Just out of interest is it that straight forward???
What about the current squad and contract re-negotiations??
What about actually checking if any overseas player's will now get visa's?
Also as yet we don't know the implication's of the HMRC investigation or how the new south stand funding is progressing!!
You can't have it all ways mate,it's all well and good saying we should be signing this or that player and ablett and gibson are average,or that smith isn't a centre but there's more to it than that.
Oh and WHO say's smith isn't a centre????
Are you writing him off after a couple of match's there??

a good signing very like for like. it has been said by gould and co that backrow is maybe his best position. not the best hands but strong in defence and with the ball, not lighting fast but mobile for a big unit

And our defence in that centre position has been an issue. Gilmour seems to fall back inside to his second row position, leaving Meli exposed covering 2 or even 3 defenders.

Aye that's right pal, you're club didn't think he was a good player because he got one on the chin from one of the best and hardest props in recent years.

Who said that??????????
Again just like euro rent boy you spout complete bollox!!


He was squashed and needed a shoulder reconstruction and a knee op plus his agent was been a tool so leeds pulled out!!
Where does that say we didn't deem him good enough?????
It's really straight forward but you make out of it what you want

It only makes them stronger, that position was one of their weaknesses, I can't see any conceivable ones now.

Front row.

This signing means Cayless is on his way out as we are upto our foreign players limit. This means we can only replace him with an english prop who will be........

Yes, your guess is as good as mine.

Unless......there are rumours that Gidley will be on his way to newcastle, meaning we can sign an NRL prop, but leaving the right side weak.

I thought he was staying another year before lyon goes back???

Well, I dunno, as I said, there is a rumour hes off back to the NRL. But if he stays, our front row will be pretty weak as I cant think of any english props good enough for us, off contract

Good grief.. imaging if saints had Lyon on the right and soliola on the left...
we might as well pack in

Gidley will stay another year or retire. I definitely think he can do another year, but its up to him. Obviously i hope he stays

There'll still be gaps to fill when cunningham and long go.

So you're saying he needed a shoulder op and a knee op from being mullered by Wiki? ? ?

I don't think im the one talking bollox pal, you seem to have mastered it down to a fine art.

Thats the master plan!, some celery cap mischief come to a town near you soon

So he will either stay or go, have you got any more scoops?

After that hit he was forced out of the kiwi WC squad and he ended up having a shoulder reconstruction and knee op.
This HAPPENED so how is it bollox???

I knew Wiki was a hard man, but he must be made of pure steel.

Watch the hit on that well known site!!

yeah that was my next question. I suppose you could have the best backline by a mile in SL then employ u18's in your front row..

It isn't but that was towards the back end of last season with an off season inbetween to recover.

How much time did Soliola miss at the start of the current NRL season? Was it more or less than Webb missed over here in similar circumstances?

Or Buderus for that matter?

There is a difference between rehabbing an injured player who is already on the books and signing one while they're carrying an injury which will require surgery though surely?

Hindsight may show that he would have been OK for this season, but at the time it may have seemed an overly risky investment.

For Saints signing him next year the situation is different as at the time of signing he is fit and healthy.

He's saying he was mullered by Wiki and subsequently needed a shoulder op and a knee op. Whether the latter flow from the former is beside the point. The point (see above) is that it is alleged that Leeds didn't sign him because he had injuries requiring surgery, whereas Saints made their move at a time when he was recovered, fit and back playing. Two very different situations, and I'm surprised that you and Euroboy are being so twitchy about it. Nobody's saying you haven't made a good signing, so you could probably afford to cool your jets a little bit.