He did a good job as the 5th/6th prop at the Giants. he got fitter and was a good squad member.

Macca must rate him as you outbid a few clubs to get him. He has not taken much, if any, of a pay cut to join you.

If he is the big signing to replace Burgess that is a kick in the guts for a lot of loyal Bulls fans.

But to be fair, Macca rates Rikki Sheriffe and Michael Worrincy.

Says it all, really. And I'm one who is prepared to give him, or anyone, a chance now he's here but let's face it, as many have said, at the age of 30 we've all seen all his career what he can do, and the sad fact is that he isn't going to be any better than he has been the last decade.

It's also a poor signing as it's a bucket of ice water over the heads of the fans who have been waiting patiently for the signing of someone, anyone, [iencouraging[/i. Maybe we really, truly cannot afford to set our sights any higher than the likes of Sculthorpe. In fact that's probably it. If so, I would prefer us to have kept the money and played a young lad or two.

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was that about the beer on the coach?

You're forgetting our youthful British coach who will skilfully bring out the best in this motley collection as he is at last allowed to build his own squad and move away from the appalling Noble era... oh sorry, that was the narrative a couple of years back. Still at least he's had a clear out and significantly improved the squad, oops there I go again. However, I don't doubt we can all appreciate the carefully crafted media strategy of letting this out of the bag just before the early bird deadline, which will have the punters queuing up to renew, oops. Anyway at least we have got some 'characters' to bring the families back and create a feelgood factor, what with Reardon and Sculthorpe and maybe even Walker as well, just a shame we didn't get Bird...

I'm just glad it's not down to poor management, a lack of understanding of the fan base, no vision and poor leadership at the top. I will be renewing my season ticket on the basis that our accounts are sound and there's no financial crises, because this evidently true and forms part of the exhilaration I feel every time our team takes to the field.

Well i'll stand by my opinion that i think he's a good player (when fit) i seem to be the only one on here and if he turns out otherwise i'll put my hand up and say i was wrong..

He can be a very good player on his day but being 30, injury prone and for whatever reason can't seem to settle at any one club there are a lot of risks that come with him.



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No, no he wont.

I wish this was announced before I shelled out for a season ticket. Majorly disappointed with this signing, how long before he spits his dummy out with us ?


Desperate times call for desperate measures?

Yes, he broke the clubs/players rules and got fined/dropped, instead of taking it on the chin like another player did he SULKED.

If the accounts aren't sound then sooner or later there will be no sense of exhilaration as no team will take to the field.

Plusn i'd rather have played Crossley.

We've actually got Wakefield fans laughing at us and posting comments like "team in decline" on their own forum. Yes Wakefield fans!!! Supporters of a team that haven't improved enough to go into decline taking the mick out of us because of the signings the club are announcing.

Fair enough. How can we defend this one.

Mind you they've signed Newton & Jeffries, but this signing is in a league of its own.

It'll all be ok when we get the Superdome, you'll see.

Going on last year's form I'm not sure but at least he's at the beginning of his career and should improve. Is Crossley fulltime? If not he should be as he'll never get into proper shape otherwise.

If anybody needed absolute proof that our club is operating at nowhere near the salary cap, this is it.

Shocking signing. and I reckon this might complete our squad for this season

Did anyone seriously believe we weren't?

We haven't spent the full cap for at least 3 seasons now. I can only think the reason for this is that we can't afford to.

Yes I know and fortunately they're obviously very sound, because we're not shelling out for players and we're not spending to the cap, but unfortunately they're going to get worse because the crowds will decline further, off field costs will continue to rise and our income will be reduced.

Look I could have taken Richard Moore, I might even have failed to balk at the return of Feather, whose stats are better than Sculthorpe's. I really want to renew my ticket, but I'm afraid convincing anyone else in my household will be nigh on impossible with this news. We have to travel 60 miles to go to the game, and whilst I'll go rain and shine, can you imagine trying to persuade anyone that this is an improvement over last year, which was already dire.

He was actually pretty good at Cas the year we went back down. That said I've been working on the assumption that no way could we expect to finish above you again......now I'm not so sure.

This is depressing news.

I never expected we'd have a worser squad than last year.

Least Macca has a job for life.

very good signing for you

was very sceptical when he joined the giants last season but was impressed, skillfull and takes the ball up well

would of liked to keep him at the giants

3 or 4 years ago, I might have been quite pleased with this signing, as he did seem to show some potential. However, now, it just depresses me.

Fui Fui Moi Moi he ain't.......

Please, Bulls - tell us this isn't it.

Why not look on the bright side... the youngsters will be encouraged to know just how near they are to a first team spot - get past Sculthorpe and the first team slot is yours

That's a poor signing.

You'd have been better playing a kid.

One more overseas outside back (winger/) to come in I reckon then we're done.

Lots of gambles, ifs and maybes in next years squad IMO. Too many. But thats where we are.