AP stated the deal for Miller is not dead, I was amazed to hear that he hoped to
keep Seymour along with Prince,

IF Seymour is released, we would be well under, on that basis.

Surprising that Rangi Chase didnt go to the NRL -according to the media his UK visa ,wouldnt be renewed.

How does anyone know that were close to cap??

Looking at our squad, it's depth and players such as Seymour who are on a decent whack we must be there or there abouts. If we had a lot of space on the cap we would have probably offered Manu a better deal than saints. I could be wrong but im sure AP said the other Wednesday how tight the cap was. Sure he has said it but not 100% when.

No shame in being second choice to Prince.

Personally I would prefer that we be willing go with Seymour, and patiently keep a vacant place open for the right man, rather than resign Goldie.
If we doubt that we will win silverware with Seymour, I cannot see Goldie doing much better for us.

Yeah i see your point there, but with the players we've let go and the interest in chase and prince. I'd safely say that at least we'd have about £250-£300k left over IMO

Wasn't it reported that his agent is not approved by the NRL? Could be something to do with that.

Well, its not for the lack of trying. Pearsons pulled out all the stops to get a pairing, going for quality each time.

It's no-one's fault that Chase cannot get a new visa or Prince's agent got a better deal.

The search goes on.

Agree with this, and Pearson will start a new search, I'm sure.
Holdsworth/Seymour is better than Horne/Seymour, so we've improved already. Still gutted though.

Absolutely right Mrs. B. I'm sure Adam and Peter are equally as gutted, given all the effort they've put into this deal. As you say Adam won't let the grass grow under his feet.

As VerbalKint says
"so much for the Ellis factor, players beating down our door to play for us, have seen little or no evidence of this."
This is probably the most disappointing aspect of the whole Prince , Chase , Brough , Dobson etc saga. There just hasn't been any visible Ellis factor. I'm not saying that the signings we've made are not an improvement but none of them to me are the sorts of players that I think SM alluded to when he said it.

I tried, but I couldn't get your lass off him. So we just spit-roasted her.

Doubt its quite as much as £300k but as you say given we were in for Chase and Prince it must be over £200k.

Dobson & Brough were fabricated by fans, it's not the clubs fault we believe rumours then get angry because they don't sign.

Who's to say many players agents haven't been on to us but not been the kind of player we need? Or the players signed haven't been influenced by that? Brought Dobson were made up rubbish, chase was a rare set of circumstances, and prince was a good effort but beaten by a superior lifestyle choice and 1of the premier teams in world rugby, and not to mention a financially better offer! If Seymour so be it. I don't believe he's as bad as made out and with some real support around him could come good. Not greatly unlike finch when he 1st came,2 nd year he was different player. Hopefully Seymour could show what he's capable of!

Couple of weeks ago we didnt have a clue we was after prince so Gentle i reckon will have other targets in mind and we know there's the wage their to pay them

Well, the rumour is (haha) that we also spoke to another 7 while Gentle was over there.

Hopefully we do have another target, and also hope it is kept under wraps and dealt with quickly and not in the eyes of the media. Maybe, if Prince wasnt so public (Started by HDM?!) and held behind closed doors we could of signed him... maybe.

and who told the HDM?

Presumably someone at FC? Bet it wasnt AP, PG or SMc tho!

Unless of course they thought leaking it might sell more passes, which seemed to work!

Yeah, she said you reminded her she needed to buy some chipolatas on the way home

Another target? Who?
Prince won`t come .Wests won't release Miller.Yet again the Club left looking desperate for a No 7 !!!
Seymour and Holdsworth it is then.

Correct. So we've already strengthened vs this year and are looking to further strengthen.

We're FUBAR'd anyway now the saudis's are buying rovers

Go on, whats all this about?

Holdsworth is rubbish.