To lose and to not retain are different things. Retention is important, however by all accounts we did all we could to retain Manu and Turner so it was nothing to do with McRae concentrating on retaining them.

Better signings may still be made. It's June.

That's not entirely right, we may well indeed be being flooded by agents offering us players. It doesn't automatically follow that they are;

A) Any good;
B) In positions we need;
C) Worth the money they are wanting.

It has every-thing to do with McRae he appears to be the one holding negotiations and speaking to the media every week often contradicting himself and generally starting to spout shiite

I agree it is only June and hopefully better signings will be made, however Bomber is starting to imply finding quality is proving difficult after telling us after we signed G.Ellis that agents were knocking the door down...now either agents are no longer knocking or door down or we are only investing in an average wage player (Barring G.Ellis), I hope my theories are wrong but like I say Bomber should keep it shut and let his actions speak louder than his words presently are.

Maybe but he needs to keep his own counsel then, we need to attract fans back, the club made a statement on intent with this signing G.Ellis followed by statements that agents are banging our door down, AP promising signings that will enforce our statement of intent etc...now we have well the players are hard to find stories coming out, generally fans are gutted we have lost Manu, we have had a poor run of form, rumours not all is well with the club, statements of punitive measures in place at the club etc...none of this will entice the fans back through the gate. Our media dept seriously needs addressing, and Bomber needs to stop all this pointless talking

I don't disagree that McRae talks too much, but he's not contradicting himself as you claim. You're the one who has interpreted 'agents knocking down the door' as quality players falling over themselves to play for us. I'd expect it to be much more like when you or I buy something from somewhere and are then bombarded with emails and letters trying to sell us all sorts of other s**te as well. It doesn't mean it's suddenly easy to find what you actually want/need.

Maybe it is my interpretation, however Bomber went to the media claiming that Manu had to make his mind up etc, a few weeks later regarding Whiting & Turner he said he was in no rush because as a club we understand that it is a big decision etc, now for me that is a contradiction of how we operate as a club.
It is not so much my interpretation of a quality player but more the statements made by the club that we will be getting quality players to challenge, I could get the links up but presently I do not have time.

As do many others.

Could it not be the case that agents are very interested in getting their players into our club, but that there's a distinct shortage of players in certain positions?

Could it also be the case that if our DOR didn't speak to the media for any length of time, there would be accusations flying about that the club aren't communicating with the fans?

Yep, the bloke can't win.

I agree there needs to be a balance, and like you say fans would complain if nothing came out of the club, presently I feel too much is coming out of the club and most of it pointless. Bomber is in the media far too much imo, he actually makes Morgan look like an amateur in the media whore department.

if he was coach n spending so much time talking to media then id agree. But he's DOR. Its part of his job description to save the coach having to field so many questions espesially regarding player rumours n speculation cos PG would never get any coaching done!! Only last night heard Brough on a 4 yr deal! on face of it a decent source but i still think its rubbish. At the point i cant believe any rumour any more. Is there a more ridiculous club than ours for rumours!

It's obvious that the HDM gets a fair bit of it's 'gossip' from these sites and gets published, maybe McRea is politley saying 'shut the f eck up' with all these rumours shoite and let us get on with what we do. Afterall nothing will have been said without firstly being agreed by Gentle and Pearson.
By not saying anything about wanting a half back, would this mean that all the agents/coaches/chairmen of every RL club are NOT aware of our needs and would come as a surprise if we made an approach to any club for any half back??......yeah rite.
On the other hand had he not said anything about a half back all the moaners on here would be slitting their throats because McRea cannot see what we need.
Fecked if you do , fecked if you dont.

Catalans think Paea close to signing new deal

hope not. 1 of my favourite rumours on here,really want it to be true!!!