Kearney would be a decent signing, very good attacking fb, but needs to improve his defence. Under contact for next season, so would have to pay a fee.

I would rather Horne go to FB and Ellis/Nicklas play 6. With Seymour alongside one of them i think we will be ok

I would like Whiting to continue playing in the pack.

I'm a little concerned about who we will sign for next season as we stand to lose a lot of quality players this year

Sad to see Wade go, looked like he would come into his own as the pitches dried up but alas we wont get to see it now. Still family comes first and I wish him well in the future.

Definitely going to be an interesting off season this year with a lot of new faces due to be coming in.

I doubt Russell will play this week. Horne will go to fullback and Ellis and Seymour in the halves. However if Ellis doesn't improve sharpish I can see Russell getting a shot at fullback.

Simples..We sign even better quaility.If we don't then we wont challenge.

McKinnon will have a deal sorted back with West's, Moltzen to 7.

A bit disappointing he didn't see the season out, not a massive fan of Kearney and quite disappointed were looking at another loan signing.

Well some if the numpties that sit near me will be delighted. Gutted to be losing him mid-season but may end up being a blessing in disguise if we can either a) bring a good quality young fb or b) move Horne there permanently and bring in a top 6.

You can't really expect them to sign a replacement that quickly, although i see what you mean

Got to take this opportunity to move Horne to FB on a permanent basis and bring in a top notch no 6 for next season. This would massively improve our team.

I rate Moltzen more than Mckinnon and there's better fullbacks around than either of them , More p1ssed off that he couldn't atleast see the season out.

The loan signing will be because Bradford won't sell us Kearney this year, and i'll be disappointed if he's our 1st choice FB next year.
Don't see Horne being the answer long term either.

West's first choice fb is out for the season, Moltzen has been terrible at fb and will be moved back to 7 straight away if McKinnon returns.

My thoughts exactly on the 2nd point, but your first??? I know you've seen Wests this season, Moltzens a shocking FB. The Dragons dodged one there, especially with Morris playing there as well as he is.

TBH Wests haven't been ripping up any trees at all this season. Another 5 mins on Sunday and the rest of Sydney would have died laughing.

Considering they were pre season favorites they're a bit poo.

Sacking Lui and having a few injuries hasn't helped them.

Agree, really dissapointed that he couldn't see out the season, family is of course important but he must have sat down and thought this through before he decided on a move to SL, probably better in the long run as Gentle can recruit his own man, but short term it further stretches the resources of a squad that already lacks strength in depth.

Horne will do a job there but worries me that he seems to be getting more injury prone and likely to take bigger hits than he would have playing at 6.

I know there's no comment on the reason for this, but, if "family comes first" I wonder why his family didn't come here.

I believe his wife did come but couldn't settle and then went home.

Kearney is ok but Bulls already turned us down for this season. I'd rather we didn't sign him for next season tbh. Not a bad play but just not someone I particularly like.

Although on a decent whack of cash I don't think its enough for partners to give up their jobs and come over too, unlike football, especially if they may have a good career going themselves. Also to pull your kids out of school for just 2 years to another country adds to the turmoil.

Big blow for us this season is this. Might have hoped for a season from him at least before quitting. I agree family is important but would have been happier for the least disruption if he could have lasted out another 5 months before returning. Hopefully this young player from Wigan will seize his opportunity to play SL should he join us.

If anyone anywhere doubted this was a season of transition it's certainly been confirmed now.

Wasn't me who said that, what have you done there?

I'm another who think we could/should do better than Kearney. I especially don't think he'd be worth a fee.

I agree with that. McKinnon is a better FB than Kearney IMO and now we could be aiming higher

richard owen anyone??? was rumours we was looking at him, but after his show at cas this year

would he want to join us..