Yeah I think it may make them decide to get home before she's too heavily pregnant or the newborn is a little too going for a long flight like that

a bit harsh that eric

If rumours were to be believed and Mini and Sneyd were off I'd go all out for Jackson Hastings.
Quality player who would improve our team no end.
Wishful thinking I know.

Agree, but linked to Wigan.

Shame that but unfortunately they're going to have plenty of cap and space to play with.

And I suspect the draw of being champions.

Yes hitting form at the right time

Yes a real class player.Hastings/Kelly combo how exciting would that be.

HDM linking us with Gareth Hock! Jesus!

You’ve offered Chris Clarkson a contract also

If Rovers signed Hock and Hansen at 34 and 32, we would be ridiculing them endlessly. Thoroughly depressing news. Can't really say I care either way about Clarkson but surely we can train any of our young forwards to be average tackling machines?

Hopefully this is just the HDM plucking names as he is clubless. Once a good player but way too much baggage for mine.

Tbf, Despite the initial widespread dismay at his signing, Danny Tickle has been good for us this year. There seems to be more value in the rugged veteran market than the exciting youngster one, currently.

Unless Hull, or any club, stump up fees it is slim pickings currently.

You can't bin Liam Watts and then sign Gareth Hock. Utter madness.

TBF though Tickle is still a decent player maybe not as good as he was but still has value to a team, Hock is just bad news and to be honest is no where near the player he once was by a long way.

Hock would be a strange one, I admit. Hansen could be a decent option. Of all the players likely to become available when/if Widnes’s relegation is confirmed, he’d maybe be the pick. Not saying that much perhaps, and I’m excepting Gelling, but realistically who is going to be available? You might pay a couple of fees, but I assume one or two recruits will have to be frees. FWIW, the HDM seems to think so too, unless they’re deliberately lowering expectations so whoever does come in looks better.

Harrison Hansen would be a good signing on a 1 year deal. Gutted when we 'gave him' to Widnes.

If the end of 2019 is going to be a massive overhaul and turnover of players that we expect, then we cannot be getting players now on 2-3 year deals as that will impact next year. Best we can hope for is a few players on 1 year deals until the big transition at the end of 2019.

The Championship One grapevine has been suggesting for some time that Gareth Hock has already signed for Newcastle Thunder for next year, along with Liam Finn.

I just can't see there been anyway in hell that Radford would get rid of a potential world class bag egg (Watts) but then be willing to sign a past his best has-been very bad egg.

Lets hope not

Hock denied that himself on his Twitter feed.

I think a lot revolves around money and availability of players and would clearly be a stop gap. Whilst Hock might not be top choice for many on here he would give us a bit of grunt which we are sadly lacking. If spelled well he could even be the impact player we need.
Of course the big if is can he stay on the pitch long enough.
Not seen Hansen for a while but on past form he's a useful player to have around.

i can't see how signing these players is going to progress us. we need to be aiming much higher, even if it means selling on a couple to gain some. we need an inspirational example setting forward, a ready made and proven captain. good as taylor is, i'm not sure he is that person

Panic signings. The worst of the lot is clarkson. Absolute garbage. 3 championship standard players