That must be most people.

You heard something?

I know the Wire board had a rumour on it that they would go for him. FWIW he's one of the very few players we've let go that i'd have back in a second especially after the Hock issue.

He's a strong runner of the ball and always asks questions of defence. He's always seemed to struggle to put 2 good seasons together but he's not been on tip top form this year so he's due a good one next year

player of the year the season before he left but didnt he go because of personal issues?

I mentioned him as a replacement for Hock.

Three players, I wish we'd make connect with to replece him are

Ellis
Wild
Tickle

One of the three would do great

do we need to replace hock with a new player though? and even if we do, none of those 3 are anywhere near as creative as hock (imo, theres no 2nd rower in SL that is)

That my point, could Mossop/Farrell, take the helm??

IMO Farrell isn't fully ready anyway, Mossop yes he's ready, but to replace someone from the bench, not a starting 2nd Row.

2nd Row - New Sign
2nd Row - Locker's
LF - J. Tomkins

Bench
Mossop/Farrell

Bye Bye - Bailey (Released) - Hansen (Player Exchange Deal)

that was placed in my sigs earlier in the season when i winding a Cas fan on the Cas board, i just left it there

i dont know if any of the 3 academy lads are ready as i dont watch their games but id guess that mossop is the most likely given his current SL exploits

for me, hansen should take baileys role with tomkins and mossop battling for the other starting SR slot backed up by Farrell with Flanagan a back up for SR/LF

i really dont see the need to sign anymore players for the pack apart from props

If theres a good enough one available i'd sign a second row to replace Hock with Farrell or Mossop replacing Bailey.

Danny Tickle would fit the bill for me whereas Paul Johnson i'm not too sure on.

I'd be happy with a backrow of-

Tickle
J Tomkins
O'Loughlin

with either Mossop or Farrell on the bench.

I'd like to see alot more from Hansen for him to get a place although i thought he did take a step in the right direction against Hull KR.

not at all cruncher, but there are quite a few on here with the mentality that every signing has to be a superstar of the highest calibre etc etc, many need to realise that we are not the team we used to be, we are now a mediocre mid table side, posters keep slagging of Wire, yet they are heading in the direction we should be heading, we are becoming the laughing stock of the RL world and the arrogant attitudes of a lot of our fans doesn't help matters with fans from other sites.

I think you're taking it too much to heart. As I said to someone else earlier on today, the views of fans who post on message boards are not hugely important. They represent a minor percentrage of fans in general, and quite often are given with little or no facts to hand.

But this business about us being "the laughing stock of RL" ...

To be honest, that's the sort of meaningless bollox that people who hate us come out with. Don't keep quoting it - it's troll stuff. We're still actually a decent club. We're in the cup semi, we've got to three other semis in the last two years - so if we're a laughing stock, what does that make all the other SL clubs who didn't make it that far? We produce far more young players than most other clubs, and these days we keep the best ones. So what does that make those SL clubs who rarely produce any? We have a good home ground - whatever Latics fans might say - and tip-top training facilities that rival, and in some cases better, many other first-team stadia in SL. So where does that leave most of the others? We've no money problems, we've still got a massive profile in the game, we can still beat anyone on our day - as we've proved even in these dark times - so we're not much more of a joke than anyone else.

There's a much bigger picture here, to be honest. Granted, we're not where we should be yet, but just because Warrington are going through a 'Brown Bounce' type thing with their new coach - something they enjoy every time they have a new coach (they even had one with Lowes, for Heaven's sake), that's no reason to start getting apocalyptic in your language.