or you could get off to a good start and fall away like widnes did last season..

widnes away is one of the hardest places to get a result in super league too.

then we have bogey team salford after that!! opening fixtures look good for us but then again not!

Widnes away with them losing Brown just got easier imo

And we'd have creamed them their last year if not for our 2016 trademark collapse lol

I can only hope Stone has seen our lack of starting ability and last seasons fade and fixed it

Also Andersons game plan of kick deep and hope we can keep our discipline will likely change too thankfully

I'd much rather play the harder teams (on paper) first to be honest.
No easy games, but we need to get off to a good start after such a shaky last season. Can't be dragging ourselves into big pressure at the start otherwise we'll be trying to play ourselves out of a hole we aren't in.

widnes not lost brown yet think they want a fee for him and wire not paid up

kicking deep game plan was the way our team was set out and worked..look at the league leaders shield season, went wrong when they stopped working hard for each other, believing in that game style and giving pens away!

be good to see stones new way of playing in 2017

RE mamo, l said it was a done deal weeks ago, and why are posters saying he won,t play till March, now April, he broke his ankle about 7 weeks ago, the pot should be off by now and he,ll be in re hab, l would expect him to be back in full training by the new year, he,s 22 ffs not 42.

Because the Aussie press initially stated that he would be out until at least march. They also reported it was ligament damage not a break.
Would also be interesting to know whether it's the same ankle that kept him out for Newcastle at the beggining of last season. He's a 22 year old- spot on- so why not just let our youngsters play instead of paying a fortune for an Australian one who Newcastle fans aren't bothered is leaving?

yes was thinking april would be the worst case scenario when the injury was announced

no one knows how its healing apart from mamo, doctor and the club

new signings from oz dont normally come over till xmas time too

Have been hoping the Mamo deal would come off since first mentioned. Young with huge potential and has always seemed keen to come. RS rates him highly and willing to sacrifice Wardle to secure him. Just got to trust his judgement.
ATEOTD what other FB is available to us with the same potential? Sure he will demand a good wage but can't blame him for that given that he is coming half way cross the globe - I for one can't wait for this move to be confirmed even if we will have to wait for him to recover from injury. It is a long season with the important games at the tail end (hopefully top 8 games!).
if the Wakeman move comes off too then happy days

im same, just one or two dont seem to want mamo

warm up game against bradford bulls announced for robbos testamonial if the bulls can sort their finances out in time

so

bradford and warrington will be warm up games

have we scrapped the infirmary cup now? after the way it was treated last season when called off i suspect it has been scrapped

Apparently we didn't even speak to Hardaker, if that's true then it seems daft we would then go out and do a deal with Ryan bleeding Bailey- again, only rumours and hearsay.

Here's another i've heard - Brad Dwyer on a season long loan from wire !

Dwyer would be a great addition and hes OOC end of this season so maybe if he has a good year with us we could persuade him to stay - cant see Wire letting him though, they did this last year or the year before with London then had to pay compensation when they wanted him back because of injuries.

There are a couple of good young hookers in the championship who I would take. Adam O'Brien at Bulls and James Cunningham at London but he moved to London to be with his girlfriend so is unlikely to leave. Hopefully we will sort one before the season starts.

i like brad dwyer, liked him when he was on loan with us a while back and improved since too

Jake Mamo would be one, if not the, best signing this club has made for years. His level of ability is way above anything coming through our system. That's all I will say on the matter!

He's so good.... Yet Nathan brown (and the Newcastle Knights fans) happy to get shut....
So good that most folk had never heard of him until a couple of months ago when he was mentioned as a potential signing. So good that he's been playing in the 9s and Queensland cup rather than a first choice in a team that's been hammered every week.

The best signing for years - I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry....

All my friends from Australia have all said super league is made for him and he will score bags of tries and be a massive hit for us. There was a lot of expectation on him at Newcastle because he was branded the next big thing for them and it just quite hasn't worked out for one reason or another. However at still 22 could well be our full back for the next 10 years or he may end up back in the NRL if he impresses enough after a couple of seasons.

An attacking full back with serious pace is something ive craved for ages so if we get him I cannot wait to see him in the C & G. That said success is not a given and he may well not fit in and may go back home with his tail between his legs.

Youve made your feelings quite clear about the lad before he is even here and played for us..... Im guessing you would be happy if we signed back Scott Grix on a 5 year deal?

I don't like paying second rate Aussies large sums of money. That's what I'm unhappy about. We drove Connor away I'd love to know how much more we are paying this guy instead of one of own! We aren't paying him for his experience- he's only 22 and played similar no of games in the top flight as Connor!
Our best season was when we had a bunch of British guys on that field!

Hey Jools, what did you think of Brandon Costin?

Don't remember what I thought at the time- Would I be happy if we signed him now? Probably not. The Giants have moved on.

Jools, I have seen his entire career and don't rate him at all. Funny how a player can create such differing opinions.

Well he will be either the new Billy slater or Rod Jensen.

We will see .

Depends what you mean by moved on jools, They certainly moved somewhere last season, just not sure it was on.

I remember people saying Brett Hodgson was rubbish when we signed him

aye too small and too old