knowing rovers there will win lol

Where?

To refer back to my initial post to start this thread, how much does the signing of Samoan Sami address our teams current weaknesses?

Not a lot. Unless of course it stops Graeme Horne from playing centre. Apparently he's played alongside Josh M in the NSW Cup team of the year.

I know we need forwards but if this guy turns out to be has good has Josh M he will do us a job I hope

On field priorities are to keep James Green, he's knocked back contract talks and who can blame him?

Rather than make such broad statement, why not attempt to be a little more precise, knock back tends to imply a refusal to accept someone or something.
What he actually said was.....
"Discussions have begun, but I want to put it on the back-burner for now and get off to a good start in the year," Green told the Mail. "I've got my motivation back now and I'm cracking on with that, and sorting a contract with the club."

If green has a blinding season he is gone.

Know that for certain do you? another glass half empty comment.
You could also apply that sentiment to Kelly, Greenwood, even though he is on a contract, plus probably one or two others.
Of course you can never stop players wanting to move on if they really want to but, I would bet and certainly hope that Rovers tie him up to a long contract so that in the event that he does move on, Rovers at least will get a decent transfer fee for him.
Having said that its up to the club to try their utmost to retain these type of players, otherwise we may as well shut up shop now and resign ourselves forever to mediocrity.
I've followed James Greens progress since he was seventeen years old, in fact a good pal of mine used to coach him when he was first starting out in the game, so I would certainly hope that he is here for the long term and help the club in its ambition to become a force in the game once again.

The problem is we don't give our home grown talent long term contracts, see Taylor and Cox. Green will be offered a two year contract and be one of the lower payed players.

green's still really pizzed about being dropped for wembley so can't see him staying unless chester goes

For me that was a crazy decision to leave him out but as he was sat on the sidelines I bet he was glad he wasn't part of that debacle

Taylor was on a contract thus the reason we got a sizeable transfer fee for him, Cox was released for various reasons, one been his attitude in training I was lead to believe.
The general feeling among many fans including myself was, that Cox was a big unit but as a player seemed to had gone backwards and was never going to reach his true potential, I still stand by those sentiments today.
With regards to Green been one of the lower paid players on a new contract, neither you nor I are privy to his contract details but, one thing I do know is that when Jamie Peacock first came to the club he made it plain that one of his main priorities would be, to get the players he considered to be the long term future of the club signed up on longer term contracts as soon as possible.
We all know Chester made a complete b**lls up of his team selection at Wembley especially with Green, personally I don't think CC is the right man to take the club forward,
I also personally believe his days are numbered barring a miraculous turnaround in performances and I mean consistently good performances, not just the odd good one here and there, but that's another subject for another day.

No, he was devastated at being dropped and is still really, really unhappy about it. Can;t see him staying unless the man responsible leaves

We all become devastated about something or other at certain times in our lives but we get over it, we have to.
Its called moving on.

Indeed, and if moving on includes moving to a better club with a 50% pay rise it makes it that bit easier

Unless your name is Scott Taylor of course.

Hopefully green is a B&W deep down then although I wouldn't be surprised to see him end up at leeds

I think he's desperate for a shot in the NRL.

I'm torn on our players going to the NRL. Disappointing to see them leave but great when they do well over there and good for the national side. Can;t blame anyone for taking the chance if they have it

I'm certain he is

Green is red and white deep down, just like Wilkin and Yeamo …..But that is insignificant …..What is important nowadays is the chance to play for silverware, and who can blame them? ……If we drop down to the championship or are dwelling at the bottom of the Super League, Green will be gone …..Gone are the days of Trevor Brooking!

Sorry. I'm afraid he's not.

My mistake then. I got the impression he was when I was chatting to his dad in Florida a few years back. Was telling me how he was hoping to break into first team soon and......... Well the rest of conversation was about fc. But it was only his dad so I'll believe you matey.

Ian Rush , Robbie Fowler and Michael Owen all Liverpool legends yet all Everton fans who you support doesn't matter to a pro sportsman unless your Scott Taylor of course

Agreed, I was just replying to lad saying he's definitely not.