Pearson sounds absolutely clueless in that Yorkshire post article. Clearly now here till the new owner takes full control (probably end of season when he stops being the Leeds rhino's president) - be so glad to see the back of him. Drove this club into the ground, probably now just hanging on to the new regimes coat tails to try and save face. I will repeat he is no better than the Hetheringtons. Yes we won the cc but so did Kath in 2005. She even got us to a grand final and her team was better than Pearson best team imo

Cartwright apparently won't be seen this year

The vague "few weeks at least" doesn't exactly fill you with optimism

What makes you so sure the club will be sold? It’s obviously a possibility and certain dominoes look like falling into place for a takeover but seems a long way off that yet, I’m inclined to believe him that’s he’s here for the long haul.

Trueman never a Marquee player from a performance point

Already out injured for a couple of months at Salford
Will fit in well here

On Cade Cust:

Pros: During his first season with Wigan I thought he was impressive and showed why there was a lot of hype around him. He is more than capable of playing at Hooker (which is a position many may argue is actually his favoured) whilst also solid cover in the halves, which is exactly what the coach is after. Speaking of Cartwright, they have worked before, and has no doubt been a factor in luring him to the club. He is also a SL and Cup winner and still arguably got his best years ahead of him.

Cons: The huge elephant in the room is his recent injury records, which don't make for good reading at all. I know players can have periods of bad luck, but this will mean that both our halves and now our hooker are susceptible to injury lay-offs, which is really something we need to avoid. You could also argue that his form has dropped significantly due to his time out, Salford don't seem to be missing him and haven't appeared interested in offering him a new deal.

He isn't the big name that everyone was hoping for, but I do see the logic behind the signing. He is a risk, but it is one that could turn out to be a good bit of business.

Starting to think all the talk of investment might be a bit of a ruse, as the signings so far baring Asiata have been poor. Some saying they are better than what’s leaving but that’s a really really low bar. The full back would really have to be top class to make up for most of the recruitment.

If there was no investment lined up, Tony Smith would still be here, Myler wouldn't, we wouldn't have three marquee players and players wouldn't be getting paid off.

I agree. Asiata apart the recruitment is all over the place and stinks of average Joes but as usual its lets wait until the recruitment is finished or these new recruits are better than what we have.
Its lucky bag recruitment and Ritchie Rich got lucky with the first ball out but since then his luck has run out.

Agreed on waiting until recruitment is done but it’s largely underwhelming so far.

I don’t believe that, they’ll have been worrying about their coffers for next year if they wasn’t seen to be doing. Can’t see people rushing out to buy passes based on this years performances and recruitment so far.

You're joking right?
Whilst it's been a nightmare season granted, we all wanted changes and we have got that and then some.
New Director of rugby and a new coach.
A clear out of average and under performing players who have been replaced by better players.
Not to mention the amount of youngsters who are coming through and have played first grade this season.
Lets not forget we are competing with another 11 clubs for signings and given how poor we have been the last few seasons , we were always going to be behind the eight ball with recruitment.

The side that started the season; V next seasons potential first match line up:

Walker New full back
Mcintosh Briscoe
Scott Hardaker//Chamberlin
Sutcliffe(although Litten played ) New centre
Martin Martin
Smith Trueman
Brown Abdull
Ese Ese Ese Ese
Houghton Borough
Pele Aydin
Ockunbor Cartwright
Sao Lane
Cator Asiata

Ashworth Ashworth
J.Brown Sao
Lane Staveley
Hoy Cust

Hopefully the 3rd marquee signing comes off and we can add a quality centre

On the finances front doesn't look like Derby tickets are flying out the door, still plenty of seats left in the East stand.

Of course it's good luck we got a 2nd derby but I bet they planned for a few thousand more sales at the start of the season. A shock win at in form Salford might get some late buyers though!