No chance Mata’utia ends up at Saints, unless they are after a new water boy, he just isn`t the calibre of player they go for, unless they are desperate which I don`t think they are.

You never know. Heard that Naiqama maybe leaving at the end of this season, and I don’t think anyone expected LMS to end up there either.

No but LMS came as a project.
Replacing the starting centre at Saints is never a project.

They'll either promote a rising star from within or go big from Oz.

Holmes & Mata’utia are both following Powell to Warrington.

To be honest vaste from what I’ve seen so far of both brother I’d say Peter is the better player out of the pair of them .Sione to be fair looks to be more of a sub than a starter ,so doesn’t get as much game time .

It’s all quiet on targets at the moment but here’s one maybe worth a look.

Adam Lawton - big second rower at Widnes. Scoring some try’s and is in his prime years. Can play SR and prop.

Probably wouldn’t break the bank but he’s 6ft 6 and seems to be hitting some form.

The new Wayne McDonald ???

That's a name from the past, FIL. A big lad (6ft 7in), but never quite made it at Trin. According to Wikipedia the tallest player ever to play rugby league. I thought that he payed a lot more than 27 games for us.

He’s played some SL before but he’s hitting his best years and the highlights look impressive this season. He seems to have an offload in him too.

I’m not saying he will be a superstar but he could certainly be worth a chance on his current form. He’s only signed a 1 yr deal at Widnes. Probably one of the best forward options in the championship.

I would suggest we sort out our out of contract players first because they are currently free to talk to other clubs.

We should be both talking to “some” of the OOC trinity players and looking for new signings. I don’t believe it is a case of one or the other scarlet.

While there’s still time to earn deals for next year In my opinion only a handful presently have earned a new deal.

Recruitment and retention should be given some kind of priority.
I would like to think that conversation s take place on a daily basis.
Cash will need to be made available and who gets to spend it.

So how are we looking for potential signings??

Rumoured..

Lee Gaskell
Adam Sidlow

Is there any other rumours of interest flying around?

It does seem there’s somewhat a shortage of quality props around but what about Akuola from Wire? Think he’s out of contract and always seems to have a good game against us. Certainly got some big impact.

I was thinking we could look at Powell from Wigan but he was poor yesterday and not sure he’s what we need.

Liam Hood seems like he could be a good option for us.

Adam Lawton seems to be the on form forward still in the Championship and has a huge frame.

Not sure what else is out there that could be potential good signings for 2022 and beyond.

The hooker at the dragons not agreed a contract and offered to SL clubs. He's played quite a few games and a regular on the bench.

I like the look of james bell at leigh to replace westerman wouldnt cos the earth to bring him over

I like the look of james bell at leigh to replace westerman wouldnt cost the earth to bring him over

Only a quota spot! He does look decent thow but is he worth one.

Think Adam Lawton may have a few good years ahead of him whereas Adam Sidlow is at the end of his career being 34 in October….

Save the cash and quota spot and put Arona back there.

Might get away with Bell as I think he's classed as a Scottish international, so may not count on the quota?

Peats is a proven quality player, he must surely be on the radar.

I like Bell too. After his showing against us I think he'd be an ideal replacement for JW. Strong hard runner.

Don’t need him. Arona has been a good 13 for us over the years and I’m sure he will go back to that next year.

We need to sort props and 2 x 9’s next year.

As it stands only Bowes is signed up for next season. Think we should be looking around for options other than the two Woods.

He’s in ridiculous try scoring form atm. Think it’s something like 7 try’s in last 5. Hrs a huge unit at 6ft 6 who could massively benefit from a full pro pre season. Think he can play prop and SR.

I don’t know if there’s any other forwards showing up well in the lower leagues but he seems to be grabbing recent headlines.

Arona has been a great signing for us but imo he's too slow and not good enough to play lf...work rate alone doesn't cut it and he slows the play right down when he's in the line...James Bell is definitely a better quality lf and is worth a shout... as is Peats on tonight's CNAS showing...kept it simple, tidy and quick from dummy half and showed Leeming how it's done...the only downside is his age and how that affects his running game, so he'd need a quick young hooker as a complementary interchange foil