Been told we've signed Liam Knight and should be here in time for the Leigh game.

[quote="RockNRolla":e94qu24w]Been told we've signed Liam Knight and should be here in time for the Leigh game.[/quote:e94qu24w] Any good?

[quote="Hasbag":1d7h4yhk]I wouldnt set your hopes too high. There isn't much available 2 weeks into a season and with limited cap space available while needing to strengthen 3 different positions. Somebody like Sam Eseh is arguably the best we could hope for.[/quote:1d7h4yhk] We’ve plenty of cap space given we were after Cross/Sneyd plus Abdull and Staveley have gone since. Gunna have a quota spot available. Picking players up from London, who technically was worse than us, isnt going to improve us.

People of twitter seem to think Tom Amone may be available as he's been pushed down to the NSW cup, but seemingly for fitness reasons. Was great for Leigh but if it's fitness related then maybe not somebody Carty would want.

Liam Knight would fit right in with our injury record

Got the Knight deal done quick considering we didn’t have a quota spot coming available 2 days ago. He’s a genuine prop but a bab injury record.

Gutted for Ligi and the club, thought as soon as he went down it was likely a season ended but had hoped it was one that looked worse than it was. We need reinforcements asap and not just any but some decent quality. Unfortunately due to the lack of available quality in the non quota category I think the club would be better off paying Ligi off but still looking after him in his recovery to free up a quota spot with a view to signing him to a new deal next year once he’s non quota. Then see what’s/who’s available in the overseas market. Wish him all the best for a full and speedy recovery, he puts his body on the line every week for our club. Think under JC he’d have had a good year too, gutted for him

[quote="Hasbag":qin9wxm2]People of twitter seem to think Tom Amone may be available as he's been pushed down to the NSW cup, but seemingly for fitness reasons. Was great for Leigh but if it's fitness related then maybe not somebody Carty would want.[/quote:qin9wxm2] Looked fit enough for Leigh and would be a big upgrade on Sao. Knows a few of the ex Leigh contingent too.

[quote="FC Callum":wcjdxv3d]Got the Knight deal done quick considering we didn’t have a quota spot coming available 2 days ago. He’s a genuine prop but a bab injury record.[/quote:wcjdxv3d] 83 games in 9 seasons

[quote="Cuddleclub":1haa7jl8]Agree with this, we have been our own worst enemy at times but we can’t catch a break with the injuries.[/quote:1haa7jl8] I’m worried about the club ‘hoping’ that Asiata just has a sore bicep or whatever it is, it’s never usually the case for us.

[quote="Steve0":soy9wnh6]Any good?[/quote:soy9wnh6] He's had 'issues', but so have we. Nearly a song there.

[quote="DSJ1983":1xpt98hh]I’m worried about the club ‘hoping’ that Asiata just has a sore bicep or whatever it is, it’s never usually the case for us.[/quote:1xpt98hh] You just know it’ll be worse than expected. It always is.

With rumours before of Ligi wanting to join fire service , maybe he’ll retire now , does that help us in any way regards the salary cap etc

[quote="Steve0":2uip5qd7]Any good?[/quote:2uip5qd7] Not much on Youtube apart from a Fox One to One interview about his drink problem.

It looks like he was in and around the Manly first grade setup as a youngster when Carty was there as he made a first grade appearance in 2016. Every overseas player we’ve signed has followed that pattern so could be something in it.

Knight came through at Manly in 2016. Guess who the assistant coach was

[quote="Windy winger":17t8yptr]With rumours before of Ligi wanting to join fire service , maybe he’ll retire now , does that help us in any way regards the salary cap etc[/quote:17t8yptr] He may accept a couple of months less money just to get going but as he's played a game and a minute he still counts on the cap. But his departure would free up a quota place and we had spare cap anyway.

Jack Brown on loan anyone? isn't Ryan Sutton available also?

https://www.bulldogs.com.au/teams/nsw-c ... am-knight/ Stats can be misleading but these are Knights from last years nsw cup. Plays decent minutes. averages 144m per game but pretty sure these are calculated a little differently over here, So it would be slightly less on the SL sits. Likes an offload

https://www.bulldogs.com.au/teams/nsw-c ... am-knight/ Stats can be misleading but these are Knights from last years nsw cup. Plays decent minutes. averages 144m per game but pretty sure these are calculated a little differently over here, So it would be slightly less on the SL sits. Likes an offload

[quote="UllFC":295oesas]Jebson was sent to Donny as part of the dual reg but can't see that he has played in the league so far.[/quote:295oesas] Just seen that Jebson played for our reserves on Friday night in a hammering at Leeds. Looks like he’s fallen behind Kirby in the pecking order.

It’s so disappointing that Cobie Wainhouse has failed to deliver on his potential He was almost first team under Smith and now hasn’t even a squad number I believe For me Ligi has played his last game for Hull - shame for him as he would certainly not have wanted this as his final game - best of luck to him in his future and Thanks for all his efforts

Knight is a good player, like been mentioned he has had injury problems though. I'm still not sure that I would have used the quota spot on a prop though, I'd have been looking at a domestic prop and use the quota on our weaker areas. Hope the deal is only to the end of the year, if not that's our last quota spot gone and I would prefer to to be used on a halfback or . Id be looking at bringing Satae back next year, think Cartwright and the team would get him fit and playing well. I still also hope we are looking at Lam, get that offer back on the table, as he is OOC at the end of the year.

Stay away from Satae hopefully even though he’ll be off quota. Rarely works out second time around and he’ll be 33 himself later this year. Let’s move on.

[quote="DSJ1983":2bgflapc]It looks like he was in and around the Manly first grade setup as a youngster when Carty was there as he made a first grade appearance in 2016. Every overseas player we’ve signed has followed that pattern so could be something in it.[/quote:2bgflapc] Whilst I can see the logic in all our overseas signings having worked with Cartwright at some point so he knows what they're like, is it not a risk that by not casting our net wider, we're missing out on potential better players that he hasn't worked with?

[quote="Cuddleclub":167hyd0h]You just know it’ll be worse than expected. It always is.[/quote:167hyd0h] He'll be having his arm amputated on Tuesday knowing how it goes with us.