Alegend, clearly Hull KR were not willing to swap Milnes.
But are you saying we'd be OK with Milnes at stand off?

I'm sat here thinking Christ no not Gale but then I'm also thinking who else is there?

I was behind the Finn signing at the time (one of few I might say) but that was because he free'd Miller up to do what he does best.

I don't see how Gale and Lino could fit together.

Alegend. You surely know the answer re Hampshire. Another worn out topic.
Hopefully we can swap Lineham, Proctor, Atoni plus, plus, and give them cash. Just joking, or am I.

Due to be announced tomorrow according to various sources.

It’s a desperate through of the dice but we are in a desperate position.

Lino is trying to do too much. He isn’t the creative midfield general that the club seemed to think he would be, for me his strength is his running when he takes the line on.

Gale will be the player moving us around the field, he’s an experienced leader and has a high match IQ.

Is it ideal? No, but is he an improvement on what we have, yes.

I wonder if Morgan Smith will be going the other way to Keighley?

go on then what's the answer

‘Who else is there?’ is not a strong enough reason in my view to bring a player in, they have to improve things and Gale is done at this level as last year proved. He hasn’t even been particularly good this year in the championship either, to pay a transfer fee for him on top of his no doubt decent wages would be lunacy. And where is the money coming from all of a sudden, i thought there was no magic money tree? Will some else have to depart to raise the funds? It won’t be the garbage ones other teams would want thats for sure.

As for comparing it to signing Liam Finn there is a major difference here. Finn signed for at nearly 32 years old but was playing exactly the same way as he did at 22. He never had a running game as he never had any pace, he’ll tell you that much himself! Thats why it worked, nothing changed for him his entire career. The same can’t be said for Gale. At his pomp he was all over the field, playing both sides, taking the line on and backing up breaks. He can no longer do that and at nearly 35 hasn’t been able to adapt his game. For me it would be more akin to the second coming of Danny Brough who suffered the same fate, sadly he just didn’t have it anymore.

If we are spending transfer fees i’d rather go for a Joe Keyes at Halifax, or a Jimmy Meadows at Batley. Younger guys who have been going well but also with half an eye on the future. Should we drop down these lads could well help us get back up at the first attempt which will be vital. Still its all about opinions i guess.

He may be past his best but he's still got a great rugby brain on him. From what I've seen of him lately it's his enthusiasm thats been missing so maybe this will get him firing again. I've a feeling he'll be quite involved in the coaching as well.

If his attitude is right he's just what we need.
We have talent in the team they are just not able to use it.
If Gale helps unlock it then great. If not, nothing actually lost.

We have no wins and can't score.
It is almost hilarious that some who moan about doing nothing now moan when they do something.

If nothing else he has a kicking game that we can at least put teams under pressure on their line.

Gale has been and done it and got the T shirt at the top level , he’s still got plenty of rattle to cajole and pep the team up , something which is sadly lacking when you see the team in their usual position under the uprights . It plain for all to see that Smith isn’t the lad at this present time to partner Lino, who must be crying out for some sort of consistency in his partner in crime . it’s a no brainier for me if it’s legit

Even if his legs have gone the benefits on the training ground might be the best thing out of this deal. He does at least have a wealth of experience and some leadership skills so he might be able to put some structures in place to at least make it look like we have a clue what we are doing.

Probably the first sensible signing of the season

I heard that Neil Fox was seen at the last home game, maybe he could be our next signing.

He's at every home game.

And he's not a good example as he played to 40 years old and scored two tries for Bradford against the touring Aussie team in his last year. (I was there to see it)

So age isn't the issue. Only fitness.

Neil Fox was a one off ,blokes like Gale don't even come close. Stupid comparison Poptart