How much is the likely to improve? As mentioned in Sheldons earlier post, he has made made nearly a 100 appearances.

I think it's a really poor signing, shows no sign of ambition at all from the club. A few will disagree but most will agree on that point.

I don't think that's the point, though. It's not where we sign players from, but which players we sign. If we'd picked Myler and Ratchford up from Salford, for example, or Dobson from Rovers, few would be complaining.

I think JT does fall into the 'unproven' category (like a few of our recent signings) and it's not unreasonable to express the view that a few more players who are the 'finished article' might be beneficial.

I'm shocked.

No, really...

Wow. We are the worst fans in the league. Some proper proper knobs on here.
Kids 22. But hey ho. Get him ripped to bits now, try destroy him ala sharp, seymour n even Arundel at one point, then coach might not pick him n people can be happy then.
Covers a number of positions n will in time make a great 2nd row I think personally. Worth the relative in expense he's gonna cost!

Maybe the club should have showed real ambition and tried to sign Netherton

McDonnell, Miller, Holdsworth, Paea and 'Massive Polynesian', assuming the last isn't Paea and wasn't here in 2008, would be your 5 non-fed, yeah?
That said, Salford appear to have signed 6 non-fed and there's a rumour that we might have found a way to keep Mika. Maybe the limit is going up?

Oh - and for the record...

I honestly don't recall Thompson at all from the games I've seen this season. Which leads me to believe that he's been average TBH. Bit of a 'meh' signing really. Still young though so has plenty of time to impress.

So fans have to be happy with every signing their club makes, or they're c***s? What an odd world you must inhabit.

Exactly the point I made in another thread. There is nothing inherently wrong with signings from the bottom half of SL (or even top end of the championship), but you should be aiming for them to be the better players in those teams.

So far:

O'Meley - Paea (not a bad replacement, probably better tbh)
Galea - Thompson (i guess just as good on this seasons form - but both poor signings)

Was you also shocked when I have mentioned Paea will be a cracking signing for you?

Can't say I am enthused at all by the signing of Thompson and it seems another Joe Average signing of which we seem to make too many.

Nothing more than a squad filler and hardly going to set the pulses racing of the fans and if I'm honest hardly a signing thats shows genuine ambition.

Unless the club really pull 3 or 4 rabbits out the hat then I feel we will have fallen even further behind the pack than we are presently.

Maybe after the recent slump in any kind of form/performances I'm a little pessimistic.

"much coveted by other top Super League clubs."

Not quite convinced by that claim.

www.superleague.co.uk/matchday/player/3254 Stats are not looking brilliant to be fair. Averages two missed tackles a game although does seem to have good discipline and doesn't seem to make many errors. I suppose defense is the easiest thing to coach to a player if I'm clutching at straws.

www.superleague.co.uk/matchday/player/3254 Stats are not looking brilliant to be fair. Averages two missed tackles a game although does seem to have good discipline and doesn't seem to make many errors. I suppose defense is the easiest thing to coach to a player if I'm clutching at straws.

I'll give him my full support as I do with everyone who pulls on the black and white. But I've never seen anything from him to say its a good signing. Good squad cover, but we have our own youngsters to do that on less money.

No. But there's a way. Tearing a 22yr old down before hes ever played for your club is embarrassing for the supposed self professed best fans 18th man n all that. Add it to the abuse Arundel n seymour had this yr, noticed a few really getting stuck into crookes the other night. Earlier this season someone actually turned up to Aaron H s house to abuse him!!! Sharp hall lee Thorman have had serious abuse in previous yrs. So I'd say plenty are n of no use to any club. Not just on about on here,on other outlets as well.
're Thomson I actually agreed with your post regarding him being un proven. But personally I think he'll turn out a good un

Cas were a real poor team at one point though n getting run ragged so stats will have taken a beating during that period

3 years ago no one wanted Danny Kirmond, age 24 with only 55 SL games to his name

To be fair though, he was a winger back then!

He is only squad cover at Cas, absolute mystery to me is this signing.

Has Walker also been confirmed by the club, was mentioned on the HDM site?

O'Meley 32-Paea 25 and on slightly less money

Galea 35-Thompson 22 and wont be on as much money.

So looking at that so far.....we have picked up a younger player for both and a vastly younger player with nearly 100 S/L apperances who wont be on as much as what Galea was on,so frees up a bit more on cap and gives us a player with experience in the 2nd row where we will be lacking a bit of depth and experience..we will now have Ellis,Pitts,Whiting,Thompson with Kent and Hadley to come in,plus Westerman can go there and have Whiting at 13...would like us to have a line-breaking 2nd rower but they are few and far between,so another big nasty B'stard of a prop will do.

This is what i think the article alluded to with waiting until the World Cup - we dont have to swap Lynch for Walker, but may do that if we dont think anyone at the WC is worth a bid

And?

Is Green not a S/R forward, if so it seems you have decent of cover in the back row even without Thompson.

cant argue with the man though can you???