IIRC we received special dispensation for Moss due to the situation at the bulls. Anyone know if it was just for this year or as long as he stays a rovers player? Below are my thoughts on the outs.

Outs
Horne - basically hasn't played all year
Cockayne - confirmed
Ellis - wouldn't want to go in with Atkin, Ellis & Maguire
Abdull - on paper he is leaving, would like to keep
Clarkson - dependable but we need more fire power in the back row
Milton - basically already gone
JBF - basically already gone

Maybe's
ZDC - isn't getting much of a look in and if he is using a quota spot its questionable for me
Moss - depends on quota / dispensation question mark. Worth another year to develop if non quota
Clark - fallen well down the pecking order

Jewitt signed 18month contract I believe so is already here for next year, he is also loved by Cas fans at SL level, not sure why the discussion on him. May not have seen his best but if he is our 3rd or 4th (on paper prop) its better depth in that position then in 2016.

Will be very interesting to see who comes and goes but the main takeaway for me is that I think there flexibility/cap is there to add a handful of higher quality players should they be available.

Mellor from widnes and mortimer from leigh off top of my head.

I would add Cahill and Dudson to that list. Both had strong games at the weekend.

I would also take

Hanbury - Widnes
Houston - Widnes
Dudson - as 4th/5th choice prop, leg drive i thought was outstanding
Hansen - Leigh
Acton - Leigh ( need to sort discipline out, but the wizard could do that )


I think we will sign an excellent scrum half, and have mcguire, atkin and signing as the 3, with atkin learning his trade further under someone good.

I would not be surprised to see Blair leave now mission accomplished, so 2nd rowers in the mould of galea/newton would add to our pack immensely

Blair has been great and a true professional over the years. Would like him to stay but may have to make way for a new younger, fitter version. Top class player but may be pushing it to give him another year.

We'll need 4 HBs next year. Unfortunately I forsee Maguire being injured a lot purely because he is now a more senior player. We don't want a repeat of poor old Campo.

I wouldn't take anyone from any of the 3 at risk clubs. We shouldn't sell ourselves short otherwise we'll be back here again in 12 months time.

Why would Blair have to make way ,for one he's signed for next year already and he can more than hold his own in SL as he has proven he can play a number of positions here's an idea why don't we build on what we have

Some people must have really low standards if they would take Mellor, how he's played in SL for so long I don't know, he's useless. It's even more baffling when you take in to account the quality SL halves we've had over the years that people would stump as low as Mellor and be happy.

Just watched a review of 2013 season on sky, we came 8th but you could see the failings that never got addressed and which ultimately led us down few year later.A world away from the defensive pride we seem to have now. We went out to Saints in playoff 46-10 which I'd forgot about.not as bad as 70 odd point loss for others.Id forgot that as well.

That's the most sensible thing you have ever posted on here

No need for that Stan

Hanbury is a quota player but I'd have him in front of Quinlan anyday. Great player. Can't accomodate both obviously.

Houston - no, another quota player and a very big earner. Not value for money and he looks 50 years old.

Dudson.....decent player but looks too much like a 70's pornstar.

Acton - yes definitely, big tough aggressive, English.

Depends who goes down as to who will be available. It might not be Leigh or Widnes.

Love some of your sumations Acton is a big gamble but under the right stewardship could be a cracking player. ...

Aye, they are quota. However generally when teams are related don't they foreign players get dispensation and void contracts.

You can't write Catalans off for relegation true. From there I would have

Inu
Yaha
Williame
Busquets
Bird
Batieri
Gigot ( 2 year ban mind )
Horo

Hope Catalans don't go down mind, terrific weekend away that is.

No dispensation for quota players if they go down.

No better way than to celebrate promotion than with a 'not good enough, get rid' thread. I'm all for ruthless pursuit of success at the first team level, but we can be gently diplomatic for this bunch of lads, surely?

We've got the foundations of a decent squad. Now that it will be playing next year in SL we probably need to trim the depth (but not too much!) and look for 3 or 4 quality additions. Not superstars necessarily, just good players who'll buy in to what Sheens has planned.