Recovered from his injury and given a 12 month contract by the club. Big lad, hopefully he can add some bulk and make an impact during the season. Suspect he will be a bit like Lewis B once he builds some confidence he will be a decent player just needs the guidance from the older heads in the squad.

Another absolutely awful 'signing'.

Top bloke and I wish him nothing but good. Get that bit of mongrel in his game and watch him go!

Nice to see a positive response to something the club has done.

With Dave Lister on this, unless the plan is to play Lovell in a back up utility half / hooker role.

You're new round here aren't you? Lovell is a pudding.

Nothing against the guy and I hope it works out. It does not fill me with confidence though.

Yeah Dave, brand new to the game I know nothing about the game or supporting my club! Face facts folks we are trying to live within our means.

He's a typical Mac signing, middle of the road utility second rower. (who can fill in elsewhere)

Underwhelming to say the least

Does that mean every announcement should be met positively with excitement no matter how poor? or will you allow us to make an informed judgement ??

Even you would struggle to add positive spin to this one

I always thought if he put on a few kilos he'd be worth a shout at prop forward.

No we aren't......if we were doing that we'd be part-time at best.......as for Lovell, I'm with Listy on this.

It must be a bad one as we've not seen anything from Listy since Channing's return was announced!

Not sure what you mean dog! We have a backer who puts in enough to keep us full time, I never said we were living within our generated income.
As for taking positive view on things, just happy someone else does! Really cannot see the point of negativity on everything the club does!!!

Really cannot see the point of negativity on everything the club does!!! =#FF0000poorly

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Fair enough guys, well I for one will go into the season coming like every other season, with an optimistic view. And will enjoy my rugby the way I have done since my first game many years ago with all its ups and downs!!!

Would you enjoy it more if we had a stronger team than last year rather than a weaker one which is likely to take a few beatings possibly against mid/lower end teams? optimism or confidence?

I will be supporting the team whatever happens, clubs have ups and downs, it's how you handle the downs.
Yep it would be great if we finished top next year walked the 8s and won the GF in 2019.
The fact that ain't going to happen is not going to stop me supporting the club. Would you rather we spent, sorry DH spent beyond his means and we go the way of Bradford?

Nothing like using extremes to try and win an argument

Why extremes!? It could happen very easily to a lot of clubs.
Just stating my view on things not arguing

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I call Bullcrap on that.......you are constantly sniping at anyone who dares have a "downer" on the club, be it historical or current.....Lovell was average at best before his injury and he will be a handy back up should we need him, but as with other "signings", many fans are of the opinion that we will be weaker than last year and may even struggle to make the qualifiers.

Your BLIND OPTIMISM is your way of arguing a point when the statistics and facts aren't in your favour.....the above definition is a perfect example.

I said we weren't living within our means and we are not.....we are currently racking up 2 million or so a year in debt.......whether the debt is ever paid or not is immaterial!

Cannot agree with you it's debt! Has DH ever said it's an investment? Investments you expect a return, if he is happy paying the bills then that's a whole different issue, that then is an income stream!.
Love it, I state a positive view on things it's arguing, or sniping, someone makes a negative comment and it's not up for discussion!
Not sure why signings like will L are such a surprise, we are a championship side, at the moment we can only afford to be a championship side, we have no given right to think we should have SL status, so signings are likely to reflect that. Back to the same thing, we cannot do anything about it apart from come through the gate and support the club or not.
And it's a forum, it's meant for folk to voice thoughts!

How do Toronto do it?

We can probably afford to be a Championship side but can we afford to be a full time Championship side? That's the real question, not whether or not we can fund Superleague.

Also how does David put his money in? If he writes it off, no it's not debt. If it is as directors loans and it sits on the balance sheet then it certainly is debt and has the potential to cause issues further down the line.

So being conservative say 1.5 mil a year even over 5 years that's 7.5 mil if it was an investment DH would be expecting that figure or that figure plus back. Does anyone really think how it works? It's sport, it's his rich mans toy remember, he knows its money spent, not money invested.