Catalans think Paea close to signing new deal

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

Spot on.

It seems to me some are all consumed by an Ad Infinitum rumours thread on this message board which is 99% garbage. Then when the club communicates via its DOR about generic subjects such as team strengthening it gets slated. Unbelieveable really.

imo think bomber just doing the job he was brought in for,

McRae is just doing his job!! if the press contact him and ask him various questions he responds. It's the press who then publish these answers or sound bites not McRae. If he gave them no comment or told them to bugger off, they'd publish that and their would be even more complaining on here. As some have said he can't win. IMO he appears to be doing a sound job, thus far he has brought in Ellis/Arundal and a deal for Watts appears imminent. Get off his back.

And we have a winner.

You mean just doing the job hes paid for.

As long as he's doing that and Gentles doing the coaching and not wasting time talking to media then thats fine by me.

Been too long at Hull when players have been overpaid/over valued, Gentle identifys who he wants and leaves the nitty gritty to McRae as well as on retention too.

Think peopel have been expecting far too much too soon and forget we've already picked up one of the most high profile signings, if not the only one in SL for 2013

agree with all that karl

That’s not a contradiction, either. It’s arguably an inconsistency, but given that all players and all situations are not the same, I don’t see why they should be treated as such. Just like all contracts should not be of the same length and value, they are affected by the player’s importance to/affect on the team in much the same way. The Manu situation was a lot more influential on our recruitment/retention than Whiting or Turner, so if you can’t see why there was a far more pressing need to conclude it quickly I think you’re being either naive, foolish, or intentionally obtuse in order to have something further to complain about.

And of course it is at least partly about your interpretation of a quality player. Yes, the club said they would be getting quality players to challenge. In their opinion they may well think they have. If you don't that's down to differing opinions on what constitutes a quality player. Also, it's June and our recruitment is not finished. I really don't see why you're getting into such a state at this stage. Why not wait and see who else we [iactually[/i bring in before criticising the recruitment (or lack of) a load of faceless and probably largely ill-informed people have claimed we are making, along with an unhealthy dollop of reading between the lines in newspaper articles?

Exactly. As I said, just because agents are trying to sell players to us doesn't mean they are what we want in terms of quality or type.

Exactly. I don't know what people want/expect, to be honest.

I like the public presence Bomber maintains. I also like the fact that he's elloquent and talks well. I would rather have regular output through the club's conduit than it be like the old regime were we were lucky to get scraps. Typical of this forum that someone be pilloried for simply doing their job.

It always amazes me at the amount of posters who claim to have the inside track on who is or is not doing what they should be.

We all love a moan on here.

Bang on correct, last year this forum was jammed packed with folk gobbing off about the club never said anything
which would you all prefare?? news or no news
some folk just have an anti Bomber agenda and miss interpret all he says to suit

I don't know how all the other coaches cope without a 'McRae type' role at the club, really I don't.