The criteria is they have to have played 75% of the NRL games that they were eligible to play in over the last 2 years.

Mitch Clark another prop been offered about. Again not the best but better than Tanginoa playing 2nd row.

Arundel and Rocky need signing, we need quality and these two are class. Agree with other posters injuries may well have caught up with Topou, suppose the good news is that he has plenty of time to recover but got to admit when he came back from the last injury he didn't look the same player or maybe he just didn't give himself enough time.

Given we don’t don’t spend anywhere near the limit the cap space matters not one jot. All about whether we could afford to pay him out and pay for another player, which as you say is unlikely. He is expected to be fit to play next year so medical retirement wouldn’t have been an option.

Unless both Mago and Ellis have been injured for long spells in the last 2 seasons, which I don’t believe they have, neither have achieved the 75% of games for their respective clubs over the last 2 years.

Mago isn’t far off to be fair but Ellis falls way under that as far as I can see neither have international honours.

Bevan French I don’t think, and Jai Field definitely didn’t meet that 75% criteria either playing only 17 NRL games in 4 years and only 6 in his last year with the Eels so something isn’t right with that.

If they are the ones Mr Carter was on about Wires offers loads of cash for one of them Wakefield could not get even close to it. A good prop is something the club are looking for every day .but only if it strengthens the team .They seem as rare as rocking horse dropping at present My words not Mr Carters

Hurrell hasn’t ignited the super league like we all thought he would ,I’d stick him in with that Wigan wrecking ball kind of guy ,promised big things and ended doing hardly owt , Wigan were quick to see him outa the door. Boy if that was where we’d spent all our cap we would be in the do do. A Big gamble which seems to have failed and now trying to palm him off, and would rather spend on forward power than an under performing centre who costs an arm and a leg .

Think we are ok at centre whatever happens will Bill.
We are very lucky to have 2 cracking young prospects in Croft and Greensmith.
Don't waste money these two are knocking at the door now. If we don't give them chance to play someone else will. We will then rue the day we failed to play these outstanding prospects.
We now have some decent backs with plenty of back up.
Any money should be spent on genuine prop forwards. We have enough second rows and Crowther and Brad Walker need to fight it out as both are good prospects to have a loose forward.
With a limited budget money should not be wasted. Spending it on 2 quality props is all we lack in my opinion.

And a quality coach.

Not sure Croft is big enough to be honest though he’s a handy player. Unfortunately size is a major factor these days, that or speed.

Greensmith looks the better prospect as the lad is a man mountain and has the built to hopefully withstand the physicality.

That said I’d be happy for Croft to prove me wrong.

I like Croft I don`t think he is the biggest or the fastest, as you say either of those two attributes really do give you a big leg up in the modern game, if you have both you should really be making it as a SL player, but you still get out and out centres that are just classy without the need for the bulk or the ridiculous pace and I think from what I have seen of Croft he could develop into just that, I just have a feeling by the way he plays. The type of player I am referring to is a Dean Collis, who along with Domic is probably my favourite centre to have played for us in SL.

I can`t say I have seen much of Greensmith to be honest but from what I hear from the folk that have watched him at Donny, he has all the quality to make it.

Domic one of my favouritea as well ,who did not look fast ,but was good at finding a gap and once in the clear scored.many a time from 60 to 80 yards,very decisive pace .I do not expect a to go 80 yards to score ,but thinking put into a gap should be able to score from 50 yards

He was lucky to play alongside Solomona who was able to put any centre into space. If only we could unearth another like him.

Agree forgot who the winger was on that side but one of the best second row , winger combinations I have seen at Wakefield

Probably Tadulala

Semi Tadulala wasn't it? Brilliant those three were down that side for a year or two.

Ryan Atkins basically owes his career to Solomona.

Domic was a very good centre regardless of who was his secondrow but if helped playing outside Sol.

Thanks for name of winger one of the better ones who have played for us

Both Jeffries and Domic scored 20+ tries in 04 down that left side.

Jeffries and Rooneyin the halfs How come we did not win some thing in with that team

Initially a major error by Chris Feather but ultimately stitched up by the video ref at Wigan.

While it would be foolish to call Semi a poor winger I think your over egging it slightly to class him as one of the better ones, without getting too involved as a lot on here won't have been as lucky as you to have seen the wingers from the 60's and 70's, not to mention the present day ones and those of more recent times, and btw it's brought not brough which you nearly had me commenting on again if you hadn't done so already

I can`t gather whether I have exaggerated this over time in my own mind or whether it`s actually a true reflection of reality, but I remember cringing every time the ball went up in Semis corner, I remember him been quite useful when attacking in terms of the high ball but dreadful when defending our own line.

Not to mention the time keeper.
There arent many times when the hooter blows with time showing on the clock

I liked Semi but he lacked class, had a relatively poor strike rate and yes he was error prone.

He was more like an extra forward and he did tire and intimidate the opposition. As a battering ram and yardage maker he was the best but as a winger he promised more than he delivered imho.