Poor sod. Takes no prisoners, Hatto.

The sort of player our team needs.
Think we may have been worked out by teams next year.
A bit of unpredictability will do us no harm, and I'm sure Radders won't put up with any nonsense.
Also, I'm sure Mini would have been consulted about the potential signing.

I'm just off to put ten pounds on him being 2017 Man of Steel

He can be devastating on his day & would complement Sneyd in the Halves well ,It's all down to attitude and his willingness to knuckle down and sort himself out .

Definitely the type of player we need but not the actual player we need IMO. Ignoring the fact he's been sacked off from 3 clubs, the fact he didn't keep himself in shape during last off season, the fact he came back late from compassionate leave in no fit state to train/play, ignoring the fact he blows hot an cold and his odd moments of brilliance are far outweighed by many more of bang avergaeness, he's injury prone as hell. I'd rather we signed justin carney, who is equally injury prone but a much better player with a seemingly better attitude.

I'd be amazed if kelly ever changed from what he's been so far in his career

Don't disagree with any of your concerns. However there appears to be a huge shortage of decent halfbacks in SL - just can't attract the best overseas ones due to wage demands and clubs seem largely incapable of producing their own, evidenced by the fact Wigan are looking at Kelly also. Brough may hae been a target but much older and requiring a fee. Blake Green got a gig in NRL. Market's very flat unfortunately. Potentially picking up Kelly on much reduced salary and conditional contract could be as good as we could realistically get.

It's like a saturday night from my youth. I could take the ugly bird home and regret it in the morning or I could go home by myself and still feel clean the next day. Unfortunately I had no will power and always chose the ugly bird but deffo regretted it every time

Sometimes it's better to leave the scrapings from the bottom of the barrel where they've settled

We don't appear to have anything to lose given we aren't losing a half back as far as we are aware.

If we sign Kelly and he stays fit and behaves himself then we have a new dimension to our offence. If he is a crock and/or has a disciplinary problem we can go back to Carlos/Sneyd at half back who got us to the top four and won us the Challenge Cup - with the added back up of Jake Connor.

I cannot imagine we have not looked at this from all angles, I have faith in radders and company to have done there homework , IF he can play like he did for rovers in 2015 he will rip it up, of course its a gamble but one well worth taking imo

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A 12 month deal on a contract that favours us, both financially AND conditionally, would be a fantastic move. If it works, extend it (with the same conditions) and then we've got a excellent asset who will have picked up his game on (and off) the field to fit in with out culture.

Worst case scenario - we've got an extra 12 months (and a significant wedge on the cap) to then find a 6 if Kelly doesn't work out.

Very clever move by Pearson/Tony/Radford if it is happening.

Sorry present company excepted

Is he a risk? IMO yes ..could he be the making of us? if the Club have put the right measures in to deal with him if needed then i would go for it.He is a talent that there is no doubt ,question is why does he put his career at risk when he could be wanted list by many?

Are Wakefield in for Kelly ?

Wigan are supposed to be also.

Think Wakey have Williams, Miller and Finn now, so can't see them maintaining an interest in him. Plus they've just re-signed Fifita so I presume they won't have loads of spare cash left. Think they're still after props as well.
Wigan seem to have earmarked Tommy.L. as Matty Smiths replacement. Kelly doesn't seem like a Shaun Wane type of player to me. Can't see him fitting into their attacking structures.
All signs seem to be pointing to us picking him up. Would be very intriguing. I do think we'd have been worked out next season, and we may have struggled in breaking teams down. Be nice to have a bit of unpredictability, as long as it's confined to the pitch!
One thing that Motu and Radford have earned over the last year is our trust when it comes to recruitment and retention.
I'd love to sign him, and for him to be a success, if only to increase the Dobbins pain!

The more I think about it, the more I think he is worth a gamble, if motivated and fit he is a deadly threat and we badly lack creativity.