Maybe we might sign what we need - a hooker?

Maybe we could sign an outside back and a hooker (both of which we need) if we weren't overloaded with back row forwards.

Any ideas which good hookers are available?

This, the club don't need a spin doctor, the gullible fans do a good job for them.

Players voting on signing players, what absolute nonsense, oh but it's a one off because of the circumstances, give your heads a shake ffs!
It's so easy to create rumours and they become 'facts', seems most fans here can't wait to lap it up.

So what part of the rumours actually have any semblance of facts about them, any of it?
Everything, has been a rumour, all of it, the club can say whatever they like to suit an agenda, so called events are 'accidentally' let slip to someone they know will start the rumour mill within a matter of hours it's taken as gospel, this includes HDM representatives.
At present we aren't signing anyone, least of all Carney and if Micheals has these 'rumoured' visa issues who the hell would want to take him, why would Cas want him.
But yeah, well done D&GM on your counter argument to prove your point.

Why are you so angry?

a strike centre first

Should that a priority above a hooker or a winger though?

None of us can be certain of course, but with us having Michaels, Naughton, Talanoa and Lancaster in our squad as wingers, I'd expect Fonua to be earmarked as a centre.

Logan in the other centre position, and I'm pretty happy with that.

No point getting a centre if the ball doesn't get to him quickly enough.

The problem last season was not a failure to create good attacking opportunities, but rather a failure to finish them off.

If Fonua or Logan are injured or lose form and dropped what then? back to yeaman or juggling around moving Talanoa or Michaels from the wing.
Definately centre is the priority

I don't agree it is. We have three centres as well as Tuimavave who can cover.

The stats say we certainly knew our way up the field with the ball:
- We were second for meters made
- Second for tackle busts
- Third for clean breaks
- Third for meters per carry
- Fourth for offloads

Getting into the oppo's 30m wasn't a problem, but we were terrible when we were there. Whilst it wasn't all due to Houghton, it starts with him at hooker.
Sneyd was pretty disappointing and Pryce unfit for most of it too.

Kicking was generally pi$$ poor. Conversions, no 40-20s all year, ineffective attacking kicks etc.