Re: More rumours! : Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:28 pm  

Have we got cap space for a Australian international?

Re: More rumours! : Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:32 pm  

1 player I'd love to see at Hull is Felito Mateo of New Zealand Warriors, amazing player. Take note McBanna, I found out he's eligible for England to due to his English mother

Re: More rumours! : Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:49 pm  

Tongan Mafia wrote:

If i was Lynch i would be offended that he is put in the same bracket as cusack tbh...I know what u are saying about age but lynch doesnt seem to be stopping yet and at the end of the day we have taking risk on worse players then him. I mean mckinnon major knee construction surgery and has dodgy hamstrings and is quite old for a back where pace goes with age unlike props who rely more on power and stamina then pace.

If we are taking risks on goodish to average players then we must take small risks with top quality players who would make a difference like a lynch or a peacock imo.

£100-150k transfer fees are not a small risk in rugby league. It's great that we seem to have been bought out by someone willing to invest in us, but that doesn't mean we should expect him to be some sort of sugar daddy ready to fritter away money on short term signings just to cause a stir. Lynch could make a difference to us for a couple of years, the same £150k spent on younger players and/or their development could make a difference to us for 10 or more. Spend money on transfer fees if the right players are available, not just for the sake of it.

And as for Lynch taking offence at being in the same bracket as Cusack, Cusack has an NRL win to Lynch's SL win, with a further 3 GF appearances under his belt. The difference is that you've been watching Lynch in his prime whereas we saw Cusack with his best days behind him and approaching retirement, but you're then actually suggesting we do pretty much the same for Lynch and pay a transfer fee for the privilege.

Re: More rumours! : Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:06 pm  

If we sign another forward im sure he'll be a lot better than Lynch and will be a someone who'll be here for the long term and not at the end of his career.

Re: More rumours! : Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:25 pm  

Lynch is one of the best fowards in SL, I'd sign him up for 2 years.

The club however need to sign up a couple of youngish props, as at the end of 2012, we could have no props if Moa and O Meley go back to the NRL and Radford retires.

Thats why the club are maybe looking players like O Carrol for next year.

Re: More rumours! : Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:49 pm  

As we know that we need a prop for next season and most likely a backrower (because I don't see Agar giving Green/Cunningham/etc too much gametime), what would people think to the signings of Ryan Bailey and Brett Ferres?
Both English. Both decent. Both OOC. Both better than the majority of other OOC players. Bailey isn't popular, don't think I have to explain why, but he's not that bad at the game. Ferres is also generally good, and would be a good interchange for a starting backrow of Manu, Westerman, Tickle.

Re: More rumours! : Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:07 pm  

We won't be signing any good young Aussies as there think more of there rep footie so were probably going to get 1 at the end of his playing days or a poop 1

Re: More rumours! : Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:15 pm  

Panda92 wrote:

what would people think to the signings of Ryan Bailey and Brett Ferres?

I personally would hate the idea as I don't rate either of them. We need to get out of the habit of signing mediocre players (plus Bailey is a prize tit).

Re: More rumours! : Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:17 pm  

Panda92 wrote:

As we know that we need a prop for next season and most likely a backrower (because I don't see Agar giving Green/Cunningham/etc too much gametime), what would people think to the signings of Ryan Bailey and Brett Ferres?Both English. Both decent. Both OOC. Both better than the majority of other OOC players. Bailey isn't popular, don't think I have to explain why, but he's not that bad at the game. Ferres is also generally good, and would be a good interchange for a starting backrow of Manu, Westerman, Tickle.

Both are penalty machines who make Lauaki look like a saint.

Re: More rumours! : Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:21 pm  

I'd take Tom Burgess - think he is going to be a very very good prop forward. They are the types of player you need to spend money on