He's just listed people that are available. There is no thought gone into that.

It reads more like they deals are further down the tracks than that.

[i‘Rugby League Live understands they are set to sign centres Iain Thornley and Peter Mata'utia from Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves respectively while they have also expressed interest in Huddersfield Giants legend Jermaine McGillvary‘[/i

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What a he was this year. I wonder what his total playing minutes were.

Actually I typed xxx but the filter changed it!

Edit It does it for a reason. Don't do it again please. Poptart

I'd be happy with McGillivray though I think he could still get a gig in SL and he also plays the same position as Kershaw. I'd rather keep him.

Mata'utia is a good player and a versatile one. And Powell likes him.
I think Thornley is one old guy too far though. I'd rather we tried younger but needs must. If he's the guy then so be it.

Mathew shaw is usually bob on with what he says tbf.

McGilivray’s is still decent but his problem is staying on the field, he hasn’t managed 20 games for a while now.

Mata’utia will be decent at Championship level and as said his versatility will be handy.

Thornley i’m less sure about. If we are signing Mata’utia i’d rather go with Croft, Pratt & Franco as options.

Now seeing Hampshire junior being talked about in the chip shops and tap rooms of Wakefield.

I would have him back in a heartbeat, he will be devastating in the Championship.

Hope the age of the team starts dropping, When Powell was at Castleford, as soon as a player could not do the job on the field that he wanted Powell would get rid , hope he does that at Wakefield

Those people never stopped talking about him.

I don't doubt he'd be useful but where would he play?

How many games does Max miss a year? How many games are we expecting Gale to play? Hampshire makes sense.

Dagger?

Granted, and Rocky plays best for me at FB. It’s not clear cut.

Yeah Dagger has done well but isn’t he York bound?

Think McGillvary would be a great replacement for Kershaw.
Matautia, I'm not convinced about as he has looked pants at Wire. IMHO.
Thornily has never quite fulfilled his promise and at this time in his career doesn't strike me as worthy of a punt.

Unfortunately all these names are dependent on what deals have been done with current team.
Is Dagger staying? Is Pratt staying? Is Kershaw staying?
Makes a difference imho.

I’d rather have Kershaw than a 35 year old if it can be done. Think this just journalists at their worst. The Wiggin fans absolutely hated Thornley and gave him some major verbals at ours. Same with Matu’autia and Wire fans.

I think Thornley would be a fantastic pick up for the Championship.

He’s a big body and carries very strongly with good athleticism. He may not have the silky skills but he hits great lines and would score a lot of tries at Championship level.

I’d prefer to retain Kersh over Jerry however if that can’t happen Jerry would be a very good replacement.

Matautia is another who I’m sure would go well on the Championship.

The key for me though is the duration of the deals should they come off. If they are 1 year deals that’s perfect any more than that would make me nervous.

At Belle Vue .

Sounds good in principal, but I'd only look at bringing a player over, if it was a right fit at the time.

It would also be a good idea to invest in our home grown players.

If we are going down the route of plenty of overseas players, how about sorting our spine players, as I feel that is where weve struggled the most, maybe look at your 6,7 and 9 first and build the team around it.

Your right about 6,7 and 9 ,Been to slow of the mark to take us forward Gale been the best of a bad bunch and way behind Tim Smith ,no speed but could and did win matches with is passing

6 and 9 would be the first thing we need to find. We need quality in these positions even if it means using quota.

I wouldn’t personally be happy going into next season with just Gale and Lino as our halves.

Look at the spine the last time we were in the lower division
Holland
Casey
Kenworthy
Southernwood
Fuller

The likes or Croft, Platt, Kershaw, Griffin, Tanginoa, Matautia would be devastating running off that spine

The names banded about so far are better than what we have at present and would have walked into our super league team , so it’s a no brainier for me , they will do a great job for a season or two for us but obviously not if /when we get back amongst the big boys .