Shame that. A smashing player. Hope his family get sorted.

There's summat going on here that we could probably do without too much speculation on until official word comes out. I'll leave this open for now as nobody has crossed the line yet. Speculation on why he may be moved out I'd prefer to shy away from until something official is said. Speculation on what the club does if he goes is fine.

Carry on

mark gasnier au dragons

Can't argue with that, amazing signing if true. Although hopefully Guasch doesn't take as long as Simon Moran did at Warrington to realise that a club can spend all the money in the world buying superstar players but it will count for nothing if they continue to look for a cheap option as coach.

With Brough seemingly on his way to Giants... Paul Cooke

has anyone stated that the lad will be english? all i have read is that the player plays in england, it would be unusual for us to bring an english player in.

Can we not Cooke up a better rumour than that?

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www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... alans.html

I cannot understand why the Dragons have never tried to sign Frederic from Rugby - he has been placed further down the order at both Toulouse and by French coach Lievremont, but his skills would be far better suited to League than Union.

Personally I will be gutted that he is leaving.

Losing Ryles, Bird and he in such a short space of time, coupled with the injuries to Tommy and Greenie means that our season is probably not far off being over.

Of the new players, from what I have seen, only Walker has hit the ground running so it may be a while before we set off on a run of wins.

I suspect that reading between the lines on here, Walters will be long gone before that ever happens.

Whhhoooooooooo???????

Anyway, back to the idle speculation and rumour-mongering. If we've no players in by the Hull KR game, it'd be a sin. Field some new lads, I say

Whoops, left out the surname!

Freddie Michalak.