[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

: Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:14 am  

JWP wrote:

I'd be happy with pretty much UK recruitment really, maybe get a prop from the NRL, there's plenty in the Bulb/Rauhihi school, somebody who's tough & uncompromising and hard to shift backwards. You could probably throw 30 names on here. Assuming the others stay, ie, Hicks retained etc, I'd be cool with that. Or even one of those french lads, Remi Casty or someone like that, harness his aggression like.

Jamie Lyon being the exception to the rule, if there's even a whiff that this guy will be playing in the UK in 2010 we should pull out all the stops to ensure that it's with us.

I'd be pleased if our recruitment was something like, and this depends on injuries, extensions and such, and others clubs performing and being willing to sell etc, if Huddersfield go well, Wild obviously wouldn't want to leave.

Michael Shenton [Gleeson]
Rob Purdham [V.Anderson/PJ]
Steven Wild [See Above]
Richard Owen [Utility]
Louis McCarthy Scarsbrook / Andy Lynch / AN Other Prop [Rauhihi]

ferriol.

: Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:19 am  

'THE' Daryl Catpiss wrote:

ferriol.

Yeah, he's a big bugger. Providing the others stay fit, you could limit his gametime and really tell him to rip into the opposition. I just think he gets overused at times by them, I'd just like to see him in 10/15 min shifts just scatterihng people.

I like that Casty, I just think he's too aggresive sometimes, needs to learn hot to channel it, can't half put a hit on, same for that Fakir.

: Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:38 am  

Dan Carter; Sam Burgess; Kirk Yeoman.

First two fairly obvious. Yeoman can be the best centre in the competition if he got fit and back to the form of 2007. May just need a change of environment. Can easily fil the boots of Gleeson though, and we can't rely constantly on overseas players. We have to buy british at some point.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

: Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:42 am  

Teddington Wire wrote:

Dan Carter; Sam Burgess; Kirk Yeoman.

First two fairly obvious. Yeoman can be the best centre in the competition if he got fit and back to the form of 2007. May just need a change of environment. Can easily fil the boots of Gleeson though, and we can't rely constantly on overseas players. We have to buy british at some point.

apart from yeamen is a left centre.

: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:01 am  

if you can play left centre, you can play right

: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:08 am  

SEB wrote:

I would agree with you here

: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:09 am  

Teddington Wire wrote:

if you can play left centre, you can play right

Not quite. The way they carry the ball, the hand-off and the direction of the step is very pertinent to the side on which they play.

: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:16 am  

i think if you put yeaman into the right centre position, he'd cope admirably

: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:18 am  

The All New Chester Wire wrote:

No, no, no. I'd rather have Webb than Marshall or Hunt. Webb is what we want Bridge to be at full back.

If we are going for the real thing, we should go for Slater and/or Thurston.

I rate Hunt better than Webb. He is younger as well.

Slater would be the ultimate signing, but he has the Queensland and Kangaroo jersey for the next decade and so does Thurston, so its unlikely they would ever give up that to sign for Wire.

Re: 3 'Big Names' Wire should be looking at bringing in 2010 : Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:00 am  

Casual Des wrote: 3 names should be on Moran's hitlist for 2010 Benji Marshall Darren Lockyer Karmichael Hunt http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/dragons-eye-off-trio/2009/01/15/1231608888607.html With Gleeson's salary cap space freed up, possibly Briers leaving as well and other imports like Rauhihi, Hicks and Anderson off contract, we should target at least one of these big names for 2010. I hope Moran pulls out all the stops and offers them a package they cant turn down. A 300k a year deal, sponsored car and house in Stozza Heath should clinch it! Hunt would be my first choice, he is younger and we need a full back desperately. Either Marshall or Lockyer would do to replace Briers. Marshall has time on his side though and Lockyer would be a short term fix, but the most likely to be tempted over. Thoughts? All we need is a solid base of local players who'll work their socks off and a couple of very good play makers. We should be able to get the solid players from our Academys, the play makers can come from anywhere but I don't see why Australia needs to be our default setting. Two years ago we had 75 teams playing in the North West Counties 16-18 league x 20 players per squad = 1500 players just in the North West not counting other areas and the younger age groups.. You can't tell me there aren't players in there who can't do the job. We do have a pool of talent.

Casual Des wrote: 3 names should be on Moran's hitlist for 2010 Benji Marshall Darren Lockyer Karmichael Hunt http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/dragons-eye-off-trio/2009/01/15/1231608888607.html With Gleeson's salary cap space freed up, possibly Briers leaving as well and other imports like Rauhihi, Hicks and Anderson off contract, we should target at least one of these big names for 2010. I hope Moran pulls out all the stops and offers them a package they cant turn down. A 300k a year deal, sponsored car and house in Stozza Heath should clinch it! Hunt would be my first choice, he is younger and we need a full back desperately. Either Marshall or Lockyer would do to replace Briers. Marshall has time on his side though and Lockyer would be a short term fix, but the most likely to be tempted over. Thoughts? All we need is a solid base of local players who'll work their socks off and a couple of very good play makers. We should be able to get the solid players from our Academys, the play makers can come from anywhere but I don't see why Australia needs to be our default setting. Two years ago we had 75 teams playing in the North West Counties 16-18 league x 20 players per squad = 1500 players just in the North West not counting other areas and the younger age groups.. You can't tell me there aren't players in there who can't do the job. We do have a pool of talent.