Re: Five New Signings : Mon Oct 10, 2016 8:37 am  

Tricky2309 wrote:

Very disappointing if that is the case re Fafita. However, Chester had said he wanted another block busting second rower or words to that effect, so I would have expected there to be at least one more front line player even if Fafita was staying

I should point out that my post is speculation only. This is not something I've heard.

Re: Five New Signings : Mon Oct 10, 2016 9:02 am  

Re: Five New Signings : Mon Oct 10, 2016 11:45 am  

By all accounts Adam Walker has served notice that he's leaving. With the Chester connection you'll probably getting another Rover's Reject then.

He's a decent player and hard working. He was one of our better forwards last year, although with our pack that wasn't too difficult.

Re: Five New Signings : Mon Oct 10, 2016 12:18 pm  

pedantic mode on/

It is Fifita not Fafita

/pedantic mode off

Re: Five New Signings : Mon Oct 10, 2016 12:31 pm  

Gallanteer wrote:

By all accounts Adam Walker has served notice that he's leaving. With the Chester connection you'll probably getting another Rover's Reject then.

He's a decent player and hard working. He was one of our better forwards last year, although with our pack that wasn't too difficult.

Is Scruton expected to fulfil his commitment to Hull KR?

Re: Five New Signings : Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:02 pm  

Why would walker be a HKR reject? He handed his notice to them?

Re: Five New Signings : Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:09 pm  

It's actually Fajita.

Re: Five New Signings : Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:16 pm  

Gallanteer wrote:

With the Chester connection you'll probably getting another Rover's Reject then.

Amusing - does that mean Gareth Ellis is a Wakefield reject?

I understand the compulsion to talk down a player when he leaves your club, but to call him a reject when he's leaving a club that has just been relegated so he can stay in SL, hardly qualifies him as a reject.

Re: Five New Signings : Mon Oct 10, 2016 2:32 pm  

Well I'd heard that Adam Walker was a done deal a while ago but it has been laughed down by Carter and Co so I'd suggest he's not coming to Belle Vue.

Re: Five New Signings : Mon Oct 10, 2016 3:14 pm  

TRB wrote:

I should point out that my post is speculation only. This is not something I've heard.

It's fair speculation. However it highlights the risk we have to take. Unlike other clubs we just can't afford big money speculators so have to take it steady. Problem is that lets the vultures and the parasites in and we often lose out.

I totally understand why the club didn't sign him up on a full deal (18 month) when he initially came over but it would be fantastic if we'd have been in a position to do so like say Salford are - ho hum.