Wowzers, that's a lot of recruiting that needs to be done!
How old is Paul Wood now? A few years ago I would have jumped at the chance of us signing him, but he seems to have dropped off a cliff career wise.

Let's get Carvell in - I'm told he's a loyal guy who will really be committed to the cause

I'd take Matt James back, and have a look at Remy Marginet he was a handful when we were whooped. A few of those are already signed up or returning to loan club and some are retiring.

wasnt it reni matua who did all damage against us at odsal?. The one who went on loan to Salford for qualifiers and I think has now signed for leigh.

Talk of Warrington releasing Anthony England he would do a good job for us.

Sam Burgess is surplus to requirements at the RFU now.

If true he would be a much better bet than some guy who couldn't cut it at Fev or Leigh

Did the Bulls ever get that company car back? The one he was travelling to Hull FC training sessions in I presume....

Anthony England on his way to Wakey

Which probably means we'd have signed him if we'd won on Saturday

Fine margins, eh?

Walked out of a meeting with Carter and Smith yesterday apparently.
As for the person that mentioned Brett Seymour, he's a class player, but a ticking timebomb. Dewsbury had put him on leave before the end of the season for being light fingered in the changing rooms. I saw him watching an amateur game a couple of weeks ago and he was very much worse for wear, and there was no sign of any beer anywhere near him.

Marginet was the scrum-half wasn't he? He looked OK.

Maitua did most of the damage though, playing on the left edge.

The obvious area for squad improvement for me is in the pack, the front row especially. I like our starting pack (Clough, O'Brien, Sidlow, Olbison, Pitts, Addy) but apart from Ferguson, our bench options haven't been good enough. Lauaki and Crossley's stats from the Widnes game were very poor IIRC but in comparison, Sidlow and Clough's were ok. Glad Tahraoui is coming back. Anyone heard anything on Karl Davies?

Samir said he was looking forward to getting back in team after MPG.Karl Davies has retired

On the playing side

Scrum Half
2 Props
Centre

Agree in general but thought Olbison, Pitts and Addy were poor on Saturday.

how long did Pitts actually get ?

I personally don't think Crossley is good enough,

A bit plump and not mean enough...
Lauki will probably go too, he will be on a big wage and we could do better with the cash...he was marketed as our Moi Moi but doesn't get close.

I would like to see flemming and Tahroui given some game time, they could both do well for us!

We were dumb enough to give Lauaki a two year deal. So unless we pay him off, he will be here next season stealing a wage. No other club is gullible enough to take him off our hands.
I've praised Steve Ferres for his recruitment during last year's off-season, but his panic buys after deals fell through (Siejka for O'Brien and Lauaki for Offerdahl) have both been shockers.

is Sijeka on a two year as well?

Forgot about Offerdahl. Gutting to think if the O'brien and Offerdahl deals had worked out, we'd probably be in SL now

What's he doing now Offerdahl. Could be worth a shot?

The stats on the SL site show the problem

Crossley made 4 carries for 23 yards
Lauaki made 4 carries for 24 yards

That's just pathetic for bench props who are meant to give impact.

To be fair, Crossley did make 22 tackles (although he missed

so he made a defensive contribution. Lauaki only made 5 tackles so he didn't do anything in attack or defence.

But who on earth would sign up Lauaki - or Crossley for that matter?

It might help if those two got dropped in favour of Flemming or Taharoui if they didn't shape up, but it seems like they get picked no matter how little contribution they make.

Offerdahl has signed for London

Till end of 2016, yes.

I saw those stats in League Express. They lay bare the inadequacies of our bench props. That amount of carries and yards is pathetic. It's Ian Kirke-esque.

Fair enough have an impact prop if he's going to bust tackles and make gaps for ithers but neither of these really do that.