Taukeiaho has been spotted training with Catalans again following his failed NRL medical, unsure if ita a temporary thing but they do have a quota spot free. Size of their pack will be insane if hes staying too.

Wigan
St Helens
Catalans
Hull KR
Leeds
Warrington
Leigh
Hull FC
Huddersfield
Salford
Castleford
London

Manage expectations in the league next season I think. Hopefully competitive in every game and the odd shock like Saints at home this year.

Maybe a bit of luck with the Cup draw will bring some good times.

Wigan
St Helens
Leigh
Catalans
Hull KR
Leeds
Warrington
Huddersfield
Hull Fc
Salford
Castleford
London

Still under contract isn't he? Asked for a release to join the roosters but failed his medical...so presumably staying at Catalan?

This is my hope, but some building blocks in place then start to sprinkle I'm some more quality over the next few seasons

Bottom 3 for us.

We are Doomed ! Doomed I tell ya.

Wakefield and bowden are in the championship "word removed, can we play nicely please"

Problem is these new signings in the pack are replacing our best players in the pack ( Taylor, satae, Griffin and Savelio )

Our 2 best players in swift and Clifford haven't been replaced

That's pretty optimistic for Smiggs

Keeping one of those would have made made our recruitment so much easier.

In my opinion we have only replaced one with Okunbor.

Ashworth can play SR but is now far more effective as a prop.

Unless we can bring someone else of quality in our back row is very weak.

With regards to Griffin & Savelio I'm still struggling to see the logic in not retaining one of them unless it has and is simply down to attitudes. I could understand it a little more if we were stacked with quality in the back row or didn't have so much work to do in terms of recruitment. As you say our back row is still pretty weak and I'd say probably a little more so than before and keeping one of Griffin or Savelio would for me have helped resolve that.

I'm not in the know but j would guess it's attitude problems. Griffin is the one I'd like to have kept but hey ho. Savillio was injured a lot and did seem to disappear in matches. Class on his day though. Taylor gave his all but IMo his body was saying enough. Satae was a beast but again went missing and just didn't do enough. I think where stronger. Younger players coming in replacing players over 30

Good post,

Was Savelio value for money, played about 50 games in 50 seasons.
There is a reason Taylor retired, he must have known his body has gone.
Satae was far too inconsistent, had one brilliant game and then 5 average one's, was a bit lazy too, in both attack and defence.
I'd have kept Griffin for a year, but something obviously went on.
Swift is a massive loss, but it took him 2 seasons to hit too form.

Would guess Smith and Griffin had a bust up over his red card. Was in good form then a few weeks after he'd gone