Quote ="Mild Rover"For comparison, here is Bradford's squad as things stand: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=600321 They've released Danny Williams - worth a look for a wing spot? Not seen much of him for a couple of seasons.'" 30 or so players that's a big squad Bradford have and at the start some quite recognisable names for both of us tbh with there financial position you have to say too heavy, it can not give them much room to recruit come the start of the middle 8s should they be involved, which you would think they should be

Quote ="Mild Rover"For comparison, here is Bradford's squad as things stand: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=600321 They've released Danny Williams - worth a look for a wing spot? Not seen much of him for a couple of seasons.'" 30 or so players that's a big squad Bradford have and at the start some quite recognisable names for both of us tbh with there financial position you have to say too heavy, it can not give them much room to recruit come the start of the middle 8s should they be involved, which you would think they should be

Catalans have signed Brayden Williams, manly winger so maybe the Mantellato rumour to them hasn't happened, could be positive for us.

To be honest if he was going to sign surely he would have by now

Not much recruitment to do. 4 or 5 according to TS. Why do you suggest clearing the decks at this stage after most of our signings have been made?

If you had posted this just after relegation it might have been appropriate.

Hopefully he'll run out of options elsewhere mate

I know beggars can't be choosers and I'm a big fan of josh but I'm not sure I'd want him to play for us next season if we were a last resort we have better players who committed straight away but if he did sign I'm sure he'd give it his all like he always has

Josh must be on his way, would Caro be worth a go?

Quote ="Mild Rover"For comparison, here is Bradford's squad as things stand: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=600321 They've released Danny Williams - worth a look for a wing spot? Not seen much of him for a couple of seasons.'" He'd still be worth a 1 year deal at Championship level. A couple of injuries over the last couple of years have seen him lose some of his pace, but he's still a hard runner that knows his way to the try line. The only reason I can see that he's not been kept on at Bradford is that there's a few younger guys who can play wing as well as other positions across the backline who are already signed up for next year and beyond.

Quote ="Mild Rover"For comparison, here is Bradford's squad as things stand: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=600321 They've released Danny Williams - worth a look for a wing spot? Not seen much of him for a couple of seasons.'" He'd still be worth a 1 year deal at Championship level. A couple of injuries over the last couple of years have seen him lose some of his pace, but he's still a hard runner that knows his way to the try line. The only reason I can see that he's not been kept on at Bradford is that there's a few younger guys who can play wing as well as other positions across the backline who are already signed up for next year and beyond.

If we're going to sign a winger I think I'd prefer Lancaster rather than Caro or Williams

If Josh goes and Dixon has gone, who is next in line for goal kicking?

Shaw??

Addy

I said before on this thread that The signing of Shaw was imperative. He is an excellent kicker in a position we're short on.
If Mantellato is holding out for a better deal, then I wouldn't blame him, but I'd question his commitment to Rovers.

I'd question a lot, but Mantellato was just about the most committed player we had over the last 2 years.

Commitment is a 2 way street.

I'd be over the moon if he signed, and I'll not disagree about his commitment last year. Even tho he was part of the team that relegated us last year.
But, there is a contract for him to sign, probably not peanuts either. Yet here we are wondering what his descision will be.
Rovers have committed to wanting him, if it's not for him and there's a better offer, it would be nice either way we all know so we can all move on.

I meant clearing the decks since the MPG could of been to your advantage it lets the coach sign who he wants and retain who wants I know you lose a few but that's life not every player will want to play in a lower league even for a year but you seem t have done well in keeping the players you wanted in general how big do you think your squad should be at this stage ? and how many have you actually got at present ? interesting that Bradford had 30 not much room to move anyone else in it seems

Well we've shown our commitment by offering a contract I thought out of our top end players who could get SL contracts I thought Josh would stay but if he's hanging out for SL contract good luck to him but I think it's time to say make a decision either way

Lancaster would be a decent option, but he's not played many first grade games and there's already a lot of 'potential' in the squad.

the fact that we are starting with a lightweight back row, makes it imperative that we have 2 wingers who can take runs down the middle of the park to compensate.

So if Quinlan is coming we have 4 quota spots at our disposal? I can't see us using one for a winger...

Jamie Ellis on loan from Hudds?!

It would appear TS has signed who he wants and retained who he wants from the players prepared to sign for 2017. As all Superleague contracts were nullified on relegation the decks were automatically cleared. The aim seems to be 3/4 more signings and leaving space on the cap to sign experienced players for the middle eights should we achieve a top four finish and finances allow, following the Leigh model.

Exactly the kind of signing we need, a good player, with a good kicking game.
We can offer him a chance to rediscover his best form and who knows what the next season holds for him.
Next we need to find an "under loved" winger. Tom Lineham anyone ?

If Ellis signs I don't think we require Abdull, more of a running half.

Agreed, probably a young Aussie instead