played centre,6 and hooker did berro s.o.o....

your signing elima according to the bradford paper

Jason Smith also turned down a request to come back to SoO AFTER playing for Hull

As I said, which of the current SOO players do people honestly see coming here? I can't seen any.

Didn't Alfie Langer play SOO while at Wire ?

Maybe not, but the simple fact is money talks, if the money was right it would/could happen.

After he went back, I think. He was fooking awesome, as well. Won the game on his own.

so out of the names mentioned on this thread who would we want at 6? barring benji marshall or cooper cronk there both coming in 2014

I want Benji Marshall but would settle for a young promising h/back from the NRL who I believe we could get a lot cheaper than players like Chase who is attached to a stupid transfer fee, he is good but not that good imo.

I don't see any coming over any more, that's why I agreed with your general point. To say that we haven't had current SOO players and that it doesn't happen was not entirely true, though.

But the point most seem to be missing is that the combination of increased NRL salary cap, deteriorating favourable exchange rate, and the tax loophole being closed means that it is not really possible for the money to be right. Not unless you want to sign 1 NRL star and surround him with cheap s**te.

imo i think chase is a wigan player next year going by his article on bbc sport wich would pi55 me off if i was a castleford fan i wud like him here but cant see it and other than that it looks like holdsworth or a young lad from nrl whos not well known but thats usually a good thing. they tend to not be a massive hit when they come over with big expectations

If rumours on here are to be believed that is exactly what we are going to do

When Crocker failed in his visa attempt he said on tv that his criminal record cost him a million dollars, to pay a player that now is over 200k a season.

If were looking at a younger inexperienced player we'll have to over pay as there's a minimum wage which is expected to rise (some estimates say double) next season, unless they have the right passport they can't get a visa anyway.

Luke Kelly, average personified, has just got a deal with Parramatta because of the lack of halves in the nrl. The only players we can get are the ones ready for retirement who's bodies can't handle the nrl anymore or the ones shamed out of the nrl. So we either get a O'Meley, a hindrance in his last season, or a Lui.

Under Gallop expansion was put back to at least 2015, the commission may bring that forward now meaning more players needed for the NRL.

How much would it roughly have been at the time with Crocker then?

Surely there's a half in the NRL who isn't going to get a deal that would fancy a move over here, a Blake Green type maybe?