Effective immediately to take up a SL opportunity

Oh my Lord, I wonder where he could end up?

The fact that he hasn’t already been announced makes me a bit suspicious. He’ll be wanting more than the 200k GBP he’s already on, and maybe he’s holding out to see if he can get a better deal than what we think he’s worth, with another club. The last thing we want to do is make another mistake of over paying a NRL ‘star’ who turns out to be dud.

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Announcement tomorrow is what I was told

His earning potential is limited by the fact no NRL club is interested, so there is no extra over financial enticement needed to bring him across, if he wants to continue a professional RL career it has to be in Super League, that puts him in a SL wage bracket. We've brought Sandow, Roberts, Austin, Widdop & Williams over on marquee salaries, all of them were regular NRL starters so with a realistic opportunity to remain in the NRL (might be pushing it with Roberts). Dufty is completely different in terms of where he is in his career, so his salary will be reflective of that. I'm not saying he will be playing for peanuts, but it wont be on a similar level to the above players and I doubt £200k plus.

Please play him at 6 powell

He's signed. Will join up with his team mates next week and be registered for this season having already signed a 2 year deal.

Does anybody else just have a massively bad feeling about this signing.

It's got red flags all over it.

Nah, remember when we got Williams at the end of the season and...... oh, yep...... red flag....

I think it could be a mistake bringing him over now to be honest. This season is done for Warrington realistically and bringing him in when the team is such a mess with all the comings and goings could turn out to be a mistake.

The talent is definitely there with Dufty. He's more talented than Field for example, he'll score some sensational tries if he gets his confidence up and he'll be as much of an individual threat as you've ever had in Super League. But he's also suffered from a lack of confidence in the NRL and is prone to errors, which seem to compound themselves and leave him not wanting the ball. That's why I'd have brought him in for next season, when he'll be playing off the back of the biggest forward pack UK rugby league has ever seen.

If I were a Warrington fan I'd be very optimistic about this signing. You can't knock the board and Powell, they haven't half gone for it. They have gone from a completely powerpuff pack in the Cooper/Hill/Philbin days that was simply never good enough to win a SL, to an enormous pack that will win games on it's own. You've also got arguably the fastest set of backs in SL history as well with Dufty, Wrench, Ashton and if you sign Wardle. It might not work, it might fall apart spectacularly, but you can't question the ambition, they've put everything including the kitchen sink and next doors driveway and their Nan into winning SL next season.

Announcement tonight before the Leeds v Wigan game I’m hearing.

I'm not concerned one bit about this signing. He's openly said he doesn't want to leave the nrl and thinks he's good enough to play there. At the moment, nobody is willing to offer him a decent contract over there. He'll only be 28/29 after his 2 years with us. The way to get an nrl contract would be to rip it up in SL the way field and French have done.

If he is any good let's get him in now. But our defence is the biggest worry for me and this is a whole team problem.

Yes!

This could be the worst signing ever with his comments about SL, the reasons why he was got rid of from St George and the Bulldogs. He's a player with defence, poor attitude and thinks hes bigger than SL. When two of the wooden spooners dont want you then its a red flag for me.

Cool, if he adds to us missing relegation then happy days. I hope he goes well for us and can hit the ground running. Also means he will know the club and unless homesick will be used to England and settled for next year so there'll be no settling in period for 2023

Well, let’s just hope he’s our right side halfback at not at 1. We’re low on confidence and shipping points already, and Dufty at fullback isn’t going to fix that in a hurry!

Kevin Naiqama had nothing good to say about SL as well and Laughed in an interview about him coming over here. Then when no NRL club were interested low and behold he was in super league And he did pretty well. I'm not worried by this at all

Another nail in the coffin for any aspiring youth player on our books, if Dufty comes here.

It’s a strange one. Thewlis is going to 1 next season and Powell has stated Ratchford will be at halfback. I can only imagine he’ll be fighting Ratchford for the right side.

Does anyone have a link to some 5 year old highlight reels on YouTube. I want to build myself up for some disappointment in the usual Wire fan way

Was keeping ratchford on for another 2 years a blow to our youth? If it's dufty or ratchford at 6 then I'll take dufty all day long. Hopefully ratchford is not going to be in the 17, but will just be cover if dufty or thewlis get injured.

If you're talking about Riley Dean here, have you seriously seen anything from him that makes you want him to be a regular starter in the side this or next season?

He definitely has potential, but he's a mile away from being a starter in a trophy challenging SL side - look at him in the Catalan game - was basically a passenger, while Williams did all the half back stuff.

For me, he needs a loan at a top2 Championship side, or a bottom 4 SL side (& yes, I know we are one right now, but I'd be hoping we aren't aspiring to be one long term

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I'm hoping that the plan is to get the seasoned players in with the right attitude, who then act as role models to our youth development.

As has been said, I don't think our club problems are a quick fix, and I'd be disappointed if we were still bringing in overseas players in 2-3 years time in lieu of developing our own talent.

Completely agree with this, he hasn't done much other than being a link player for plays, yet he's hailed as the messiah. He's a good player and i'm glad we've got him, but he's a long way off yet, and learning off Dufty as well for a year or 2 can only be good for him long term.