The sponsorship hole has been filled but we don't know how much money we were shorted by France before they went belly up.

Out of the names mentioned Singleton was only here for a very short time and wouldn't have cost us hardly anything, Slater will have been on very little and we're still paying most of Walshaw's wages, so the only significant surplus we might have would come from John going back home. But as I said above without knowing the ins & outs of how much Eric France owed us before going bust, it's hard to say where it's left us.

We obviously have a very tight budget anyway and are hardly going to start splashing cash we haven't got, if people want to call that skint, fair enough but I'd call it living within our means. Even if we had a bit of money spare, there seems a dearth of quality Props around the League anyway and I reckon Agar wouldn't want to bring someone in unless he could definitely improve us.

In an ideal world we could do with another good prop and creative half imo, but our budget as others have said might not stretch that far.

Dont know how fit he is but what about Stu Dickens? He would at least give us some presence on the bench.

I would not mind seeing that, doubt he'll want to pull on a shirt though.

Bens gone backwards but he is recovering from injury so maybe he'll turn it around, James has dropped a level imo and is a better player than i watched that night.

Anakins been messed around by this club for too long and more than deserves a run in the first team.

I don't know anything about how he's been treated up to now, but he looks to me like a lad who's been given an opportunity and has grasped it with both hands; I'd like to see more of him.

I will be livid if we allow him to slip away to another club after this time. He was outstanding at 17/18 and it's taken him a year or so to make the switch to the mans game, but we have a gem here IMO.

New contract please!

The club can wave goodbyeto my Club 1873 membership if this jid is allowed to slip through our fingers.
He has been superb in every game he's played this season and he should be rewarded for that.

Agree, he has looked ready for this level since he pulled on a first team shirt, he doesn't need loaning out or dual registering - he has got SL class written all over him.
The harsh reality though is that other clubs will already have taken note and will monitor him and when ready pounce!!
Don't be surprised if he isn't wearing a wigan, leeds or warrington shirt in the near future.
For me he is the best prospect since Ellis and could be a top class SL/International player in the future, i'd love it to be as a Wakey player.

Personally I can only see Anakin heading for Hudds next year - it is the way.

However he will immediately become a plodder like Murphy so it should be alright.

Digs aside we need to keep him or why bother.

I'd like to think that his development will continue and he'll earn a good deal with us off the back of it; in the real world however, if another club comes in with a decent offer, his agent will probably be the deciding factor.

I don't think we're a club that can afford to break the bank on a promising young lad; if it were me though, I'd be looking to move Mellars on to free up cash so that Anakin can be signed up now, for at least 2 years.