A second row of Fitzgibbon, Tickle and Manu, if done with proper rotation, sounds very good. Washbrook/Whiting at Loose, props of Moa, O'Meley, Lauaki, and 1 other (radford?).

=greatpack.

Very Poor signing if true. He is lazy and injury prone. At least Calders always gives 100% and Hall has more natural attacking ability than KP will ever have.
Lets face it, if Rovers had just announced this signing we'd be laughing our socks off.

Is everyone convinced that LMS will not be signing for us then?

Thread killer

In my post I was just trying to use the names of people most likely to be with us next season, hence no new signings in the post above yours. I'd prefer LMS to be here though, or Hargreaves.


It seems increasingly likely that LMS will be going to Saints. It's been mentioned in several articles.

Would love that to be the case but be highly surprised if he didn't go to a 'big 4' side.

Why did he give him the number 3 jersey then? I'm not saying shirt numbers is a definitive guide to where a player will play but it gives a hint.

Think the point is though that Will Sharp is Calders' replacement and Karl Pryce is effectively Hall's replacement. Now I am not saying that Hall doesn't have potential, but it seemed that he was never going to fulfill it at FC and so showing him the door was the right decision. It would seem that Pryce is being brought in as cover, which is the role he has filled at the current league leaders this season and when called upon hasn't really let anyone down and scored a few tries, thus doing his job. I understand people's opinion that he should be so much more than he is given his size but ultimately we are bringing him in to provide cover to our wings and centres and he will do that effectively, as he has for Wigan, and there is always the possibility that he could realise his potential, either way I fail to see the risk with this one.

Possibly because although everyone knew Raynor was on his way out of the club and Briscoe was earmarked to replace him, he was still here when the squad was announced and had the 5 jersey, negotiations over his future were on going and removing a player from the squad list while he was still contracted may have worked against the club, I think the significance of giving TOm the 3 jersey was that it was a first 13 number rather then a specific position.

Has he signed or is Expro allowed his own thread?

I was starting to think the same thing, can one of the mods remove the 'signs' from the thread title or merge this thread with the rumours thread, as this is just another rumour at the moment.

at the last fans forum agar said he saw tom as a future centre due to his strengh ,he said it on radio live m8

IMO tom briscoe would be able to play at centre just as well as he can play on the wing

if calderwood is fit, and sharp shows some form next season then i'd expect to see briscoe in the centres