So following on from the above post, are you now able to confirm if young Ridyard secured a very favourable & lucrative deal from the decision maker of if he is still expected to work for free as you originally insuated for all to conclude ?

Great to hear. I am really liking the squad being put together.

That’s a little low Harry. Give the lad a chance. Sammut will show him the ropes.

23 confirmed so far:

In my opinion I am mot sure yet that this squad is much better than last year - having lost our 3 best forwards Douglas, T Adamson & Cator. The halves are the same as last year and I didn't think the backs who played at the end of last season Higson, Sau, Forsyth and Thornley created very much - maybe they didn't have time to gel. I think some quality dual reg players helped us do well in the first half of the season - I wonder if we have DR again this season?

Maybe Ince & Mullen will add a bit of pace and Addy and Wildie a bit of know-how in the forwards. Could do with a bit more quality to make this a top 2 squad.


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Greg McNally
Adam Higson
Junior Sau
Brad Holroyd
Iain Thornley
Liam Forsyth
Ryan Ince
Craig Mullen

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Martyn Ridyard
Josh Woods
Ben Reynolds

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Danny Addy
Andy Thornley
Matty Wildie
Jordan Thompson
Nathan Mason
Sam Brooks
Tom Spencer
Liam Hood
Callum Field
Ben Hellewell
Nick Glohe
Mark Ioane

Thanks for the update 'jp'. I tend to agree with you that the squad needs a bit more 'wow factor'. Hopefully, a couple more signings may move towards that.

I suppose we are back to the question of DR? Then strengthen come the business end. Would seem a logical answer rather than using your own.