Unless you sign someone on more than the quoted figure, it would be madness not to name him as a marquee player, surely?

I've not heard anything about players still under contract being released!?

Shame I like Harrison ,, rangi chase has handed in transfer request!! Are we actually thinking of playing Chase and Sandow together?????

Hope so, would be entertaining from a neutral's perspective!

Next season will be very interesting, if Sandow isn't the Marquee but lets say, I don't know, Cronk is then I can already see all the other supporters on this site now saying "Warrington must be well over the cap" etc.

Why? The two of them would add up to $350k
That leaves with $1.3m.
I would guess we haven't been running too much over that this season.

Remember that you have the rest of the team to pay too, though! I can't imagine Clark, Ratchford, Atkins, Sims and Westwood earn peanuts.

Sandow signing but not the marquee with Chase partnership and Harrison leaving- WOW! Fascinating stuff. I don't think I've ever seen anything as radical as this at an sl club (bar London and Bradford for different reasons). It certainly sends a message out to the players after the poor 1st half of the season.

Wire have said they want the best players at the best club,maybe they mean it ,if your not up to the standard required then you are off

We could do with a salary cap increase.
; )

Do you see Gidley as an out and out halfback though?



Fair point (though I disagree with the fullbacks part), but I'd say the general view of Walsh seemed to be he was solid in most aspects but didn't run the ball enough and was a poor defender. Not a nobody, just a plodder. Sandow has the potential to be a really good signing, but with his consistency troubles it's maybe not as guaranteed as you guys hope. Him and Chase together as a halfback pairing would be scary and hilarious in equal measure.

Moleys Monday scoops ,,

Warrington are pushing HARD to get Chris Sandow on their books from Parramatta – this week.

Friday is the deadline for Super League signings for the current season and the Wolves are working night and day with Parramatta trying to secure a release before then.

While he has struggled for consistency in the NRL, the Wolves are convinced Sandow would be a sensation – and a fan favourite – in Super League.

Surely poor management decisions have brought the club to this sorry state of affairs ,the players can't be blamed. It looks to me like our new chief exec or whatever he is called has done some pretty serious ar*e kicking.

https://www.facebook.com/LeagueWeek/pos ... 0176477559 Sandow banned for two matches. Will this end us now trying to secure his services for this year as this will put him out of the semis?

https://www.facebook.com/LeagueWeek/pos ... 0176477559 Sandow banned for two matches. Will this end us now trying to secure his services for this year as this will put him out of the semis?

No and very likely.
We don't need him for Cas & KR and he'll need a family visit vacation before he arrives anyhow.

I think the performances and results against Leeds, Wigan and St Helens; in comparison to other performances would suggest that the players have chosen the matches they have performed in. I think a lot of blame does have to land at the player's doorsteps.

Yes i get your point but we seem to have had a cba attitude at times which suggests all has not been right back at the ranch.

i cant see Chase AND Sandow joining.... surely having them at 6 and 7 would be the rugby equivalent of crossing the streams.

Agree MD. It would be like using the Post Office and DHL to distribute your mail concurrently. You wouldn't know whether your post was coming or going.

Prize for the worst analogy ever right there.

All seems to be building like a tidal wave for him to join you this week. I think the Eels want shut so you'll come to a compromise. He wants $200,000 in image right payments, Eels won't pay it. They want him to walk and give up his current contract. All essentially comes down to whether Warrington want to pay a 'transfer fee' that will satisfy both parties.

Personally I think Warrington would do well to give him space. He must be a mess mentally after the goings on this season, with criticism every week from club legends, Directors, coaches and teammates. Rumours this week that he was confronted by his teammates and told he wasn't welcome. Pressure for that long on one person can't be good and it's good to see Paul Gallen's defense of him in the press over the weekend. The last thing he needs is to be rushed over here, thrown in at the deep end and have a mare.

Sandow isn't a complete player and there are elements in the criticism from Peter Sterling that do ring true. But he's not solely responsible for the failings of the Eels as a club and the pressure they've put on him has been ridiculous.

It was a bit crap.

Bringing in Sandow (or anybody else) at this stage of the season would be nice as it gives them a better chance of hitting the ground running next season. Anything we were to achieve in SL this season would simply be an unexpected bonus IMO.

Bingo.

I'm thinking more and more each day that we should just throw everything into the Challenge Cup.

Sandow deal is done.

£254k per season.