Re: New #16 : Thu Jan 23, 2020 12:02 pm  

Or thane wrote:

To be fair unless someone from the RFL is following him all day how would they know if he trains with the Squad or not. We have loads of behind the scenes training sessions so he can still train with the team, he's more than likely already got his Visa as we've not just signed him over night. We will have been working on this for a while and we've clearly kept the number 16 open for him.

I suspect it is exactly this, signed subject to visa, could only be announced once visa granted.

Re: New #16 : Thu Jan 23, 2020 12:34 pm  

Clean slate for the player and a fresh start... I certainly wont be judging him on some past signings we have made.

As someone pointed out... There have been many players that didn't set the NRL on fire, that have come to SL and looked very good... lets hope he falls into that bracket.

Re: New #16 : Thu Jan 23, 2020 12:37 pm  

Whilst not exactly thrilled about this signing I'm going to be fair to the lad and the club.

We were in the market for a prop and we've signed one. According to reports, he was talking to a couple of other clubs, so we had to put up a decent show to get his signature. For all the slagging off he's getting on social media already, about 'not being good enough'; if he had gone elsewhere we'd have all been ranting about how we let a prop with a decent amount of NRL experience slip to another club.

The best forwards that come over from the NRL tend to be those that arrive with the least amount of fan fare. He's a big lad that can come off the bench and that's all we need.

Re: New #16 : Thu Jan 23, 2020 12:37 pm  

Or thane wrote:

To be fair unless someone from the RFL is following him all day how would they know if he trains with the Squad or not. We have loads of behind the scenes training sessions so he can still train with the team, he's more than likely already got his Visa as we've not just signed him over night. We will have been working on this for a while and we've clearly kept the number 16 open for him.

Exactly, unless the Home Office has an agent at Padgate campus we are probably OK.

Re: New #16 : Thu Jan 23, 2020 12:38 pm  

moving on... wrote:

Whilst not exactly thrilled about this signing I'm going to be fair to the lad and the club.

We were in the Market for a prop and we've signed one. According to reports he was talking to a couple of other clubs so we had to put up a decent show to get his signature. If For all the slagging off he's getting on social media about 'not being good enough', If he'd have gone elsewhere we'd have all been slagging the club off for letting a prop with a decent amount of NRL experience slip to another club.

The best forward that come over from the RFL tend to be those that arrive with the least amount of fan fare. He's a big lad that can come off the bench and that's all we need.

Exactly. We can only judge him on performances for us. He cannot be any worse than Asotasi and I bet on a lot less £

Re: New #16 : Thu Jan 23, 2020 1:26 pm  

I think he'll do well, i can see him being a proper enforcer for us. And i love that he's an out and out Prop and not a second rower/Prop. He's a big unit and we've been screaming for a big bulldozing prop for a long time now. And not forgetting Sammy Kibula, he's a big out and out prop and looking a lot fitter than any pic i've seen of him before. Potentially we've now got 2 big boppers in the team that can steam roll us forward for a change. If that happens we're gonna smash some teams this year, if we can get back to the playing style we had at the beginning of 2019. And it will allow us to rest Hill and cooper more and not have them have to do such long minutes, which can only be a plus for us and getting them back to top form.

Re: New #16 : Thu Jan 23, 2020 2:12 pm  

moving on... wrote:

Whilst not exactly thrilled about this signing I'm going to be fair to the lad and the club.

We were in the market for a prop and we've signed one. According to reports, he was talking to a couple of other clubs, so we had to put up a decent show to get his signature. For all the slagging off he's getting on social media already, about 'not being good enough'; if he had gone elsewhere we'd have all been ranting about how we let a prop with a decent amount of NRL experience slip to another club.

The best forwards that come over from the NRL tend to be those that arrive with the least amount of fan fare. He's a big lad that can come off the bench and that's all we need.

With you.

To add...
He's not the usual 31/32+ years prop pedigree that is often Wires downfall.
He's under 28 and every player we sign ought to be regardless of quality...the risk increases.

Re: New #16 : Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:23 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

With you.

To add...
He's not the usual 31/32+ years prop pedigree that is often Wires downfall.
He's under 28 and every player we sign ought to be regardless of quality...the risk increases.

That means we miss out on a few good ones...

Les Boyd was 29 when we signed him.
Adrian Morley was 30 when we signed him.
Gareth Carvell was 29 when we signed him.

If they are good enough they are young enough.

Re: New #16 : Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:34 pm  

The truth is we will have no idea until we see him play. Seems he was highly rated before going to GC and not once he got there, suggests he has the potential to do well.

Re: New #16 : Thu Jan 23, 2020 8:14 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

That means we miss out on a few good ones...

Les Boyd was 29 when we signed him.
Adrian Morley was 30 when we signed him.
Gareth Carvell was 29 when we signed him.

If they are good enough they are young enough.

This is true.
I stand by my post.