With the title of the thread, would signing a player who will be 35 next year be a really good thing and improve the squad in the long and short term.

Like Wrencat says though, in reality is he good enough for us nowadays.

Feel that if we are realistic about breaking into the top 4 and staying there, we need to really question signings that, one way or another, would be a gamble, which for me, this would be.

We are really between a rock and a hard place at the moment. For us to regularly compete with others while spending below the cap, with next years cap increase, it will probably become harder for us, so the signings we make have to be the right ones.

Sure Michael Carter said about our average crowd has to be 6000+, for us to be able to spend the full cap. I may be wrong, but if that was the case, I think we are under that figure.

Would be great to get those numbers in every week and match the cap as everyone else to level out the playing field even more

Wouldn't bother with McGuire, as would probably be in the same category as Kirke or McShane.
If we have definitely signed Randell, then he's coming to play big minutes, just like Parcell and how many times does Parcell get subbed?
Use Kyle Wood as a half.

IIRC Wood has played at 7 for us only once away at Wigan either 2012 or 2013

I might be wrong all the way over here in oz but didn't finn sign a contract extension to keep him with us for next year?

Yes he did BOJ42.

However, I think Williams was intended to be Finns successor, but it is sounding that he is likely to be returing to Australia at the end of the season.

At this stage, not certain Finn would go round again in 2019, so if the right half back came along, would be very tempted. Also really do need to have cover and competition in the halves.

Not sure about Wood as a starting 7 to be fair. Not had enough gametime in his career. He played most of his games for us in 2012 & 2013 as an impact player off the bench and think he did at Huddersfield

One of Maguire's qualities was his speed. At his age he's bound to be slower than he was and that is a major factor.
It's a big NO from me!

So in your considered opinion what is it that makes Annakin who has had 5 or 6 seasons of being on the fringes a much better prospect than Crowther who has had 3 seasons less????

I like Annakin but let's be honest about it, how many other SL sides would he get in? I'm not suggesting that Crowther would at this point either but why is one worth a contract and the other not?

Chester quoted in the YEP as saying he is hoping to bring a new player in within the next 24 hours to bolster the squad for the Super 8's

Mmm interesting.

Just read it.

Wonder who it could be?

At a guess Randall now Sio is at Halifax

My thoughts also,his 2 year contract with the Knights was signed in March 2015, as far as i am aware he hasn't signed up an extension so could be out of contract.

Hadley on another months loan

I assumed that was a given, according to Hull fans they can't afford him on the salery cap.
I'd expect a new face being brought in.

I reckon we need a hooker until the end of the season to rotate Wood....