Maybe not giving ratchford a 2 year extension(which even fans who rate him couldn't believe)would've freed up the cash we need.

So let me get this straight

We sign four forwards for next year before we have released two forwards we signed only last year on 3 year deals?
What is more until we do so we don't have enough money for crucial positions?

Starting to look like a mess.

Come on now Wire71 ... it is a cunning plan. Better than Baldrick!
If in the end we get our Centre & HB and (I'd like a big winger). We'll be happier. But who knows how it will all work?

My mate came out with a good line in that our strength (money) is also our main weakness. The ability to buy our way out of mistakes seems to hinder any sensible recruitment policy and Powell is coming across like a kid in a sweet shop. Won't be long before he replaces his ridiculous Cas full time pizzas with artisan toasted foccacias to console the boys after another heavy loss.

Don’t they get free Dominoes anyway?

In a rebuild/fresh start approach you have to be able to draw a line under mistakes made in the past and start making good decisions from day one, so you have a platform to build on while you reshape the squad.

If you come in and start making your own mistakes that you then have to go in to rectify, you simultaneously make your own rebuild much harder and also destroy your credibility with the people who you need to buy in to your approach.

On the unbalanced squad thing, I'm wondering if we hadn't anticipated being able to successfully sign all of our potential prop targets, and because we were short, we signed every 'possible' option just in case. Specifically, I'm wondering if we had doubts as to whether we'd be able to sign top targets Vaughan and Mguire and coincidently they were the last prop signings we made; therefore, we played it safe with other signings before these. Out of all the positions we needed to recruit, we were most desperate in the props department so we over compensated.

I've said this for a few years, as our recruitment has become increasingly erratic. It's a blessing and a curse, and all prudence, due diligence and caution goes out of the window in the haste to bankroll a solution.

Quote ="Crosswire"It’s correct - Holmes and Bullock being offered to other clubs to free up cap space for half back.'" Bullock going nowhere according to this. https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... -signings/

Quote ="Crosswire"It’s correct - Holmes and Bullock being offered to other clubs to free up cap space for half back.'" Bullock going nowhere according to this. https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... -signings/

Holmes got his back tattoo completed yesterday

Quote ="karetaker"Bullock going nowhere according to this. https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... -signings/'" Good!

Quote ="karetaker"Bullock going nowhere according to this. https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... -signings/'" Good!

Exactly what i was going to say Moe

I did say it meant no sense!

That's more like it!

Pet peeve of mine, editing someone’s quotes for cheap laughs.

Thats one clever poodle.

(I'm truely sorry)

Inevitable!

If it is true about him being allowed to leave, looks like he will be teaming up with the Expendables rather than another rugby league club.

It seems the rumours on here hit the mark yet again. Another magnificent signing. https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... n-25229345

It seems the rumours on here hit the mark yet again. Another magnificent signing. https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... n-25229345

Powell's a bit rubbish isn't he?

Signs a mate on a 3 year deal, falls out with him and releases him after 1 season ... you couldn't make it up

On the face of it, I think this is a great move and don't know what all the fuss is about if we use the freed up cap space wisely. For whatever reason it hasn't worked and most on here have been calling for his neatly trimmed ginger head to be axed for some time.

As a collective, we seem to want it both ways, he might do better at Leigh alongside Hughes, Mulhearn, Davis for a we'll show 'em season, but imagine the furore if Powell had persisted with picking him without any improvement in form? What we certainly can't be accused of is improving/wet nursing this guy for a rival a la Wardle for Wigan.

Fair enough, he hasn't performed anywhere near what his normal standard, and he might not have enjoyed the move after all and wants out. So it works out both ways, a fresh start for Holmes and it frees up a decent wage on our salary cap to use elsewhere. Win Win.

Fair enough, it’s not worked so move him on. We need the cap elsewhere. I’d much rather this than a stubborn attitude to make a square peg fit.