I think when it comes to not signing squad players we’ll just have to take it on the chin. The club has clearly cut its cloth and if it was a choice between signing a third choice winger or bringing Bateman back, I think we’d all choose the same thing. We’ve been really unlucky in a time where we’ve let some squad options go in the outside back positions that we’ve then had a flurry of injuries/absences in those positions.

I’d love for us to be able to afford to bring in a wing/centre but I can’t sit here and complain that the club hasn’t done so in the current climate. I’m happy we’ve still got a club to watch come Friday.

Clubb was an England international centre, lets chuck him there for a game and see how he goes now.

There is no substitute for pace, I'm with you NSW.

It was talked about in the recruitment thread.

You still haven't said what the club should have done.

"Sign a winger"

Who? Where from? As 1st choice or only plays if we need him?

It's the definition of short term i.e there's a need now, but not long term.

Name me another side who's 4th choice wing option is as good as French & then argue that (outside an injury crisis) we aren't covered.

And one that's better than Bibby who's 3rd choice. He might not be everyone's cup of tea, but as a 3rd choice winger & squad player he's more than good enough.

And who fits under the cap.

It isn't 1992.

Could have, would have, should have. It is what it is, you never know, a star might emerge from this predicament. Either way can’t wait to see how it goes on Friday

More than happy to have Bobby on the wing or centre, he was signed to cover both.

Did Rads post it?

It's obvious that I am talking about a winger and I've stated previously who we should have signed.

Do you honestly think we have spent up to the cap?

What about answering the other questions I posed rather than being selective?

My view is that it is not about the short-term it's future planning. As things stand there are big question marks about Manfredi and Marshall, French will probably head home at the end of the season, or sooner if his mother takes a turn for the worse. I still go back to my original point, the Club knew that they would not have two recognised wingers available for the start of the season, and with Dom's track record it was pretty clear that we needed back up.

Yes, can't remember if it was Radlinski or Lam but one of them did an interview saying we had little/no cap space remaining. The only thing that changed after that point was George Burgess leaving, at which point they said they were potentially looking at bringing in a winger or a prop. In the make believe world where we don't have a salary cap and players aren't bothered about their chances of gametime then yes, I'd have signed another one. In fact I'd have swapped the whole team for the Australian national team, with the GB team as squad players.


Because we aren't going to convince a better winger than Bibby to come here on reserve winger wages knowing that it will be tough to get game time due to competition from Marshall, Manfredi and Bibby. Why do you think Joe Burgess and Tom Davies aren't here anymore? The best wingers go where they will be first choice every week and get paid a salary reflective of that.

Spot on.

Circumstances have conspired against us lately.

We probably do need to make a signing in the outside backs but it has to be the right type of signing not a knee jerk signing.

That is clearly the message that came across when the club (either IL or Rads) identified we need a Prop and outside back but the right player hasn’t become available.

I’d say the 2 players we need would be an experienced Prop and a project type outside back maybe from an unorthodox background such as Union for example.

Noticed there have been a number of AN Others representing SL clubs in the trial games.

What other questions? Clubb playing in the backs, is a million miles away from calling Hanley a winger.

The club did know we needed backup - that's what Bibby, Hanley and French are there for. You're talking about signing a back up to the backup.