I'm happy enough with this, decent cover just like Grix - also Academy trained which means our squad has 7 academy products in the first team which is the best for a while.

Johnstone
Jowitt
Crowther
Wood
Batchelor
Moules
Mazive

Why? Baffling comment.

Good on the CV, wasn't Annakin also an academy product?

Not the strongest defenders and they will be targeted by the opposition forwards.

Nothing wrong with Finns defence IMO, Wood also seemed OK from memory, don't see a problem TBH. I concede Moore is better than both but sadly he makes himself unemployable IMO.

Correct so make that 8, be 9 if we do sign Ferguson.

10 Academy or Wakefield Trinity Youth product players if you include Liam Finn

Mazive
Batchelor
Morris
Moules
Crowther
Jowitt
Johnstone
Annakin
Finn
Wood

** Ferguson would be 11 **

Great to see so many positive comments on him. He was a very handy player to have in our squad.
He always seemed to be improving and started to become a very clever and talented player then he got injured and took two steps back.
Lack of back to back games didn't help him either.

I hope for him, you lot can offer him more games and he can stay injury free. He's still not hit his peak yet. He'll be dangerous when he does.
Underated by a lot in Huddersfield.

i like wood, wouldnt have minded him staying at the giants

was good for us last season, good off the bench with his pace in the hooking role

not so good a half back and defence poor too. prone to injuries!

He's a known quantity to most of us as he was pretty decent before he left us first time for you. I'd be delighted with him as an impact hooker and relatively content if he was starting hooker, although we'd have gone backwards in that position from last season (although it can't be helped if Moore is going).

Finn came through the Halifax system didn't he?

On BBC coverage of the scotland game said that ferguson had said he d re signed for huddersfield , during the commentary can't say am fussed either way as he s a small grafting forward, don't see he's an improvement on what we have

Think this deal was done many weeks ago before the Scott Moore incident. With Scoot Moore in the team it looks an OK signing nothing special but some cover if needed. Over the last two seasons we have been letting in 40 + points per match on average. Now I know we have not finished putting the squad together but Caton Brown, Grix and Wood are not good defenders and will not improve our points against, in fact that are likely to make them worse. I understand that we are not blessed with pots of money and that its hard to get players to agree to come to BV, I am also aware that big money has to be spent on the ground , floodlights etc etc. That said I would not have signed Grix or Wood but would have signed Hampshire, ie one great quality player instead of two average players. You have to ask will Grix and Wood be able to win a game against the non SL teams in the middle 8`s, answer is no. Would Hampshire and the answer is a definite yes. I would also be looking to sign good quality defenders to cover for Ashurst and Kirmond .

He didn't look small against England...he's allegedly 6 foot tall and 16 stone which is about the same size and weight as Anthony Tupou.