Second row from Manly. Strongly tipped to be joining you guys asap.

yes heard a few whispers

we were linked with him a few years ago too as part of the deal for o'donnell to go back to sydney city roosters when he was with them

can play centre!!! happy days could do with one.

Second row then Wardle back to centre do you think Brearley?

id be happy with that.

if this guy comes though could it be taai or wardle goes

Good signing. We have Connor who is a utility back line player so will be interesting to see what position Anderson has in mind for him - we have a very strong looking squad now and we really need to push on and starting getting some consistency ready for that cup game against wakey.

Great signing if we have got him, rumours amongst the fans tonight is we have signed him, I pray we have.

He will fit very well in the stand, learning.

He'll probably do his knee in his first match and be out for five months!

Lol!!

Forgive my laziness/lack of research - can he play a bit?

Pretty sure that wardle sees his future in the 2nd row, from what I have heard. Maybe this means he is on his way to Saints?

Edit: wikipedia has him as lock/2nd row/stand-off so he has good hands

I read a bit on the Manly forum, apparently he's half decent but lacks aggression. So would be perfect for us.

st helens trying to scupper this signing with late bid

............then perhaps someone should stress weve recently hammered them !!

manly fans cant understand why they are letting him leave

They aren't letting him leave....

Not overly impressed, and don,t like Ozzies, now if we were in for Bateman then yes indeed, not flavour of the month at Wigan, Yorkshire lad, Top 2nd row /, very aggressive, we need, doubt will cost more than the Ozzie, Wigan could whistle down to their academy and replace in a flash. Should our great orchestrater Thewlis be making enquiries? probably not.

dont think we could afford bateman!

bit worrying this hasnt been announced as a done deal now

would he be allowed to play in the cup if signed?

We've just got rid of one player who's caused ructions in the squad- why would we want to sign another?? He's a good player but if the rumours about what happened at Wigan are true, and of his exit from the Bulls then not the type of player to help to gel our squad!

Seems as though we have signed two players which leave me completely underwhelmed.

Neither are. Gaskell or symonds

And they are.....????

The one from wire and one from the bulls that is not gaskell

Ormsby and Ferguson
I'm actually pretty happy with Ormsby. Think he'll fit in well.. Ferguson, I'm not too sure about to be honest. However, I'll never judge until they put the shirt on.

I just hope Oli Roberts & Jake Connor don't slip further down the pecking order because of it. Two players with lots of potential that need to be playing at this stage.

So they could just pull some kid in to replace someone who has probably won wigan 3-4 games single handedly this year?

great if we get ormsby, solves the problem at centre and murphy can go there and ormsby is a good player , runs the ball back strong and got pace

ferguson will be a good squad player, yes remember you need a squad of players dont forget...... we are low on numbers this season

anycase he cant do any worse than wardle this season as he has been utter garbage

few rumors flying around that weve signed symonds but nothing from the club anybody know anything?