That's a big exit pile then, if you include the salaries of Raynor and King, which came of this years cap + them of Dowes, Cusack, Radford, Calderwood and Hall - that should be a lot of brass to bring a few in.

If true then thankyou for your undoubted commitment for the club and the community Lee,

dowes aswell?

So question is 2 new props coming in or 1in and move Hame to front row?

I'd be shocked if both left, I could only presume we've got Fielden and/or LMS

I would love to see Hame as prop.

Be sorry to see radfrod go. He will leave a big hole to fill

LMS going to saints + Radders not going to rovers

Mike Smith from Rovers said on Radio Humberside that they would be interested.

Source?

Heard the same thing about radders last night, we have offered 1 yr rovers have offered 2.

Personally I can't see Lee going there

I've also heard the Radders to Rovers rumour and it seems quite strong. Also heard that Dowes might be leaving. Wouldn't like to lose both players TBH.

We are losing both....but I am confident their replacements will be worth it.

Meli just about nailed on according to RL press.

So that's Dowes and yak going ,hall and radders going to rovers and maybe calderwood aswell.confident the replacements will be worth it. I wish I shared your confidence bud. We be getting over 30s looking for a final payday joining the dads army. Or are we going to stick the young lads in the deep end and hope they can swim?.

One thing Agar has to be given credit for ( even with the Agar bashers), is his recruitment...

Good.

Will give you that. The past 2 seasons ( thorman exempt obviously ) I won't knock his recruiting. I think we all thought longy would miss a few but unfortunate accident means more than expected. All I am saying is will we just be bringing +30 players who are not going to get the deal/wage that we would offer and is this really going to improve us?

If they are like Fitz i would take a full team of them

Youth needs to be blended with experience for it to bear fruit. We have signed a good few of our own young players so any signings of older players to ad much needed experience may well improve us in the meduim term.

I can't believe the Radders talk. I reckon he'll see out his career at FC.

A thought just occurred to me; is Gareth Hock allowed to play next season or does he still have a season to serve? There's a cracking player.

I would like to see us go for Will Sharp, he looks a good player and is ooc I believe.

I'd have said the same but apparently Rovers are offering 2 years.

Hock will be playing for Wigan when his suspension is over.

His recruitment....... interesting one for me. O'Meley, Fitz and Long are no risk, no brainers. World class players are world class players and will bring quality. What I would prefer to look at are the "gambles".

Turner...... a plus
Tansey...... a plus
Briscoe (was he before Agar was in charge?)..... a plus
Moa....... a big plus
Lauaki........ unsure

Who else have I missed?

So, you are right. Recruitment is good, but there are still gaping holes in our squad which needed and still need to be addressed.

I'd like that Charnley from Wigan, that would be our centres sorted for the next ten years with him and Briscoe

He'll be in Wigan's first team next year, he does look quality.