I feel sure he will know how he stands with Miller and fifita.

Fair enough....but I don't.

So assuming both stay I would look 9 and 13.
I like Hood but he needs support and it isn't Crowther and Bowes needs longer.
Dwyer would be fine for me.

13 I want another Westerman. I know Crowther is solid and I wouldn't lose him, but we can do better. I think we'll have to go overseas but we need a good one.

I'm OK with 3/4 though we need some depth. Murphy and Kershaw work perfectly. Not sure whether we are keeping Jorge but he's behind the other too. And I'd keep Evans too. Lineham has to go.
Hall, Lyne, Gaskell and I'd keep Croft. Minns has to go.

Fullback is a difficult one. I've been really impressed with Shaul. He brings something Max does not though clearly Jowitt has skills of his own. Hull seem to want rid. I'd take him unless there was a Coote or French just hanging around waiting to come to play for us.

Clearly if we need to replace 6 or 8 then we have to go for quality and possibly downgrade signings in other positions.
..... and a Captain

Think he has already called it a day hasn't he?

Too late, he has gone to Hull

Dont forget Kaye is still with us next season

With 6 games that were lost by the margin of within a single try, maybe with better game management, we could well have won some of those, and pushed for a play off spot.

Maybe if some of our senior players were a little more consistent, rather than a handful of games toward the back end of the season, we could well have been challenging.

I don't know if Lino is staying or not, he was rumoured to be going too, not that long ago, but with Miller likely ending up at the Dingles next year, we could be looking to be replacing both our 6 and 7 at the same time.

Maybe with a bit more quality, we may get a little more consistency. I don't mean by signing the top NRL halves, we can't afford it, but sometimes spending just that little more, can make a big difference. (If you buy a £4 bottle of wine, it tastes like a £4 bottle of wine. Replace that with a £5 bottle, it usually is that bit better.

Just a shame we spent so much on Lineham and Gaskell.

Then there is Fifita, one moment he wants to bring his brother over, then you read Leeds are trying to snare him

No they didn’t, I quite fancied us and said so pre-season. I certainly didn’t expect some of our non shows this year.

Jorge is signed for 2023

Sadly I can't see Lineham walking away from the remaining two years of is inflated contract and nobody else will be daft enough to take it on.

Would it be worth the double negative of having him out on the pitch though. The wage is lost but why weaken the defensive line each game?

Offer him out on loan with part of his contract covered.

Any idea what his inflated contract amounts to?, just asking out of interest like.

Is he?

Where you got that from? I’m not saying your wrong but I can’t find it.

It was announced when he signed.

He should be nowhere near the hooking role next season.

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Last place I thought of looking, usually only got stuff on about the ladies team

Yes i have heard some figures chiz , from two different sources ,both highly credible, but heresay nenertheless.

He’s one of our higher earners put it that way.

He was rumoured to be going to Leeds I believe until we stepped in with our offer.

Chester- the coach that keeps on giving

My philosophy during my working life was I can sit at home and watch the telly for nowt, and I'm sure he won't have come cheaply, I just wondered if SC had a ball park figure to share out of interest.

Too close to 6 figures for anyones liking. Except his obviously.

The figure I continually hear is 100k per season.

I'm amazed people swallow that.

For a CEO renowned for being tight is it remotely likely he would commit that amount to a 30 year old winger regardless of his coaches alleged wishes? I think not.

I suspect this is a classic 2 + 2 = 5 scenario. I suspect that 100k was his Warrington wage, but Warrington no longer wanted him, nor apparently did anyone else. so although I'm sure that's what he and his agent touted him for it's not what they got from us.

Players are people and are flawed, I'm absolutely certain that in a world of macho kudos players will always inflate their value to others, it's human nature. This is where this kind of info comes from, and it quickly gains momentum because I swear some fans want it to be so.

It's a bit like the Queen, she can't defend herself, ditto the club, they know what they pay Lineham but they can't make that public. So they can't deny the rumours and thus they gain a credence they don't deserve.

My guess is he's on half the 100k of legend and even that's too much in my opinion.

No you are right vasty, not £100k . But lets be realistic , for a guy that can go through 80 minutes in a S L game and not make a single tackle £1 a match is too much

He should be paying us