Reading twitter and latest rumour is that Toby King is off to Huddersfield imminently with Jake Wardle coming in on a short term loan..

He's from Huddersfield, isn't he?

I would have thought the Wardle aspect was unlikely since he's there big up n comer but there was already rumours about him signing for wigan next year

Wigan fans confident he is there next season, so wardle coming here would be just short term to free up money i guess.

I don't know how much credence to give this, but if there's any truth in it I will be furious.

It is easy to want to bin King off because his form has been bad, but with the right coaching and mentoring (which he would get from Watson) he will be running around Super League scoring and creating tries for the rest of this decade.

I know he us a Yorkshire lad but he has come through our youth system. We should be angry to see young players from our system playing Super League at other clubs - O'Brien, Livett, George King could all do a job in our current squad.

I just can’t see Wardle coming here.
King is on a big contact, and I really can’t see Huddersfield paying him that sort of money which could be used to keep Wardle. I would say this is all just silly rumours because King was dropped for one game.

I have no doubts King can come good if he’s prepared to work with Powell, but like all players he needs to accept that he’s been out of form and Powell is trying to plug the leaks in that left side.

I guess we’ll see what happens, but I call BS on this one.

Heard that there was an incident at Hartshead Services on M62 , at a scheduled stop there after the recent Wakefield away game.

King left the coach without permission and was seen to be picked up by a friend, showing that he had planned to do this in advance.

“ O'Brien, Livett, George King could all do a job in our current squad.”. Correct, at squad numbers 30,31 and 32. Absolutely bang average players.

They have signed Jake Bibby on a good contract for next season. They already have Luetele, Cudjoe and Wardle so i would assume Bibby has gone either to play wing or is going to be phasing Cudjoe out. Watson has fallen out with Wardle apparently with him coming here (Wigan allegedly) next season and now won't pick him even though he is an England starting centre so there is definitely something afoot whether that be Wigan or Wire. Only time will tell but i'd say the likelyhood they have signed King is slim to none.

Agree with most of this, especially about Toby king, he would be fantastic under Watson. George King would be better than 3 of our starting pack from the beginning of the season, livett I'm not sure about to be honest, GOB would be a useful squad player.

I don't think there will be too much truth in this rumour though personally.

Have you got tonight's lottery numbers?

Done deal

Well, I got that one wrong...



I don't get it. Wardle is highly rated and I'm surprised Watson would let him go at this stage of the season. Powell's comments sort of lead into a 'we are building for next season' which surprises me as I thought he'd be Wigan-bound. Maybe I'm over-analysing the story. I'm interested to see what Wardle can do for our left edge though.

I feel a bit miffed about King. He was progressing really well right up until the new contract was signed, then his dream team form just fell off a cliff.

Me too! Wow. I rate Wardle though so we have a good centre coming in.

Dissapoined with King going but until the story unfolds a bit I don't know whether I'm dissapoined with Powell, the club or King himself. If the tale about the services is true then I'm leaning towards King himself at the minute.

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Strange. What's the end result here? Both turning into permanent deals?

Bit mixed over this, granted we need a body in but surely the opportunity should have been to give wrench an extended run at centre

You would hope so, but why only a loan deal? Maybe Wardle is already signed up by Wigan.

I can't wait for the release of Cooper, Charnley & Kings hardback "Powell: Why he's a W*nker" with foreword by Steve Price.

King has been very average for a while and if you don’t want to dig in and support the coach then get rid

I like the clear out more and more and although the season is a total write off we are looking a lot stronger for next year

I assume Powell plans to use Mata'utia at half-back, with Wrench and Wardle isn the centres. Where to use Ratchford seems to be the issue now.

I was wondering reading post match and wondering if it was going to be a permanent fixture.

Though,I was somewhat annoyed we went through pre season and then switched our 1 and 6 around, now we've got a centre at stand off

Powell is certainly being ruthless with the clear out. Better than a slow and painful transition that lasts 3 years though IMO. The fans wouldn't have the patience for that at all.

Maybe Widdop is off, so Thewlis to FB and Wrench on the wing?

First time Wardle knocks on this site will implode under the weight of people declaring they always said King was the next Phil Blake.