Both leave the club. Strange one Johnson as I can't really see who would be willing to pay him more he hasn't exactly set the world alight. Maybe he will end up at Hull KR/Bradford/Halifax and get regular first team. Maybe Salford as he lives in Oldham? Was always going to be hard for him here as in younger props we have Smith, Mason, Dickinson and young Matty English (Who is going to be immense if he carries on his development) and would probably be behind Smith and Mason presently with Dickinson catching up fast. Kyle Wood found a new club, pretty sure its Wakefield or Leeds (more likely Wakefield), will have to see. www.giantsrl.com/news/article/57 ... on-move-on Thank to both for their efforts but this frees up money for us to sign some real quality to improve our squad.

Both leave the club. Strange one Johnson as I can't really see who would be willing to pay him more he hasn't exactly set the world alight. Maybe he will end up at Hull KR/Bradford/Halifax and get regular first team. Maybe Salford as he lives in Oldham? Was always going to be hard for him here as in younger props we have Smith, Mason, Dickinson and young Matty English (Who is going to be immense if he carries on his development) and would probably be behind Smith and Mason presently with Dickinson catching up fast. Kyle Wood found a new club, pretty sure its Wakefield or Leeds (more likely Wakefield), will have to see. www.giantsrl.com/news/article/57 ... on-move-on Thank to both for their efforts but this frees up money for us to sign some real quality to improve our squad.

Not fussed with either leaving, at least it frees up,some more of the cap to bring in new blood.

like both players but we need some cap space so if it allows stone to get players he wants in then fair enough.

wood was one of our better players last season, brings some spark to the hooking role with speed which i like to see, hinchcliffe being too slow, maybe this randell we are linked with will be the mand
wood is injury prone though, poss end up at leeds.

johnson is maybe abit small for a prop, he has aggression though which i like to see and something as a team we lack, it was abit of a battle between him and mason last season to grab a starting spot and mason got the better of him on that score though sometimes i didnt agree with it! must have had a decent offer if not agreeing terms with us but i dont think he would be a starting prop for us next season anyway

good luck to both

Space freed up for Hardaker.

I'll miss them both.
Wood is highly underrated I feel, to our fans included.
Johnson is young and provided the fire and biff.

Our squad is getting smaller.. Here's hoping any deals we have in line don't fall through. I'm hoping for some positive news soon.

Squad getting smaller, Thewlis spinning same old lies about contract offers. Notice we never hear the Players version.!! He is making way for his remaining Bulls Crocks, as no takers. The Club will Not move forward until the Recruitment responsibility is down to the COACH.

Thought you said ferguson had signed for wakefield? Or by remaining do you mean Gaskell and Clough? Part of me still hopes to see Gaskell in a Giants shirt IF he can stay fit.

If we keep Gaskell we are still 4 players short in my eyes
Fullback - Hardaker ?
Wing - Mamo?
Hooker -
Prop - Starting prop not a back up

I'd love Stone to offload Ellis personally

Ellis would like to offload a stone

Of course the recruitment policy is down to the coach. Do you really think an experienced coach like Anderson would put up with not having full say on the comings and goings at the club. Likewise Stone is having a full say and clearly doesn't like the players previously signed and so is been allowed to sort his own players.
The role of Thewlis will be tying the players down and sorting out contracts. Obviously the coaches will have to work to certain financial and salary cap constraints but no coach would stay in a job were player recruitment was not decided by himself.
If Thewlis was in charge of who we signed then why are we trying to offload the three Bradford players.
The fact Johnson turned down his contract offer last season makes sense now as to why Mason was picked over him in the second half of last season.

I think we are lacking an out and out centre. We have cover at wing with murphy and Ormsby (1 of which I don't think we need). Gaskell for all his potential isn't a centre.

Agreed liked them both. You could never fault their effort. Thewlis playing the old 'we offered him a good wage for a young lad' card, I hate that line, because it suggests that he's not offering players what they are worth because of their age. Same as the Connor situation

Now you know that this just doesn't fit with the conspiracy theories that some love to tout. After all it's much more likely that smith, sharp, brown, Anderson and stone, with all their experience, have allowed thewlis to dictate who is on the squad - and been so pleased about him doing so that all prior to stone have signed contract extensions in their time at hudds.

hope so and mamo

Thewlis tweeted a bit ago keep your eyes peeled tomorrow giants fans New Signing? New Kit? https://twitter.com/Giants_Biz?ref_src= ... r%5Eauthor

Thewlis tweeted a bit ago keep your eyes peeled tomorrow giants fans New Signing? New Kit? https://twitter.com/Giants_Biz?ref_src= ... r%5Eauthor

The club has moved forward no end since I started watching them in the old 3rd division. Even going back to our early years in SL we have moved a million miles away from where we were. We had a bad season in 2016 but the previous seasons have heralded top four finishers, Minor Premier Shield winners, Semi Final playoffs, Challenge Cup Semi finals and Challenge Cup final appearances. I'd say we've moved on quite well over the years and one bad season isn't going to change my mind.

Do you really believe that the the coach gets no say so on player recruitment too? If that was the case we'd be struggling to get a respectable coach to come in. Some of the stuff posted on here is laughable. The squad is getting smaller as we've not announced any new signings yet, I'd rather the club kept future signings and targets close to their chest to keep away other clubs from gazumping potential signings. You'd have to be stupid to think that we won't replace some of the players being moved on and for what it's worth I'd rather have a smaller squad of high earning superstars than a massive squad of average players. We've got some good young talent who can come into the fold in the case of injuries so it doesn't bother me if we don't replace all outgoing players. Also the seasons over 3 months away so there's nothing to worry about.