We'd be less creative than last year if that was the case.

Or maybe the versatile Ben Cockayne

I`m wondering about the signing of Kyle Wood we already have a young and untested english scrum half in Gareth Moore why do we need another. I hope we are trying to sign an experienced scrum half I think it would be a brave move to go with Moore or Wood

Draught aussie beer perhaps

All/most of these lads want to be out on dual registration/loan contracts.

Wood is an insurance policy in case of visa rejections. And he is better than Lee anyway.

Isaac John will be our playmaking half back, now let's move on

Wood maybe better than Lee but as less experience end of ....Your guess is as good as mine how he will go.

Give the lad a chance. I saw him on TV for hudds last year and he looked sharp and dangerous, also creating tries. He's better than anyone youve got at the minute

I'd say he is on par with moore

Lee has signed for Shudders on a 1 year deal.

yes sorry, all the "big announcement at 14:00" etc. we all knew this was coming, and it's a minor squad player signing who may well turn out to be a starter in due course. hardly worth much of a fanfare.

A tweet on twitter is hardly hype!!!
Thats like me saying, "I'm off to the bog" then going to the bog, I'm not hyping it up I'm just saying I'm off to the bog.

Do i get an award for using bog 3 times, in a sentence?

No - bog off.

fair enough i suppose. can't say i'm up with facebook and twitter in the slightest, but clearly andrew glover see value in telling people there's going to be an announcement on there.

Is there still one of the five to be announced?

Theres been five announced since they said it suppose it depends whether they were the aactual five

I believe Amor didn't count as one of the five. The excuse given was they couldn't be finalised whilst Agar was in Australia and Amor was announced while he was still out there. So Cockayne, Raleigh & Kirmond are three. Wood i'm not sure about but I would guess he was one, so one to go. Although I think theres more than one more in the pipeline anyway, more like half a dozen with two or three possibly going the other way.

Still a prop and a half back to come with a bit of luck, so who the 5 are is open to debate.

does anybody have a definitive view of where we stand with Tongia? I've heard he is coming back, he isn't, he is waiting for a visa, he has signed but now we don't want him. Any update on that?

visa issues, same as isaac john. same bloke does the paperwork as when crafty ted was in town.

One of those has already signed. Just awaiting it to be announced.

I'm lead to believe there is a couple of 'done deals' that are just in need of being made public. Don't really understand the reasoning in holding them back, any ideas? Would have thought it best to get them out there to boost season ticket sales etc. Be nice to have as much confirmed in then next fortnight before pre-season training starts.

That's what I've been told too. Not sure why there holding them back. My best guess would be to keep fans interested for longer during the off season.