Quote jonh="jonh"Given he has several suiters from the NRL who are after him to be their starting half it’s safe to say he won’t be cheap.

I have no idea how much cap space we have however I do know that there are several areas we need to look at before we look for a new starting half, namely centre.

TL retiring wasn’t an announcement that will have shocked the club, they will have know about this for months and will have taken that into account when making offers to incoming players and contract upgrades.

The priority at the moment is clearly finding a resolution to the French situation and the centre position. We have 1 centre confirmed, we still need another.

If we could upgrade contracts, retain French, confirm another centre AND then have enough cap space left to sign Croft I’d be onboard but I really don’t think that is realistic.'"

jonhFather Ted:

We probably don't have any cap space. So many players have had their contracts renewed it's bound to affect the salary cap.


Trouble is our two highest paid players and them being two of our three marquee players haven't played for months. French has been out for a couple of months and Thompson since the Catalans game when we also lost Walters.  Although Walters has returned he was out for around 10-11 weeks Thompson still hasn't played.  That is just too much talent missing from the squad  not to have an adverse effect on performance..


If there was a shake up needed then Forber to be bench 9 instead of Leeming.  Walters right 2nd row and Junior off the bench. Maybe also Eckersley to replace Wardle for a couple of weeks so get Jake rested and fit again.


IMO our first 17-20 is the best in SL and by some distance. For that to be reflected in performance they all have to play especially our best players which they plainly have not.