: Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:23 pm  

tallon2006 wrote:

Will be really vexed off if we go and sign Rooney, he's not the type of player we need in my opinion. I'm not on the 'get Macca out' bandwagon but this off season could go a long way towards deciding how long he stays. If we have to go through another off season watch Bradford signing average players while other clubs recruit will I think his time maybe up. I can understand Rooney as a temporary signing if Deacon is out for the rest of the season and we can sign him immediately but having Rooney and Jeffries here is a silly option. We need to stop signing players from clubs like Wakefield before we end up in the bottom half with Wakefield.

Classic statement with yourselves being 1 place above Wakefield in the league.

: Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:59 pm  

Giver over, I'm not one to deny we've been pi*s poor this season because we have but we have generally been well above Wakey in the table and I think it's time to stop raiding their players otherwise this type of season will become a regular occurance

: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:07 pm  

tallon2006 wrote:

Giver over, I'm not one to deny we've been pi*s poor this season because we have but we have generally been well above Wakey in the table and I think it's time to stop raiding their players otherwise this type of season will become a regular occurance

don't see a problem signing a player from a club below us in league. All clubs either develop youngsters who could be future stars (eg westerman) or pay big money for a superstar who wouldnt look out of place in top teams ( eg jake webster). As long as its the better players we're targeting what does it matter wether they come from saints or castleford(just as an example).

: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:32 pm  

Steve Menzies - Manly
Jamie Rooney - Wakefield
Luke Burgess - Leeds
Mark Calderwood - Wigan
and a quality centre, not sure who though. Is Ashley Gibson at Leeds out of contract i reckon he would be a good signing. Willie Talau for 1 year maybe.
I also think we should get Calderwood he as been unlucky at Wigan and i know he is not very good but has pace to burn and will score tries.

: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:41 pm  

I think Calderwood is a pretty good shout, gets bundled into touch easy enough but he's got pace and we are in desperate need of that although I thought it was virtually a done deal for him to go to Hull?

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: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:44 pm  

6Iestyn6 wrote:

I also think we should get Calderwood he as been unlucky at Wigan and i know he is not very good but has pace to burn and will score tries.

He was offered a contract by Leeds but asked for silly money (presumably because his opinion of himself doesn't correlate with his lack of talent other than pace).

So I'm presuming that Wigan gave him a tasty amount of money. Unless he was being touted around at a reduced wage I wouldn't touch him.

: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:56 pm  

Shaggoth wrote:

He was offered a contract by Leeds but asked for silly money (presumably because his opinion of himself doesn't correlate with his lack of talent other than pace).

So I'm presuming that Wigan gave him a tasty amount of money. Unless he was being touted around at a reduced wage I wouldn't touch him.

Rumour has it that he was willing to sign but Howes told him to hold out as more money was on its way if he threatened to leave. Obviously, the offer wasn't forthcoming and Calderwood ended up taking the offer from Wigan.

: Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:05 pm  

6Iestyn6 wrote:

Steve Menzies - Manly
Jamie Rooney - Wakefield
Luke Burgess - Leeds
Mark Calderwood - Wigan
and a quality centre, not sure who though. Is Ashley Gibson at Leeds out of contract i reckon he would be a good signing. Willie Talau for 1 year maybe.
I also think we should get Calderwood he as been unlucky at Wigan and i know he is not very good but has pace to burn and will score tries.

no reason not to go aus for a Centre we'll have quota spot available next year with joe,hape,evans gone and finnigan coming off quota. I'd skip calderwood and sign a winger/Centre with halley and crookes being brought in when needed.

Halley has pace to burn as well and has advantage of homegrown and youth on his side[/b]

: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:07 pm  

6Iestyn6 wrote:

Steve Menzies - Manly
Jamie Rooney - Wakefield
Luke Burgess - Leeds
Mark Calderwood - Wigan
and a quality centre, not sure who though. Is Ashley Gibson at Leeds out of contract i reckon he would be a good signing. Willie Talau for 1 year maybe.
I also think we should get Calderwood he as been unlucky at Wigan and i know he is not very good but has pace to burn and will score tries.

They all sound pretty good, Calderwood-never rated him myself but at least it would add some much needed pace. Not sure about Gibson though.

: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:23 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

They all sound pretty good, Calderwood-never rated him myself but at least it would add some much needed pace. Not sure about Gibson though.

As someone else said though Calders is just about a done deal with FC. As for Gibson, he's shown glimpses of what he can offer but since the knee injury last year he's struggled to string a few games together and find some form. Won't be leaving Leeds though, IMO of course.