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They hated him for having an opinion!!!

There lies your problem.

You and the Quins players need to grow up.

(And get over the fact that he'd rather be associated with our club than yours. You've done nothing but badmouth him since he left London - you ought to consider how that looks. You're not fooling anyone).

So according to the Aussie press we're in for-

Fitzgibbon(missed the boat)
Hindmarsh
Cayless
Webb
Kidwell
Hall
Mason
O'Meely
Poore
Orford
Finch

We're going to have on hell of a big squad next year

Anybody get the feeling they just throw random names in the air and see how they fall?

Cruncher. When referring to us regarding Aussie signings, could you use the FULL term "CASHED UP GLAMOUR CLUB" please?

i prefer the term SL Giants

The Aussie RL press is just like the football press over here with regard to rumours -i.e. most are made up by either the paper themselves or a player's agent.

With regards to Mason anybody remember about 18 months ago when he said Wigan had offered him $500,000 a season when we had about 30p left on the cap.

He was going to play for the 30p that season with the remaining $499,999 and 70p to be added on to his wage for the season after

Not a chance of Mason coming i wouldn't think.

Realistically i think we'd have a chance of O'Meely/Cayless but zero chance of Mason/Poore.

rlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/salford/8061865.stmrl

[iMcRae told BBC Radio Manchester

If there's one player worth throwing cash at (and Goulding etc) then it's Myler imo. Should we read too much into this or is it just media hype - strange thing for McRae to say though, even if it is just common sense.

I cannot honestly believe some would not want Mason in our team, the lad would be a sensation, if any Prop in the world fitted the bill for what we need it is him. Big powerfull enforcer who would make the hard yards for fun.

Regards his off field "issues" Mason has generally been no worse or better than most of the players in this country, the difference is over here you can get away with it, over there in the NRL they are under constant scrutiny from the fans and press.

I agree. Though I think that, were we to cobble together the cash, it would have a destabilisng effect on our wage structure, a la Fielden. I'm sure the guy would be hugely expensive. I think it's a pipe-dream.

If we were to go for Myler it would send a signal out to everybody that Wigan are serious about getting back to the top. He's the best young player about at the moment(who's not already at Wigan) and every single club in superleague would like him in their side.

It sounds like he'll be leaving at the end of the year but i'd have Warrington down as favourites for him at the moment and it wouldn't suprise me in the slightest to see him end up at Saints. They've found the money in years gone by for much sought after players and would do again for a player who'll easily replace Long.

I think it could be possible to bring in 2 top class players this offseason with reasonable offers especially when you consider Fielden will be off contract in 2010. After this season we should have a pretty settled team for a few years so i do not envisage us needing to after this season splash out again on big money signings till at least the 2012 season.