Good signing for Cas and really suprised Huddersfield got rid of him.

Sidlow to the bulls

The Reds are replacing the players with a wooden spoon-they have no hope this year sadly

Powell and Murphy from Wigan to Widnes on initial one month loan then week by week

I can not see Powell as he is a halfback and we are strong in this position with Hanbury,Brown,Mellor,Craven,Gore,and Gilmore.But the first 4 more experienced.Unless thinking putting one of them to hooker.Suppose to be signing Sarsfield and Joseph according to rumours but unsure on these players.Murphy seems realistic though.

Agree they'd be odd signings for Widnes. I thought the pair where in line for Salford who lets face it are short in those spots.

I agree I don't see Murphy taking Shuan Briscoe's spot at fullback and as previously stated Widnes have a good selection of halves already.

really?! you didnt see him play last season then



and not seen the giants pack for 2013? wouldnt of even got in the team

Did you see Fielden play last year? No, but then few people did. But it didn't stop Huddersfield throwing silly money at him.

I agree. The colossi of the likes of Brett Ferres, Craig Kopczak, Larne Patrick and Jason Chan would have meant no game time whatsoever for Mason.

fielden has come to bring some leadership which we were lacking and to bring the youngster at the club on.

sure he will be spelled this coming season and the way hes going in pre season looks very good.

thanks!! top players!!

add to that crabtree, o'donnell, fielden, mullally, ta'ai

hull fc
out:-
Will Sharp - london wasps (trail)

and a few rumours on players that have been released:-
Karl Pryce - Salford City Reds
Phil Joseph - Widnes Vikings
Matthew Sarsfield - Widnes Vikings
Ryan McGoldrick - Sale Sharks & Salford City Reds

roofaldo, please clarify "silly money", l would really like to know what he,s on

Silly money is what any player who turns Bradford down gets when he signs elsewhere, particularly props

Fielden didn't turn Bradford down he joined Giants for Silly money
Mason didn't turn Bradford down he joined Cas for Silly money
Walker didn't turn Bradford down he joined Rovers for Silly money
Kopczak didn't leave Bradford for longer term security he joined Giants for Silly money
Hargreaves didn't leave Bradford in disgust at the way they were run last year he changed career entirely for Silly money

Its quite simple really, every player who chooses not to join/stay at Odsal can surely only have been tempted by a huge proportion of another clubs salary cap.

Well I don't know exactly what he's on at the Giants but I was told he asked Bradford for quarter of a million. I'd be surprised if he has drastically dropped his demands when going elsewhere.

To me, for a player who's never been right since Willie Mason floored him and hasn't seen 80 minutes of rugby in the last 2 years that's a silly amount to pay.

Given the Giants have released 11 players but only signed 6 it's safe to say that the ones coming in are getting what those going out where paid.

Unless of course you're naive enough to think players have signed for you for the love of the club and a bit of petrol money to training like GiantDee seems to.

As if anyone would pay Stuart Fielden a quarter of a million pounds a year!? A quater of a million over 3 years would be good going for his current standing.

TBH even over three years it would be overpaying. On his recent record it would be 80k+ per game. Think someone's been pulling roofaldos leg re him asking for 250k.
Had heard we offered him a smaller basic package plus big appearance bonuses due to worries over his fitness. Ateotd Hudds have a big enough pack that if he breaks down after a few games they can cover it. If he doesn't then they've got a good player. Bradford are short on props so we can't take a gamble on signing a injury prone one (we've already got one of those in Scruton

).

I think someones been having you on.

There's a difference between asking and receiving.

Hence the reason for me saying "silly money".

Thought I should say it wasn't made clear to me if this was per year or for the length of the deal.

It's clear to me you haven't got a clue

Frosties, where are you? Missing your updates.

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