Shopping list for 2025

Quote: bonaire "
Quote: bonaire "OK, I should have said teams around us, Leeds, Leigh, Salford, Cas. Teams I think we could realistically catch next season. Broadbent signed 2 years ago, the twins one at the start, one mid season, so no recruitment for 2025, none of these teams apart from Burgess fir Hudds have signed an federation players of any note.

We had two choices, stick with what we had or bring in new players, think we have gone OK on the domestic front and looking at position and and timings of Myler etc, not sure how we could have done much better. Maybe someone like Corey Hall over Hardraker, but he he isn't exactly a world beater and we have lots of young players with potential.

But the market is poor thos year, particularly if you start late.

What else could the club have done, we tired for Sneyd, O Connor etc, but they wouldn't be released or choose to stay. Most players will choose other clubs over us sadly until we improve on the pitch.'"

I could have accepted the logic of the Leigh signings had the club insisted on 1 year deals with an option of a further year in the clubs favour.Whether that would have been accepted we will never know but two years is too long and restricts what the club can now do in the 2026 market when that season should have been when we started to breakthrough into the top six once again.We would also be in a better position to see who from the younger players will make the grade as regular S/L players.and who will fall by the wayside'"

I agree with what you say in terms of the length of deals handed out but if the club are deadset on players living more locally then there will have to be a trade off in terms of attracting players to do that and relocating without giving out ridiculous deals like we had under Clark. I doubt offering one year deals would have been enough and its probably a mixture of that as well as the monetary side of things too.
I'm sure if we offered way over the odds for a 1 year deal you'd get players but that would be mismanaging the cap once again. We just don't know the details or numbers in terms of the deals agreed for each signing but it would seem that the club are now being sensible in only offering what WE as a club value them as.