Gentle seems to be well thought of in Aus and is exactley what we need IMO.

I still expect him despite what Hudgill says to go to rovers, not sure why just have a feeling.

For him to fly to this country he must have a job lined up, can't see him going to Wakey if he has turned down Cas due to lack of budget as I would guess Wakey would run about the same budget as Cas.

Exactly the point I'm trying to make, it's very possible we'll be in that situation. 4 of our 6 signed up forwards are OOC next year, that's not tweaking the pack it's replacing it wholesale.

No what Im saying is I would pay the 100-150k no problem for high profile signing like a Peacock Or Lynch but think if we go by your way of thinking we may get them for a lot less. 100k to me is a small fee for the England Captain. What you might forget as well is this club is one of the few who make a profit and thats when we have been awful. Can u imagine the money the club could make in the long term with continued success?

The fact of the matter is we need props and we need top Grade A props not Grade c as Rule might put it

How much did Wigan pay for fielden? Wasnt it around 250k or more? Whatever it was it was well worth it as he helped them from being relegated. Im sure you would have been disgusted with that piece of buisness all that cash for a prop... Then there is the young lad Myler how much as he cost warrington? hasnt done much as he so as You can see buying young doesnt prove u are better in the long run. You go on about the younger plays who you expecting to sign for us and then somehow get a hell of alot better. Doesnt always go like that though thats the problem. Also what you have to understand is i am advocating money spent on props who are around the thirty mark. I would totally agree with you if it was paying for a 30 plus year old for the back line who would have lost alot of there pace. It will be interesting to see what Pearson does but I dont care who the new coach will be if he doesnt get the props sorted out we got no chance next year.

You've also got to look at the quota issues.

Moa and Manu are currently only worth one non fed place between them.

i thought Manu was exempt

He is, I think was Sheldon getting more at the fact that we will have less overseas spots for replacements as a result. As it stands we have 4 forwards all out of contract next year and possibly only 2 overseas spots to play with.

Indeed, if we're going to pay £250k for any "sticking plaster" it should be put with the other £250k we have set aside for a world class coach, meaning we'd get someone earning about £1/2m over 3 seasons, surely most coaches in the game would go for that?

Because there aren't any on the market, just as that last year there were less halfbacks than this year. Next year there may be some more props about, so I don't see the rush to bring in an ageing prop. I think maybe you see our front row as weaker than I do.



Where am I saying wait 4 years? I just don't see the obsession with going straight out for a final next year. Yes, we should be looking to sign players of the right calibre, but not at any cost.



O'Meley can teach any of our young props more about the playing side than Lynch/Peacock/Fielden ever could.

£500,000 per season? That's half of Bennets wage from next season.

he's an exception, obviously.

Do I have to put reportedly in front of everything then?

Bennetts reportedly signed a four year deal worth $6 million.

Bellamy and Hasler are reportedly on a little bit less than £500,000 a year but you'd have to compensate them for leaving the premier comp and uprooting their families to move to Hull.