Well looking at the team for next year, he is a million miles from being true to his word. Maybe I should wait until the full squad has been announced but he would have to announce 6 amazing signings for us to be the best team in SL. Anyone thinking that is going to happen is mistaken.

Actually Agar had already set that deal up K Diddy.

Got to admit that if Pearson and Gentle think Mcgoldrick is better than we have and if one of the 6 exciting signings next season than I am slightly worried.

Finally someone who is understanding my point.

Recruitment was done before Gentle arrived, and with sp picking available he added Aspinwall and Martin just to give us a bit more cover in depth.

Individually those players may be better, but we are talking about a coach building a new TEAM not a team of individuals. Until we see how the new players we have and the ones we are getting fit together it is all just supposition.

It's not a fair judgment until they are all announced. We might have 3/4 very good players to announce. Last time I looked it was July not September.

As good a signing as Ellis is this is as bad IMO especially if it is for next year as well. A signingike this does make you question the reasoning as it goes against everything that has been said about our recruitment targets. Until the other signings ate announced I'll believe/hope they will be what we're hoping for but this has definately sown a seed of doubt. It's just such a poor decision.

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.

We could still end up with the following at a starting 17:-

Horne
Crookes
Arundel
Yeaman
Briscoe
Holdsworth
Seymour
Lynch
Houghton
Paea
Ellis
Bateman/Whitehead
Westerman

Watts
Kite
Heremaia
Whiting

I was a little disappointed signing a cast off from our neighbours in watts,but the signing of mcgoldrick is very reassuring,as gentle and pearson said we will be signing good young english players and it shows they are men of their word.
He will fit in really well with brett finch,rangi chase,jamie lyon,benji marshall etc and all the other superstars we are signing.I was a little disappointed with last years signings until the end of the season we signed tony martin and jamie ellis which kept the fans happy and have proved to be masterstrokes.Keep up the good work.!

Another pointless thread about our recruitment. It hasn't finished!

But, FWIW, on the whole I'm happy with it so far. Watts and Arundel, two current knights. Been impressed with Pitts. Crookes I don't know too much about but heard good things. And obviously Gaz Ellis is huge. Paea looking on his way, with Whitehead/Bateman probable, and a new 6 as well as a big prop and maybe a full back.

McGoldrick will be a mere stain on the overall recruitment, IMHO.

mgoldrick, but but why??!!!!!!

Not a chance of that, one of the highset paid Cas players.

He was due to go home at the end of the season and retire from RL wasn't he?