Has had an extension deal on table for the past 2 months at Featherstone, but not signed. Rumoured to have signed a 1 year deal with you! Good in our league not sure if he's SL standard tbh.

One for the future; a forward-looking signing if true and another indication of increased confidence at WTW?

Quote Sun Bed Kid="Sun Bed Kid"Cas or wakey. Apparently wakey are in the driving seat he wants to play with millard'" Another one of your "nailed on" exclusives is it? Only about another 4 days until the 4 weeks is up before Rathford signs too. Another one in cloud cuckoo land who likes to make things up in the vain hope of getting 1 right and looking in the know. viewtopic.php?f=33&t=456887&p=15197504#p15197504

Quote Sun Bed Kid="Sun Bed Kid"Cas or wakey. Apparently wakey are in the driving seat he wants to play with millard'" Another one of your "nailed on" exclusives is it? Only about another 4 days until the 4 weeks is up before Rathford signs too. Another one in cloud cuckoo land who likes to make things up in the vain hope of getting 1 right and looking in the know. viewtopic.php?f=33&t=456887&p=15197504#p15197504

I don't understand where this has come from.

He is a Papua New Guinea International. So he would be on the quota. We should be signing "now" players on quota spots not "ones for the future". We have plenty of those in the English game and in our own U20s

Seen him several times play for Fev. Worth a 1 year gamble IMHO.

Let's be honest, he can't be as bad as Gleeson whatever happpens.

Not worth taking a gamble if he uses a quota spot. IMO the quota spots should be used to bring in established quality players not to give someone a go on the off chance.

You are probably right - but I'll say it again, we are completely hamstrung by the fact that we cannot offer anyonw a guarantee that we will be in SL after 2011. Until we sort this stadium out and get it moving, we will struggle to compete for any player who wants more than a 12 month deal.

I would think that JJP is an ideal candidate for us, in that he has little to lose for one year and, if everything works out - stadium and player wise - then he will be in a better position to command a deal with either us or another SL club.

We are, for next year at least, in no stronger a position than we were during the first 5/6 seasons of SL. We will be fighting a relegation battle - off the pitch rather than on it!

Sorry - Have I missed something.....?

Would he REALLY take a Quota spot?

If that is the case then I'd tend to agree, not worth a quota space otherwise a worth a gamble IMHO.

I thought quota dropped to four next year?

Millard
Jeffries
Morrison
Obst

Long since lost track of how rules for SL quota & non fed work but he is not a quota player at Championship Level. Papua New Guinea is covered by the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotonou_AgreementCotonou Agreement[/url so subject to visa/permit Papuans are not classed as overseas players. Of course this being RL there is no guarantee that the same rules apply to all clubs/competitions.

Under SL rules I would have thought he would count as Non-federation trained (not quota) but assuming the number of non-fed places reduces along with the quota places then still not worth taking that place either IMO.

This year it is 6 non-fed of which 5 can be Quota players I believe. Is next year 5 non-fed of which 4 can be quota????

Perhaps someone can confirm but my thoughts are that we currently have:
Quota - BJ, Morrison, Millard, Obst
Non-Fed - Laeano

I know BJ and now Morrison are signed up for next year already. I think we signed Millard on 2 year deal. Sam I believe is also signed up for 2011. That would mean the only overseas place we have for next year is the non-fed place and so Jesse Joe Parker is maybe a gamble we can't afford at this moment in time. Hoping to see enough from Charlie to mean he will take that place next year.