Wakefield board says gone to Fev .......that's Fev even stronger next year .....

Quality player and leaves Leigh with the other two best hookers in this comp except for maybe Hendo at Sheffield. I really don't think Ashall and Handforth are the answer for turning a game on its head when the chips are down like Penky/Ellis/Beswick and Hendo can do.
Come on Karl think of the bigger picture here than just trying to keep up with the others. Let's push the boat out and get a player that our rivals fear please.Pivotal to the success of our next season-oh and Luke Brannigan at 6 would be great!

brano just signed a new contract back home in auss

Wonder how close they are paying him to the rumoured 45Ka season he wanted?

Murrell also could be on his way there and with Leigh making some good signings Im a tad worried we could be left behind for next season.

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great - Rhino needs to have an ace up his sleeve if we are to be close next year.

This isnt panic stations, but it will be if we dont get a rather large announcement soon.

Confirmed fev board.

Prop ( Crosley) we were after from Dewsbury and hooker Ellis both rumoured to be our targets both now to fev
Positive.......Tonks and Barlow retained by us who were both Fev targets.

The "two more signings statement this week"(3 weeks ago)clearly ran into some difficulty and options seem to be narrowing certainly from home grown talent. Ie Tommy Lee to London .

Going to need a rabbit from out of a hat soon. Ellis v Handforth or Ashall is a daunting prospect on a wet dismal Monday!

Scott Murrell Fax bound int he?

errr, you must have missed the fax signings that were announced plus prop ian davies.

If Rhino doesn't start to make some announcements regarding marque signings soon to replace at least Penky I will start to question his decision making big style. I'm not panicking yet but not rushing to ask Santa for a season ticket either. We could seriously be left behind and for me I'd have to question how a coach does that IF that was the case?? Fev are now streets ahead in my opinion.

Greg dont be worried

BE AFRAID

Leigh are ready to announce another signing , very soon .

Murrell will be a bull

Flipping eck do Fev want to rule the flaming world!
Clubs have a period of doing well but it usually ends after a few years, they don't seem to lose their hunger the greedy sods.
Bit worried now as we are some way behind as it stands right now based on squads, hope there is a rabbit in a hat somewhere please BOD.

Martin Aspinwall---we are being left behind.

RL season not finished yet! don't throw towel in just yet...

With Crossley Lamont Bryan Tom Hodgson and now Ellis we are looking ok but I wouldn't worry if I was a Fax fan your squad will be good next season and you will be near the top end of the league again

Top drawer signing for Fev but doesnt come cheap. A player i think we all would have wanted to see in a Fax shirt but not to be. Have faith people, we will be in the mix when it matters next season.

Yer near but without 2 or 3 good signings we will be just that 'near' the top.
Come on Karl surprise us we need something as its season tickets time coming soon and right now some people aint getting that excited, I am one of those who will get one anyway but I hope we can get that big signing to excite the fans!

Cant say Fax are looking good for next year.We lose the Best Hooker in the League and a tough hard Working prop who was one of our Best defenders and a Quality Winger. We have no Quality ballplayers or gamebreakers. We have a donkey in Reittie on the Wing and a Host of average Backs who dont receive the Ball.We resign a host of long term injured old players like nanyn and morrison.The Club think an average Forward from Barrow is a Big Name signing but who has done nothing for a couple of seasons. Our tactics are poor and plain Boring. We are behind Sheffield,Leigh let alone Fev for next season. We Need 3 or 4 Quality signings but I honestly dont that Happening. Cant say i am looking Forward to next season right now.Sorry.

A similar thing happened to Widnes a few seasons back. They stopped spending.
Saved their money to get them ready for SL.

What I dont understand, is that, if you listen to other people, we supposedly have cash to splash on players; if that is the case, why aren't we attracting new "big name" players to the club? I wonder if the lure of attractive attacking rugby is taking these players elsewhere.

No they didnt, they just employed poor coaches, they spent just as much, if not more than everybody else, now I'm not suggesting Karl isnt a good coach, he is, but nobody gets it right all the time

Hey I remember losing at Swinton, London Skolars, coming away from "victory park" Chorley after a very narrow win! We've seen the brown end of things for longer than I care to remember. Apart from the 70's purple patch, other than the odd flirtation with the cup, times have been thin or thinner!!

This might not last forever. But I'll enjoy it while it does,

Hats off to Fev - speaking to rugby fans at work - they think that the Championship is brilliant especially when they compare the likes of Fax, Fev, Leigh and Sheffield to the lower teams in SL.

I think the acid test will be the announcement of season ticket prices. Particularly if there is an early bird offer.

No signing by then of a quality halfback ( for gods sake no more forwards) and I think the board would be entitled to have started asking pertinent questions. That is the time when the coach can have a very dramatic influence on our business income stream from now to Xmas.