Offered him over 100k I’ve heard. Can he play prop?

If this is true, our recruitment team have learnt nothing.

Who is Blake Ferguson

Our recruitment is all about big names rather than what we need.

This is a joke if true.....we pay a fortune to get over an aging Aussie winger when we need a barnstorming prop - our club is becoming an embarrassment!

This would be up there as one of the most ridiculous and unnecessary signings this club has ever made. And it's up against some tough competition!!

Quote ="sir adrian morley"Who is Blake Ferguson'" https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/the-repo ... act-51273/

Quote ="sir adrian morley"Who is Blake Ferguson'" https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/the-repo ... act-51273/

This would be an idiotic move from the club . . . so I thoroughly expect it will happen.

I've edited your post to be more appropriate with how things are currently going.

It's a weird one. He's an elite quality player, but with Charnley and Ashton in your team, you don't need him. Perhaps you're releasing Charnley and getting Ferguson for less?

Yeah we don't need him at all, he's been in decline for a few years now aswell. It would come across as a big name publicity thing again rather than a player we actually need. I can't see Powell wanting him though, and the article is only saying we are the most likely to sign him. Proberbly due to our awful history of wasting money on gimmicky past their best players.

The article is dated 1st April.

Quote ="Boss Hog"The article is dated 1st April.'" I noticed that so double-checked. Others linked him to us in late March. https://www.foxsports.com.au/news/nrl-2 ... 2882b89bb3

Quote ="Boss Hog"The article is dated 1st April.'" I noticed that so double-checked. Others linked him to us in late March. https://www.foxsports.com.au/news/nrl-2 ... 2882b89bb3

Quote ="Jack Napier"I noticed that so double-checked. Others linked him to us in late March. https://www.foxsports.com.au/news/nrl-2 ... 2882b89bb3'" Thanks for the information, but he isn`t what we need now, unless Charnley is one of the players that Powell is butting heads with. I think we are all in agreement about that.

Quote ="Jack Napier"I noticed that so double-checked. Others linked him to us in late March. https://www.foxsports.com.au/news/nrl-2 ... 2882b89bb3'" Thanks for the information, but he isn`t what we need now, unless Charnley is one of the players that Powell is butting heads with. I think we are all in agreement about that.

That report was written on 1 April. Here's hoping that's all there is to it......

If this signing gets confirmed then it leaves either Ashton or Charnley out in the cold. That's quite cheap £114k for a player who has been as good as Fergus on has previously (going back a few years now though), however if we have £114k spare then it should be spent on a quality front row player, Jason Clarks wage should also have been spent on a quality prop. Then we may not be in as much of a mess now.

If we sign a (formerly) high profile winger now when we are desperately light in the forwards then our recruitment team needs a full overhaul (it does anyway).

And?

Doesnt Powell have authority on all signings now? Absolutely no chance he’d go for this. If he does then I’m out of his corner.

Nonsense. Even we’re not THIS daft.

Ferguson was good last year for the Eels.

He would do well in Super league and he would at least give Warrington some go forward.

Dunno, he must be a prop.

I don't follow the NRL (Auntie is too tight with the TV money), but isn't he 'troubled', and also aren't we supposed to be breaking the cycle and rebalancing our spend?

This doesn't seem to fit that strategy and seems like the kind of thing we 'used to do' (fingers crossed).

Wiki makes him sound cool

“ Blake has been disciplined for several incidents of off-field behaviour. At a music festival in November 2012, he was escorted by security staff out of a VIP area after reports that he had been spitting on patrons”

Nice lad

Don't judge too harshly, one of our best players in recent history had a sexual encounter with a dog, one of our recent centres had a penchant for taking a dump on hotel tables and a club legend is a convicted drink driver. This makes the spitting incident appear relatively mild.

…and two of those have been club captains!