With Donno confirmed leaving, and a few others speculating - we should be signing a few names to build the squad to go with the 3 solid signings so far. Good place to collate them here....

Arona from Wakefield is a name I've heard, be happy with that.

I'd like to see

A FB for the year
A big nasty prop
Another half back
A yard making winger in the carney/sio mould

Agree with that. Just hope we can keep Craig Hall. A try scoring, goal kicking winger who likes the club. Money talks, and Warrington seem to have plenty, but some things are more important than money.

agreed, his record speaks for it's self this middle 8's and the defensive element has improved no end.

Money does talk, but in SL it shouldn't be too much of an issue if everyone plays by the rules. I would suggest Wire are already at cap seeing all the quality they have, so offering Hall a big contract would mean someone leaving surely, I don't think he is that good to warrant it.

Craig is going nowhere if we come up with a sensible offer.

Arona signed a new deal with Wakey.

Keep an eye on Liam Hood

Rumour on fb tickle retiring Clarkson leaving

Is he not a Leigh player ??

With Donaldson gone who is going to win all the penalties with head high tackles

No he was not a loan signing he left Leigh permanently, Crooks similarly.

Chris Atkin

Bodene Thompson from Leigh/Warry was strong rumour heard yesterday. Good signing if true imo.Got a nasty streak on the pitch him Hauraki and Jewitt gives us a bit of steel in pack.Think Lannon quite fiery as well so seems the passive nature of the pack is being addressed finally?

Thompson is a very strong player for me. Plenty toughness in defence. I am really surprised you guys signed Hauraki bit of a penalty machine. Lannon has progressed well at Salford and looks strong. Glad to see you guys stay up always had a bit of a soft spot for KR since we (Dudley Hill) came in the Northern Rail cup, played you off the park for 20 minutes winning 10-0 then on came Aizue and Phil Hasty. Ha ha good memories

Cheers. We are hoping Hauraki does what Tickle did and exceed expectation.Think most Rovers fans think we have been bit small overall in the pack and also a little too nice as a team since Newton ran the pack. Hauraki should/could be what we need as long as daft penalties are cut out? Lannon ,Jewitt, Thompson(maybe)Hauraki plus likes of Tomkins Greenwood and Masoe and Mulhern and it looks far more formidable imo. Kav Clarkson Donno were 100% types,particularly Donno but no room for sentiments and a problem that has been obvious since Morgan left is finally being sorted it seems

I thought Sandercock sorted our pack out and under him in his last season, we had on paper a big pack with the likes of Taylor, Weyman, Poore and Walker in the front row along with Costigan in the back row. The problem we had was that we never replaced Dobson and had to put up with Kris Keating and Travis Burns. We seemed to have no problem rolling down the field but couldn't score when we got to the oppositions line and of course our defense was poor.

Got to admit was a touch envious of your pack that had Vella, Newton and Galea in. I would take a punt on Donaldson again at the Bulls as he looked very sharp for you guys in the championship

Not sure all of them played in same team? But yes Weyman was very good.Poore hardly played Costigan was lazy.Seem to remember Weyman carrying pack on his own?

Taylor’s last season with us was 2012. Walker was effectively his replacement. Weyman, Poore and Costigan arrived for 2014, along with Langley. Even though Paea left, that felt like the last time we made a conscious effort to stop being bullied. Rugged as they were, their impact was pretty brief, as age and injuries caught up with them.

2015 we lost Weyman to retirement, and Ryan Bailey, having played 300+ games for one club was just starting on his new mission to play one game for 300+ clubs. That left us scrambling a bit.

Clarkson has been a good servant and Mulhern has matured really well, but 2016s forward recruitment seemed to be aimed at maximising opportunities for Kieran Moran.

That a 35-year old Danny Tickle has been a massive breath of fresh air tells its own story. James Webster’s pre-season ‘mobile pack’ quote was deeply dispiriting at the time. But we survived, and this looks fairly promising imo:

Masoe
Lunt
Mulhern
Greenwood
Tomkins
Lannon

Jewitt, Lee, Hauraki, Lawler.

Plus a few more re-signings and new signings. Hopefully Josh Johnson will come on a bit.

Thats brilliant

Quote ="His Bobness"No he was not a loan signing he left Leigh permanently, Crooks similarly.'" www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/44974862 We can't afford them, but reckon they are open to offers from anywhere

Quote ="His Bobness"No he was not a loan signing he left Leigh permanently, Crooks similarly.'" www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/44974862 We can't afford them, but reckon they are open to offers from anywhere

Nice to see we have been "promoted" back into the Super League fold on this site. Lets not drop out again. Some quality signings would be a big help to keep us away from the trap door. Happy with the ones who are staying and hopefully Blair and Hall. The benefit of having a large squad has been proved, now lets hope it,s maintained and improved to get this club firing again.

Could try resigning cheap plodder Jordan Thompson or a winger with no pace like Dawson? Real bargain basement for Austerity Birds.

That report is incorrect Hall & Crooks did not sign on loan.

However they only signed deals until the end of the season so yes are now open to offers (although Sheens has already said that Crooks has signed a new deal).

The point I was replying to was the suggestion that they are Leigh players they are not they left permanently on joining Rovers.

So according to the HDM we are not signing a full back. Is that a mistake bearing in mind that FB is a key position. Dagger shows promise but unproved in SL and needs back up,Hall has not signed yet(or do the club know something) but think his best position is on the wing.Atkin is a half and believe that,s where he should stay,(are we keeping T.Carney?) Other options to cover Atkin are Blair, but he is a forward, a quality back up but a forward. No guarantee that Quinlan will be back next season.
Just hope that we don,t end up playing people out of position. Sometimes it can,t be helped, but really think proper cover is needed.
However we have to trust TS, he knows more than me and seems confident we can cope. My concern is that without Quinlan we lose a lot of strike. Dagger may be great, but I would prefer a specialist FB on the team to cover the inevitable injuries.
Square pegs and all that. Thoughts