Hardaker to Hull really glad we didn't get him at BV

I may be wrong but I thought if you declare a player to be marquee then whatever their salary they only impact £100,000 against the overall cap.

Agree RWB don’t know what Hull are thinking

I'd hate to be a Hull fan right now. Looks like it's open season - not much thought into strength of character or team dynamics. I suppose you could argue it'll be better than winning two or three games all season though.

Submitting this updated list here again as hopefully it's useful. British or French off-contract established SL players, as Matt Ellis mentioned. McMeeken over the line, Russell and Johnstone obviously very close. Storton and Scott rumoured. So who are the other three we've tabled offers for?

Since I last posted Gaz O'Brien, Charnley, Hardaker, Sneyd, Dodd, Bennison, Hewitt, Holmes, Brown, Aydin and Partington had all signed elsewhere. So that leaves:

Full backs: Ryan Hampshire
Wingers: Fouad Yaha, Matty Russell
Centres: Mathieu Laguerre, Cameron Scott, Ben Hellewell, Ben Davies
Halves: Danny Richardson, Jordan Abdull
Hookers: Adam Milner, Amir Borouh
Back rowers: Alex Mellor, James Donaldson, Jack Hughes, Matty Storton
Middles: Joe Cator, Matt Davis, Adam Sidlow, Andrew Dixon, Gil Dudson, Mike Cooper

I'd sooner keep our middle as-is than bring in anyone from that list for next season. Still think Mellor could add something. We obviously need a winger to provide cover - but is Matty Russell the answer? The one I'm most keen on is Abdull, obviously. If we could get him paired and firing with Lino/Lawford we'd trouble most SL teams.

I've always liked Hughes, he might be an option to look at considering Ashurst and Griffin are not likely to be here next year

Think griffen got another year in him ashurst not,for me centre and another back rower are needed

Abdul would make us some team.
Also Hughes would be good
Like Cator but he seem to get injured a lot
Laguerre probably better of the

Discounted possible already signed but would really push for Abdul

I'd definitely keep Griffin, he's been great this season.

Not so sure. He’ll be 35 and while he’s been great at championship level I’m not sure. I’m not sure if any of our second rowers will be stepping back up to SL. The list other than Storton doesn’t look inspiring though.

Abdull out of that lot would be a cracking addition to the squad and it’s the one position that is looming large with Gale looking like it’s his last hurrah, and young Lawford some way off in his development imo ,it’s a must we have a quality established half playing behind our pack

Don't understand peoples obsession with age. Josh Griffin is the best backrower we've had at the club in a long time and was the best backrower at FC before he came to us. He looks in great condition, arguably one of the best at this club right now. He has atleast another 2 seasons in the top flight which will help us tick over for some replacements.
I understand were championship right now but you can see his quality just by how much he reads the game, scoring trys and making breaks - he makes it look easy.
Ashurst has been a great servant but doesn't offer us what he used to and I would be looking to replace.
Imagine if we could bring both Batchelors to the club. That would be nice...

That's how I see it re Griffin.
He looks fit and he's doing everything and more asked of him.
ATEOTD there's only one person who knows if he got another season in him and that's Josh Griffin .

Isn't that the reason he said that this would be his last season though, he felt his body was telling him it was time to quit.

I agree tbh, I'd try persuade Griffin to stay for another year, simply because I think he's a better player than the other available back rowers.

Just seen Abdull isn't out of contract, but he is out of favour obviously, so will probably move. According to League Express Catalans are in pole position to sign him, which makes sense. So it's looking a bit tight isn't it.

If Powell thinks Lino and Russell with Lawford/Jowitt as back up will work fair enough

I think it's only 50k for a club produced player like TJ.

Marquee rule I guess only comes into play once you hit the cap. Once we get to that stage your highest earner counts less due to marquee allowance.

Yeah TJ if we do sign would count as a maximum of £50k against our cap. Its one of the reasons why we are hopefully able to get him because any other club he would cost more against their cap so we are able to outbid other clubs.

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Quite a few on that list who I would not fancy, plus plenty who seem fringe players. Th one who stands out is Bennison at Saints. He is still young and improving and can cover many positions in the backs

I'd take Alrix Da Costa if Catalans don't plan on keeping him.

A few people seem to rate Oliver Leyland from London Broncos. To be honest I’ve never seen him play, so can’t comment.

Would take Cust and Parcell at Wakey.

Will be interesting to see how we use the quota spots.

Parcell is cooked. Going home to Aus.