Calderwood to be confirmed this week according to HDM.

Long time known.

Average British winger in a team that does not use its winger. Fair enough signing IMO.

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NOooooOOOoooOOoooOOoo! My god, the rot continues!

The slide into the lower echelons of mediocrity continues

Im sorry guys but i have to disagree! Calderwood, prior to this year, was one of the best, if not the best British Wingers imo. He hasnt had the best year to be fair, but that can only mean his wages will drop (

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Calderwood will be on much lower wages than Sing/Blacklock, hes British and i think hel offer a lot more to us. Hes got speed (Something we dont) and he has an eye for a gap (Again somethign we dont) so i can see the positives from this signing. For me hel be better than both Sing and Blacklock at a fraction of the price!

Wigan has just been a blip in his career, and how many other players can say that? Orr and Tickle to start! I say a good signing!

There is no way he'll be better than Blacklock and I'll save this post and quote it halfway through next season!

So in a nutshell the only positive you can see is that he'll be a cheap signing, great.

Great, Caldwerwood and Webster, we're saved!

Blacklock played through the pain and the cold weather iirc, theres no doubt he scored a few tries, but was he not carrying knocks every week, we never saw his full potential imo.

No, i said he had speed



Out of interest, with our quota spots all taken up for next year, who would you have brought in?

If he can re create some of his Leeds form then I can see this being a decent signing. But he will always make stupid bl00dy mistakes which cost us points. That said the ball never reaches our wingers so he might not have such a bad effect on us. He has always been known to my family as Balserwood and thats how it will remain.

After yesterdays debarcle and the season as a whole this signing does not inspire me or for that matter I would assume any of us to go out and buy our season tickets again.

Don't let Bighead hear you saying that !!

Pointless signing IMO, will not be happy if we sign Calderwood and lose Thacks.

Why's that? I rarely disagree with Big'eads posts!

Pathetic signing, were already a club with too many sulkers and players that look as though they cant be d when they are on the pitch so we go and sign Calderwood. Genius

That's the point for me. We can't go in to next season relying on Hall / GH / Briscoe for our right centre / winger. So who is available that is better than Calderwood?

Nobody. Its a sensible (rather than "good"icon_wink.gif signing IMO.

And Byrne and maybe Whiting, personally think that is enough cover.

Would rather see us sign Broughton that Calderwood.

Experienced, non quota, available, and ?cheep?. Not inspirational, but, we could have done worse, and at least he has some speed.

Dont get the assumption he will be cheap in all honesty.

Me neither he left Leeds for more money at Wigan, do people think he will be taking that much of a pay cut, if one at all.

With the two new clubs coming in he could have got good money elsewhere.

Spot on!

Give the bloke a chance for fecks sake.

Because he'll magically transform into a different player when he puts a Hull shirt on. The same player we've been watching for seasons will suddenly become reborn sporting Black and White irregular hoops.

He'll get one, but on a site like this different opinions and thoughts on future signings are allowed you know!