People really need to understand the implications of the salary cap. Whilst clubs have a maximum limit that they can spend on players, clubs will have to cut their clost accordingly which will often result in signings that don't impress their fan base.

To address the text in bold. We have released a player with limited super league experience who has failed to impress and had 18 months left on his contract (before we agreed to release him at the end of the season). We have replaced him with a player with vast super league experience who can COVER more positions.

I understand that McGoldrick is not the greatest player in the world and potentially has some baggage that comes with him. However, if he is on similar money or less than Ellis, then I think it is a decent bit of business by the club as long as he is going to be used only as a cover/squad player.

I'll wait until the rest of recruitment is confirmed before deciding if the club have delivered what they are suggesting. I think where some people are getting themselves wound up is taking 'focus on young English players' as 'exclusively young English players'. I'm not at all happy about the McGoldrick signing if it is confirmed, but I'm not going to take it is a sign of what all our recruitment will be like at this time.

Apart from G.Ellis so far I am a bit underwhelmed and upset at some of the players we are losing, however hopefully the decent signings will be announced in Sept, in fact I hope so as what we have so far will not get the fans back through the gates, early days yet.

very VERY early days yet to even be discussing it really eh , but thats the FC way i guess
we have spent the last 5 years always looking to next year hoping it would be better i think we have just got too used to doing it
in AP & PG we trust

When martin & Aspinall was signed we had as much disbelief on here as we have now, apart from a bit of joking that went to far Aspinall as been a model professional.

They have both done very well for this club and we looked a lot stronger when Martin was on the field than we do now.

The facts are according to smailesy its until the end of the year with a chance if he impresses that he might get another year, now please forgive me if I am wrong but if he impresses that much a lot of you will be eating humble pie again just like after all the Martin and Aspinall threads and the Trolls that were laughing then will disappear just like they did after the start of season.

I am not saying we should be hailing him as the new messier but hells bells he hasn't even signed or played a game for us yet and I for one will give him a chance to either show me he is crap or he is a good signing until the end of the season to fill gaps that we have.

right for a start gentle is playing with agars team and have not won anything in years which is why we got a new coach. the players he has brought in have been mid way through and have been good and promising hes made 2 signings for next year in ellis and arundel ellis is quality and arundel has played at a good level he played superleague and was a stand out performer at cas. we have been rumoured to sign paea holdsworth nrl prop a full back and a half which is better then what we have
if you are going to judge the players we have brought in mid way through then they have got us in a better position then we have been in the last few seasons
whats your point really?