any chance of seeing him at odsal ? could do a job for us.

Probably not;

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means nowt these days. what they say one day is forgotten the next as we have seen from some of our recent departures.

We dont need a hindrance though, if he is willing to put effort in then go for it, if not (possibly like Mason) then he can stay in the wilderness, we cant afford to carry anyone they can just leave.

I would definitely consider him. The sort of big, aggresive forward that we don't have. A short term contract to prove himself in a relegation threatened team might be just the type of challenge he needs to get back to his best (which is pretty good). Even if he just ended up being a squad player then it's still another experienced number in our ranks.

All the top players are already signed up so beggars can't be choosers this year i'm afraid.

Fakir was a decent prop at one time. Maybe a bit too inclined to get involved when it wasn't necessary but he has a bit of 'devil' in him and if is in the right frame of mind would be a great addition right now. The way he's left les cats suggests that maybe his mind isn't in the right place though....maybe a so-much a game deal?

If I had to choose one of the Catalans props currently out of favour, I would opt for Paea.

Sorry-- it appears Paea is in the 17 tonight so obviously my comment "out of favour" is incorrect.

Did nothing come from offerdahl, he looked good at the WC, ino Mexico deal fell flat

Eddie on sky mentioned they have a dozen players out so perhaps they don't have the luxury of anyone being out of favour. God help us if any of our lads go out of favour.

Offerdahl signed for crusaders iirc

You are correct, still worth a shot if we get sorted I think.

We did try get Fakir on loan before he decided to retire

I thought that may hve been the signing that fell through.