Re: Rumours thread : Wed May 08, 2024 11:49 am  

Just on rumours, I am told Mckmeekan has not taken a marquee spot but I am told that we have used one, and it`s not for Johnstone either.

Re: Rumours thread : Wed May 08, 2024 12:18 pm  

homme vaste wrote:

Just on rumours, I am told Mckmeekan has not taken a marquee spot but I am told that we have used one, and it`s not for Johnstone either.

Assumed Johnstone taking a club trained marquee spot would be a no brainer.

Re: Rumours thread : Wed May 08, 2024 12:47 pm  

Johnstone will 100% be a club-trained marquee. There's not another possible signing who would deliver the same dispensation on the salary cap for the club.

And if the figures bandied about by current players are true, then McMeeken is another marquee spot too.

That of course leaves 1 more spot available, however I personally think we'd need to see someone special come onto the market unexpectedly for us to fill all marquee spots in 2025. We're coming from an advantaged position of having a lot of flexibility in the cap for next year, however I suspect we'll be paying overs to secure certain players due to the uncertainty around IMG. Steve Mills will probably have his sights on 2026 targets which could be a very different market should all go to plan for us next year.

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Re: Rumours thread : Wed May 08, 2024 2:06 pm  

When we talk marquee signings, it only really applies if you are up at the salary cap limit.
We've a long way to go before we are there.

Re: Rumours thread : Wed May 08, 2024 6:40 pm  

Trojan Horse wrote:

Storton is a second row who can cover prop. He’s not a loose and we have Bain and Cozza for Loose with Rodwell I suppose if needed.

I would be very happy with Storton.

We are in transition and it’s important we build over this next few years. As mentioned players like Hood could help with that transition and bridge the gap between some quality becoming available and our younger lads developing.

No point signing players for the sake of it or out of desperation if the club don’t see them as longer term. We may get a couple to bridge the gap. I’m perhaps there’s some deals to be done with contracted players. We may have a few unexpected players on the radar.

I look down the list though of available SL players and there’s not a whole lot of quality.

There’s some decent players though:

These are a few I hope we look at:

Matthieu leaguerre (centre)
Cam Scott (Centre)
Tom Johnstone (Wing)
Sam Hewitt (second row)
Marty Storton (second row)
Oliver Russell (Halfback)
Joe Cator (Loose forward)
Ryan Hampshire(halfback/fullback/wing)

Hewitt has resigned for Huddersfield on a three year deal

Re: Rumours thread : Wed May 08, 2024 8:27 pm  

homme vaste wrote:

Just on rumours, I am told Mckmeekan has not taken a marquee spot but I am told that we have used one, and it`s not for Johnstone either.

Both MM and TJ are on marquee money.

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Re: Rumours thread : Thu May 09, 2024 8:03 am  

Marquee signing isn't just big money.

Re: Rumours thread : Thu May 09, 2024 8:08 am  

PopTart wrote:

Marquee signing isn't just big money.

This is what I was trying to get at PT, apparently the club haven't used the marquee dispensation for MM, I wasn't saying he wasn't on big money, but they do plan on using for a player. It maybe that later down the line they put his salary against one of the marquee spots, or maybe they are holding out to see where we are at against the cap and who is available, I'm not too sure how it works from that side.

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Re: Rumours thread : Thu May 09, 2024 12:08 pm  

Not Hardaker anyway. He's off to Hull

Re: Rumours thread : Thu May 09, 2024 12:33 pm  

How much is the cap nowadays. I don't know because it never affected us.