Here we go again...

When wire re-sign a stack of players way past their best, wigan pay fees for matty smith and blake green and clubs are fighting over amor, you know there is a dearth of quality around. We just have to pick up who we can and be beter next year than this. Anyone expecting us to become the best team in the league in one closed season is deluding themselves.

Agreed. I would also rather sign noone than give 2 or 3 year deals to our "second or third choices"

Noone from wire? He's rubbish!

I don't think I've read anyone say anything about being the best team in the league!!! I've said top 4 is a realistic target.

We have a squad of very good players that I'm happy with, the only thing that would really top this is to have a top half back I.e. Chase and a Bone Crunching hard hitting prop.

if im honest i can see us gaining a place maybe 5th or at best 4th next year we have lost 2 real quality forwards in manu and moa ,manu been the most destructive backrow in SL and just carnt see anyone replacing him even ellis who is a wonderful player but not the offensive player manu is . I think the most important step we can take is getting the backroom physio and conditioning right and keeping players on the field, that way we keep our consistancy week in week out

if we can get chase and add a quality full back with loads of pace and good link, and another real quality forward to bolster the pack then we may have a very good team capable of chalenging the top 3

Reading tweets that we have made an illegal approach to Paul Johnson at Vikings

tit for tat for them approaching Tickle

Johnson at Wakey not Vikings

You're right , the tweet was from JoeViking on SL site , in a bit of a rush to post I was

Yep I post earlier its all over the back page of the local rag

Headline is

Johnson deal angers Cats it starts Wakefield Trinity Wildcats have hit out at SL rivals Hull FC over the "illegal" approach for prop Paul Johnson. Its a four column article.

On Jonno hes been great for Wakefield last season he was super in a team of in experience, this season hes been hit and miss if I am honest and has been behind Amor, Wilkes and Raleigh in the prop stakes. hes a top lad and hope he goes well for you but he needs to step up again now to be anywhere near a first team regular.

Very Surprised if we have but no smoke without fire I guess

The same as most clubs will have been doing for the last few months on various signing targets. The rediculous rule that is the September anti-tampering deadline, at least recognised as such now by the RFL and changed to May from next year.

Anyone going into the final year of their contract in this sport should be in a position to look at securing what is best for their future.

The onus will be on Wakefield to prove that we have made an illegal approach, I bet they can’t. Paper talk imo, simply sour grapes that they are losing a player to us.

I wouldnt mind but they didnt hardly ever play him did they? So if he wasnt even rated under agar you would of thought they would be glad he is off there books