Yes they do, but it still can't be construed as an incident 'at work' if it didn't happen within the work environment.

Isnt he the only signing since Tony Martin?

I wouldn't say they were pointless signings, maybe not as good as some of hoped but certainly not pointless.

yes ,i can see what what youre saying,and i mostly agree but i still think it will be seen as our achilles heel by most other teams in defence and not much of a threat in attack but yes hopefully a better structure under the new coach will resolve this..maybe we were all expecting too much from pearsons rallying call eh?

You are right, however you are still disciplined at work if it gets to court, this actually also happens at RM, if a postie is found guilty at court it is considered they brought the business into disrepute, i know a few who got sacked for outside activities so to speak.

Have you got a brain ?

To be built up by AP with promises of quality additions and really meaning business etc..etc.. and to then see Martin and Aspinwall come in, doesn't make any sense to me.

Surely the sum of these two signings could have afforded us one half decent signing?

AP and McCrae created extreme optimism with their words but, sadly, this has gradually fizzled away for me.

It sez on skysports.com that we beat off competition from other sl clubs, god knows who they were

Widnes & Wakefield probably.

Totally agree there mate.Tickle,Manu and Westerman will be the 1st 3 for those positions,and to me Aspinwall is a big improvement on Burnett.At the same time,Gentle can look at players like Green,Kent etc,and give them a go if he thinks they are good enough.

People just need to be patient and let the new hierarchy and the new squad do their jobs for us. AP has set lofty targets but I for one never thought we'd achieve it in season no 1. For me its a 2 maybe a 3 season project to get us back to a giant, rather than a sleeping one. These guys cannot perform miracles.
I'm sure if Gentle had been in place 5 months ago the new signings would be different. But he wasn't and they're not.
Having said that I'm still excited. The overseas signings will boost us no end and Lynch gives us a consistency and front row solidness we've not had for seasons, and the new young guys are projects whom I believe will come good. Both well respected at their previous clubs which says a lot for me.

Martin is here to do a holding job, bring centre stability until we can bring in a right centre who will move us on to the top level. In the mean time it gives great hope to our young centres and a good person to learn off.

Aspinwalls signing has got Andy Hays fingerprints all over it. He knows him well lets trust the guy. International aguad member 2008, lets give him a chance to get back to those heights again with us lot behind him.

The clubs transformation is not going to be an overnight fix. I for one won't be taking my bat and ball home till I've given the club till end season 2013 to show we are on track to meet Adams predictions.

There again, we could always go back to Rich and Kath I suppose. How fickle we are......

Not very good ones !

I'll just go and check.

And less depth? What would happen if we'd signed one 'half decent signing' and they missed the season injured? We'd be fooked.

Agree with you're other point though they haven't handled expectations very good but I'm still looking forward to next season as I feel we've got plenty of improvement in us & will surprise a few people.

Its quite obvious that AP is playing entirely within the salary cap and not funding any big name signings out of his own pocket, ala Warringtion. Big words when he took over, looks like more of the same mediocrity.

Clearly.. followed by this statement "Martin has impressed both Peter and myself in the way he has conducted himself over the last few weeks, he has had to be very patient before we could get the deal over the line and we are really looking forward to working with him and seeing the impact he can have in our side."

If there were other decent clubs looking he'd of gone to them before us! Without a doubt.