Be realistic, we are not getting James Graham or any current Aussie or Kiwi test player then who is available ish and would be any better than what we have?

I don't follow the NRL closely or the Championship so don't have that many names. Can anyone make suggestions?

Not too many impress in SL either.

i think we'd be loathe to choose anyone again from the championship at the moment, we certainly don't need another project.

Who's the props at wakefield, is it scott anderson? is he the one they rave about?

Said it on another thread already but Millington at Cas, and/or Manuokafoa at Widnes

More overseas players. When are we ever going to learn?

Millington at Cas, Watts at Hull, Anderson at Wakefield, Walker at Hull KR..... all streets ahead of England and Asotasi.. i bet there are a load more as well.

Whoever it is, the club needs to focus and get one in. We don't need a 'distraction purchase' - you know, someone who suddenly becomes available and can play in 12 different positions, the guy that is sitting on the shelf next to the check out while you queue up to pay " Only £50k and SO versatile, a bargain Mr Smith".
I agree with Catpis as well, no more projects please.
When the forwards are making ground and dominating there is room for the backs and hooker to play and scoot. We have not really seen that at Wire for a fair while since the days of Morley and Carvell. We are expecting our new HB to tear holes in the opposition next year, but it would be nice for the forwards to cause problems as well. Plus, if god forbid, Sandow has a lengthy injury stint .....

To be fair, we had Wood, Carvell, Morley and Hill at one point, but at the moment, there aren't many good british front row forwards available. Sadly.

Got any youngsters on the horizon? If so and you only need a stop gap for a year then you'd do worse than persuading Kylie Leuluai to put back his retirement by a year. He ain't half hitting hard at present. Ask Masoe.

Have we all forgotten about Ben Evans? I know he's injured at the moment but he was doing well before his injury and would expect him to progress next year.

I've heard the Burgess brothers are pretty good. Maybe the one called Sam would be a good one to go after ?

I thought he was a centre!

Anyway, I believe the final England RU squad is to be determined this Friday, so if Sam's not in it, get your cheque books ready.

Ukuma Ta`ai is out of contract with Huddersfield at the end of this season.

He has predominantly played 2nd row for them, but he can also play prop.

He would be a great acquisition for Wire.

Ta'ai
Millington
Walker

He's top of my list with Philbin moving to prop also > than Asotasi and England.

This just shows that we are naming average players to replace average players. We are better off with what we have got, get rid of Asotasi and run with the young players like Evans, King, Philbin along with England, Harrison and Hill and hope that Sandow can keep them all working and keep us going forward

Westwood is bench prop next season. It's all about who partners him as interchange. I guess Philbin has a good shout plus Harrison perhaps a bench or starting 13.
England likely to be a reserve, hopefully one we don't need to select and Big Roy bids a fond farewell.

Ukuma Ta`ai - have him in a heartbeat

Interesting to see what happens in middle 8s,any super league side relegated will have players looking for move back to super league

We won't have any salary cap left once we sign Eastmond. We'll go with the younger props we have.

Christ yeah I did forget about Ben Evan, I really like him and think he has loads of potential. Yeah Akuma ta'ai I'd be happy with, I know people don't rate him but I think Craig Kopczek under the right guidance could be a very dependable solid prop. That's just my opinion though an I could be wrong, I think philbin and Evans in another year or two will be quite dominant if they continue their progress. I have a feeling smith is literally just gonna depend on youngsters, especially with the rumour big Glenn Riley coming back. You never know the kids could take their chance and be awesome, Sam Wilde is very young but you can see he's gonna be a very good player

I like every other Wire fan just want to see the best players play for Wire, I don't care if they are from Mars..
Ironic that a Wiganer would want to lecture us on overseas players, given Maurice Lindsay's record of bringing them in.

Can we rely on Ben Evans being a regular given his injury record over the last few years? On ability alone I'd have him in my 17 but how many matches is he going to miss?

Don't recall him having that many? Assuming he'll get back to full fitness and the level of form he was showing before his injury he'd be pushing Sims for a place in the team, let alone Asotasi.

Where are all these top options that you are all banging on about we need a world class prop !!!
I think that you will see a different pack with a guiding half back. People bang on about a half cant be good behind a beaten pack, but also a pack cant be good without being guided around the park. We haven't had anyone guiding us for 2 years and funnily enough we have been moaning about our pack for the same time!! coincidence ???