Sorry to see him go. I often thought he was'nt as good as he thought he was but maybe that was just self confidence. It was good to have specialist full back definatly made a difference in attack

I think Pearson, McRae and Gentle have all made it individually clear that the squad wasn't what they wanted and there would be changes this year. It's just that the Manu news has broken mid-season and Wade has unfortunately left mid-season instead of at the end. A pain, but not the greatest hurdle to overcome.

Don't understand how people can say this is a blessing in disguise? Looked a great signing to me, dissapointed he's gone.

Bowen would be a great replacement, but can't see it, same with Eden. Interesting times continue.

He looked half decent but in all honesty we have only seen him for a third of a season, he seemed good under the high ball but short of pace.

For me he was not worth a 3 year contract and I feel that this will prove to be a good for us. Losing Manu and possibly Turner, Moa and O'meley for me is no big deal , we have achieved very little with them perhaps it's time for change.

IAWT

I was really excited after the first few games, and he [iwas[/i a good signing. Not a blessing in disguise and the timing's crap, but wasn't a Gentle choice in the first place. We'll just have to wait a bit longer for our fullback. In he scheme of things and after what we've been through for so long, it's not the end of the world.

It was Jason Crookes who scored at the KC in the pre-season, went 80 metres on the interception, our backs made NO gain on him.

Scored some good close range tries, very strong reminds me of Peter Fox.

Not being kept out of the Bulls side but injured.

For me an excellent choice of a young winger with much improvement in him, and won't cost the earth.

Things have started to slide since it was announced Ellis was coming both on and off the pitch.

I'm seeing a link between around a dozen injured/unavailable players to our on the pitch woes rather than Ellis's signing.

Kath encouraged him to sign so that it would happen. Honest

Blessing in disguise for me and I'd bet McRae and Gentle are very pleased to have a 31 year old player who was (most likely) overpaid relative to his ability off the books, at least for next year.

For me, he was not top class. He did some good individual things, but this was negated by many other aspects of his play, i.e. looked lightweight, generally poor kick returns, failed to establish good links with half backs or outside backs, no kicking game, and above all made serious cock ups far too regularly for an experienced player which directly resulted in opposition trys.

IMO, Phelps offered us much better value overall, although for a side that wants to challenge for trophys I agreed with not retaining him.

Gentle wants his own team . 2012 is transition time indeed.
Looks like some of Agar`s signings don`t impress him.