Bloody hell you lot, look a bit closer and you'll see this is a good signing if true. The guy was voted the best player in the championship so he's hardly a poor player, in fact since he's voted the best in championship probably means he's closer to SL standard.

Good backup for Chad Randall, in fact an improvement to last seasons squad if he's a replacement for ben Kaye.

Totally agree with you. Have seen Barrow quite a few times this season and Ellis has impressed me. Probably the best signing we have made so far (if true).

The same could be said of Mick Nanyn's time in the National Leagues

Everyone knows your opinions on Nanyn.

Stop blowing your own trumpet

I think it is a good signing! we simply don't have the money for big names, we just don't seem to be able to compete with most of the rest of Super League?

I doubt that highyly. Did you say that the idiot known as BM would try and play him in a new position and then not give him the chance before getting incredibly homesick and want a return home and evidently play where he wants to play....

Nanyn was only ever going to be a squad player, we already had 3 centres ahead of him, not couting Purdham who would probably have played there ahead of him.

I have no real issues with us signing squad players, what concerns me is our lack of signings to strengthen the real weaknesses in our first choice 17. We need a top notch halfback, either a 6 or a 7, and we need a big strong running prop forward, we could probably also do with another quality wing/centre too.

Our squad was massively depleted and he never even got near the team. We wasted money on a player that never played. Simple as that. The idea that signing players as squad players, never playing them and getting rid of them, while paying them a salary, is a joke. He was miles off SL standard and always will be.

Surely the priority is getting a decent centre and prop or have I missed something ???

Even with injuries we never got to the stage where we had 3 recognised centres out. We took a gamble on him, but it wasn't the end of the world. Our current problem is that we're not bringin in a great deal of quality into a side that's short on quality.

With what we've released I'd hoped we could fit in at least a prop, and one good three quarter, someone like Bridge who can play standoff would be a good fit. Wakefield have signed prop Shane Tronc from the Cowboys - he's the sort of player I'd have liked us to sign, not going to set the world on fire but will give us some front.