'We have made signings which are entirely based on the recommendations of the coaching staff as a whole, with opinion sought from one or two senior players but I expect we will leave several slots for the new coach to fill'.

(Neil Hudgell writing in his matchday programme notes)

The majority of the newbies are young lads with something to prove!

Obviously there is plenty of opportunity for the new coach to roll his own way beit that we should be well under-cap.

Just why our B&W buddies are so animated about the new Rovers set up surprises me... or does it?

Have 100% faith in our board to deliver!!!!

100% answered your own question there!


That aside, weve brough in Hodgeson for Fox (about the same money if not less?)
O'Hara for Vella (will be on less money)
Horne for Cook (about the same money)
Taulapapa for Briscoe (will be on less money)
Griffin for Colbon (the same or more likely less money)

Followed by Charlie, Newton, Mason & fisher going, id say we have an absolutely massive ammount of the cap left for the new coach to bring in quality players.

There's not alot of OOC quality over here, and you can't have much room on the Quota/Non-Fed list to bring in players from the NRL? Plenty of cap space left though.

The only other players I've seen you linked with are Withers & Paea, are you linked with anyone else?

I thinkyou will find 2013 is the season to look at as IIRC we will only have 4 or 5 of the current squad signed up beyond next season (unless some of the kids have had their deals extended) so the new coch will have a year to look at what we have got already, what he can bring in and then make his own team for 2013.

A tad harsh - you don't even know who it is yet.

I agree, the new coach will have his eye on recruiting HIS team for 2013

Whilst it is, of course, prudent to use the word "jealous" with reference to your fanatical little chairman, your context is wrong in this sentence. "Amused by..." would be more appropriate while we are commentating on his bum over boobs approach to team building for next year.

Hope not, if Cooks rumoured wages are true

Tauapapa is a utility replacement for Cockayne on less money, leaving Briscoe's considerable six-figure salary free.

Horne will be on less than Cooke too, as will Griffin compared to Colbon.

Paea will be on slightly less than Newton too.

Against that, Withers will be coming on more money than Fisher;

And the likes of Taylor and Hodgson have signed significantly raised contracts as have, to a lesser extent, Beaumont, Latus, Dobson and Green.

All told, I would estimate that, even after the anticipated arrivals of Paea and Withers, the club would still have at least £200k salary cap space free.

Must be at least twice that surely. You've lost mason, vella, newton and briscoe who would have been 5 of your top 6 earners and replaced them with no one of note as yet. Must be at least £400k, probably more

To be honest when you can't even count to four I'm going to disregard your salary cap sums

KAPOW!

What's to be jealous of: finishing lower than we have? perhaps he's devastated to have only lost 1 derby game this season? Maybe he's gutted at missing out on some of the quality NRL signings made by your outgoing coach?

The future continues to look rosy what with gates on the up as well as a 3rd consecutive appearance in the play offs.

I'm sure "jealous" is the 1st word on his lips each morning!

Nice ownership Philip.