’re looking for a half on the cheap, Jayden Nikorima is currently at Redcliffe after getting sacked from the Roosters. He’s far too good for that level.
He seems to have a few personal problems, might go okay when put in a new environment?
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