Rather have McNally anyway.

Inu been announced by Widnes

I think we are at the stage of rebuilding the squad and club that we need to be very careful about who we bring in. The "apple cart" as Bulls4Champs says is very important. I trust Kear regarding this. I can't see him destroying the atmosphere in the camp for the sake of taking a risk on someone. After all, he has signed Foggin-Johnson and others so why would he not give them a chance till a decent signing turns up.

I'd agree with that. The only centre I'd like to see back at the Bulls is Egodo but he's not worth breaking the bank or selling one of our most promising juniors for.

I'd be happy to go with what we have and see who becomes available during the season. Always worth having some play in the budget in case someone becomes up. We saw it last year with the additions made and I think it will stand us in good stead towards the later end of the season.

Good evening 'Buuls4Champs'.

I'm hearing whispers of McNally possibly heading back to Leigh. He lives very close to LSV, and unfortunately, his wife is not too well, from all accounts. I know he's a big mate of Ridyard's and Duffy knows all about him.

Many of us at Leigh were gutted that he was allowed to leave, in the first place, and would welcome him back. However, I haven't a clue what his contract is at the Bulls, and was wondering if you guys had heard anything?

Please note, this is NOT an attempt to 'troll' and is a genuine question.

Really looking forward to our games again next season.

He signed a 2 year contract so basically has a year left.Suffered with injuries but played well when fit.One or two whispers regards his future but nothing else that I've heard.One or two on here may know more.

Honestly if we could get a fee for him I'd let him go. Missed about 75% of last season through injury, not getting any younger, and I'm not even sure if he's better than Pickersgill anyway.

absolutely
I would much rather see pickersgill get the number 1 shirt

i know moss has gone back to australia, doesnt mean he cant come back. hes not been picked up by anyone, has he?

I absolutely don’t want Pickersgill near that shirt he has to learn to tackle first

Coming up to 29 in January, although he seems to have been around forever! (remember his sensational debut for Whitehaven against Salford, when he was still at school?)

In his last two seasons at Leigh, he suffered horror injuries in pre-season friendlies, but worked his 'whotsits' off to recover and play well, on return.

Would welcome him back with open arms! He always worked well with Ridyard.

Wasn't Hitchcox also described as a full back. If McNally did go I would like to see Pickers given a chance but I do take the point about his tackling. He has been given two more years so Kear must rate him. If McNally went then spend that money on Egodo?
I don't expect promotion again for a few years so I would like to see us take the opportunity to bring on as many young ones as possible - as well as being very competitive so us fans enjoy watching the team grow together until we are ready to step up and dominate SL again.

Yeah he was a full back when he first came over for Fev

I like Pickersgill and think he had a fantastic season but it is no contest between him and McNally for me atthe moment. Watching him for Ireland in the internationals hes still all class. He has never been injury prone and I'd be happy thinking last season was a one off.

But I have seen all the just giving pages etc and if he is wanting to be closer to home can't blame in

Anyone know if he's on a full time contract ?

Yep it would be an interesting decision. Certainly wouldn't begrudge him a move closer to home if his wife isn't too well.

I do agree regarding Pickersgill,, he played well last year but still has a few areas to work on. Particularly with us stepping up in leagues. However as others have said, this is a free hit this season so it's an ideal opportunity to give the likes of Pickersgill and Storton plenty of game time and improve further.

I've said it all a long, next season is where I think we'll seriously challenge. I'd be amazed if Toronto don't go up this time. Next year we won't have a Toronto and another year in the championship for Widnes will only weaken them. That's my grand master plan anyway haha

There would have to be some bridges built for him to return to Leigh, I suppose. Gregg was one of a group of players who were taking legal action against Leigh, when their contracts became 'null & void' at the end of our SL season. Usually it's the players who invoke that clause, but Leigh beat them to it! (that's two successive years we have upset contracted players - not a nice thing to do!)

Ah, but another year there may strengthen us - surely we can't get any weaker?!

Rhys Evans confirmed. Wow didn't expect that.

Great signing. Some real competition for places across the back line can only be a good thing.

Top quality

Looked the real deal a couple of years ago at Warrington. Perhaps lost his way a bit latterly, but still got bags of potential to really make an impact for us

I think that is a right statement of intent, I don’t think anyone saw that coming, an absolute gem of a Xmas present, rate this guy highly

Only just gone 26 too. Looks like that's our recruitment done. A full pre-season for all the team to gel and try cement their place in the team. Bring on the new season.

Really good signing. 100+ SL Games, 26 years old. Try scorer. As Ewwen says some strong competition for the backline. Especially centres. Could see Jake Webster moving in and out of backrow though potentially to ensure he Evans & Gibson are on the field all at the same time.

Would still love to sign Tuoyo though, and wouldn't have minded signing Ben Evans, but that's just being a bit greedy really.

Based on the last couple of seasons Rhys appears very injury prone, excellent when on the pitch but a relatively rare event - hope he goes well for you guys

Well hopefully we have learned from the past and not signed any injured players.