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Nielsen departure confirmed : Fri Jan 15, 2016 7:17 am  
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Re: Nielsen departure confirmed : Fri Jan 15, 2016 7:44 am  
Shame but it was always going to happen... Didn't offer much in attack but was one of the best outside backs defensively that we've had for a long time!
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Re: Nielsen departure confirmed : Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:01 am  
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Shame but it was always going to happen... Didn't offer much in attack but was one of the best outside backs defensively that we've had for a long time!


This. Had got stage I'd have been surprised if he did come back.

Expect we'll get a announcement of 2nd trialist today or tomorrow who is expect to be a centre.
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Re: Nielsen departure confirmed : Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:07 am  
Not a massive surprise and it is a shame, but he never really stood out as someone of his ability and experience should. I didn't expect him to be back after it was announced he'd gone back down under and we signed Welham the next day or so.
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Re: Nielsen departure confirmed : Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:32 am  
Looks like another summer signing for a middle 8's onslaught however bearing in mind half of the late signings didn't play in MPG and then we declare we didn't break even i hope this wasn't a desperate all or nothing bid
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Re: Nielsen departure confirmed : Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:35 am  
When we signed Welham it did make me have doubts that Neilson was coming back. As has been said he was decent defensively but he offered surprisingly little in attack.

Do we need another centre if we have Welham, Purtell, Blythe, Baile and Ethan Ryan, Mendeika and Uaisele as back up?
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Re: Nielsen departure confirmed : Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:39 am  
His signing was a bit farcical really. I can't blame the club for trying to strengthen at the back end of the season but I have to say that it doesn't sit well with me at all.
People have a go at Wakefield for what they did but this whole thing with Nielsen makes us look just as bad.

If there is to be any transfer activity during a season, it should be around the halfway point like in football. The cut off point for transfers should be nowhere near the super 8s. And what do the RFL do? They move it closer :BEAT:
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Re: Nielsen departure confirmed : Fri Jan 15, 2016 9:54 am  
How many games did he actually play for us?
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Re: Nielsen departure confirmed : Fri Jan 15, 2016 10:28 am  
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When we signed Welham it did make me have doubts that Neilson was coming back. As has been said he was decent defensively but he offered surprisingly little in attack.

Do we need another centre if we have Welham, Purtell, Blythe, Baile and Ethan Ryan, Mendeika and Uaisele as back up?

Short answer to your rhetorical question is clearly no.

As of right now, the only exception I'd make is if the centre were to be an exceptional one - that though is pretty unlikely and, to be honest, a waste of money in the championship. You just never know who may, 'become available', though, and sometimes you just have to go for it or lose the chance.

Things may change over the season though and with losses of form, injuries and all the rest who knows when the eights come round?
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Re: Nielsen departure confirmed : Fri Jan 15, 2016 10:37 am  
Bullseye wrote:
When we signed Welham it did make me have doubts that Neilson was coming back. As has been said he was decent defensively but he offered surprisingly little in attack.

Do we need another centre if we have Welham, Purtell, Blythe, Baile and Ethan Ryan, Mendeika and Uaisele as back up?


There's too many combinations though. At the end of last season Purtell was in the halves, Baile was the interchange hooker, Blythe was playing a bit of 2nd row, Uaisele is mainly a winger, Ethan Ryan is just up from academy and Mendeika is used as a utility back (although says centre is preferred option). A year ago I would have said Welham, Purts, Blythe, Baile were all centres - but now I'm not sure.

This is the "utility" argument which has appeared somewhere on another thread recently.
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