When LoD was fit and on the pitch he was a terror and gave our middle real steel

But he picked up too many injuries

Nah sorry not having this,no impression,what he did was to straighten us up,the most important single play of the set of 6 when the rest were looking to go sidewards.

Anyone know when season tickets details will be released, please ?

Personally, and i've said it most of the season, we have the nucleus of a good squad, we have some very talented players, but this year, we have been a poor team, i think a bit of a freshen up could be on the cards, with the likes of Crabtree and Grix leaving.
The bad and disrupted start looked like it just drained the confidence and mental toughness out of the players and we just couldn't get it back.
We finished bottom but could have been a lot higher had we not lost some of those close games or thrown leads away in others.
RS said at the HGSA that confidence was the biggest challenged he faced, and he will have a pre season and a fresh start to change the mood around the squad.

YO MARTEE

wondering how far Rickster could take us next year,as ever our biggest opponent is going to be Huddersfield apathy.

Nope- other than Mamo. Stone said he's spoken to him about coming and NB seems happy to let him go so I suspect now we are in SL next season that will be our most likely signing. We are behind with signings due to our recent predicament. There will be a SL team relegated but IMO There's slim pickings from either of KR and Salford, lots of players getting long in the tooth, injury prone or both. Adam walker may be worth a punt if he would come back- strong prop with a good offload, evalds possibly the only one at Salford but not needed if Mamo agrees to come. Either way we would be down the list of clubs of first choice for getting either.

Mamo looks like a dummy,as in doesn't belong in NRL,looking so poor at a loser club like Newcastle how bad does it get,that is not to say he would not cut it in SL.If he wears the C&G I would back him.Surely Stone knows a modern FB has to have hands,that's all they bang on about in NRL.

I believe we would have a great chance of getting Evalds. I doubt Wigan/Wire/Hull would want him given their squads. He is a Huddersfield/Halifax lad and has bought his first house here in Huddersfield. He can play full back, wing and half back. Mamo is a fullback/wing. Mamo to replace Grix and Evalds to replace Connor I would be happy with.

He's one of them who excites you on attack,then later on you look at his defence and think to your self is it good enough.

you glad we won yesterday durham?

brough contracted till the end of 2018.

He reminds me a lot of Greg Eden but with more potential and would definitely be worth a punt.

Doesn't mean anything....If leigh make a offer of a 2/3 year deal and we want his wages freed up we could easily move him on.

i will certainly be looking forward to seeing symonds / cudjoe / mcgillvary working together on the right hand side in 2017

other side needs sorting, murphy / gaskell / ???

forwards wise we need something like the LOD / fielden / mason days back when we didnt take no rubbish

sort the conditioning staff out too, if we stone gets it right we could have alot to look forward too

what we can do as fans now to help the club is buy season tickets

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Im not into cherry picking but everyone does it , so in my opinion, if salford do go down, the man we need to try and sign is Greg Brown!

If there are to be big changes -and it's all rumour and speculation at the moment - they have to be made to strengthen the team but also eliminate the disharmony that has been much referred to on here. If we have a player (or players) who are disruptive we should be offloading them, whoever they are and build a proper team again. I get it that maybe Ken Davy has decided we have to cut costs and so signings have to be more low key as he must be aware the fan base is not going to grow anytime soon, but players with the right temperament and attitude who are fit and coached well can achieve a lot.

think that ship may have sailed now though

Still see him at the odd game, surely he can be convinced. Much rather work on your doorstep wouldn't you?

yes this, the culture needs changing so ive said prev if a few have to go then so be it

ones def going -

grix , wood, connor, josh johnson

maybe's -

crabtree, wardle

incoming -
gaskell, clough, ferguson,

then you have the newcastle knights players-

mamo, randell, stockwell, mullen



we dont have much cap space so you can see why maybe crabtree is trying to be offloaded as he will be a top earner, he is a legend of the club but if it means a change then so be it.

stone knows how his ex players can perform, the ones that have come over here from that team he coached have done pretty well in super league too

kurt gidley at wire
housten at widnes

How many overseas players can we have Brearley we already have Ukuma, Ikky, Hinch and Symonds?Ukuma may qualify under the Kolpak rules I'm not sure

anyone know if wakefield are keeping fifita i think hes the type of prop we are missing. also wouldnt mind that tom johnstone from wakey i rate him. obviously we need to strengthen in the fb and hooking areas just not sure whos available.

Not all those will be coming or going i suspect!

dont know.

mamo would come under maltese residency though

is ukuma staying? one year deal up now...