Heard it could be naverette from wigan not sure how true though

Whoever it is has to be better than we have otherwise there's no point really.

Looking more likely, he’s just started following the club on Instagram

I'm kinda OK with him.

Still feel we need a scrum half a little general

Think that boats sailed at least for a while cosmic , he may not be the best in super league but neither is our team ,and as long as he/they give100% they’ll do for me.

The signing of Naverette takes me back to a time where our recruitment was not the best, it strikes me as a bit of a we will take what we can get panic buy.

I get that we have a few injuries in the front row and getting an extra body in could be needed at this stage but we still have a whole host of players that can play in the front row that are better than Naverette.

The improvement needed is in the halves, but it's probably the hardest position to get quality as good ones are rare and cost a fair chunk. We are short upfront so to give the halves we've got a fighting chance we need some grunt. Naverette reminds me of Simon, hot headed and error prone, but IIRC he has some size.

Thought Navarette had real good season last year. I think he'll be a good addition. Lively and gives 100% which will be great until it's coached out of him and he's asked to just plod the ball up the middle. A bit like we've nearly killed off Tanganoa.

I believe his expertise was knocking on, even more than Hirst did.

May be right about knock on’s but I’m sure he won’t get put on his as much and from the games I’m seen him in he can tackle ,so 2 out of 3 will do for me .

Agree with your first point and the second one to some extent too wwww

I think navarette would be a good edition to the team
Has some size him too which is key for us and in that position

Tanginoa is a back row all day long
We need him out wide hitting the line and slipping some passes to Reece
There is some great potential there to create some really special combinations between the two of them

If we play him up the middle like a battering ram it will be a total waste and likely result in him being injured

Agree about the temperament but Navarette is relatively small for a prop at 16 stone and 6 foot.....spent most of last season on loan at Catalan...he's also in the last year of his Wigan contract.

Why are we signing forwards say's a lot for the we gone out and signed a stronger squad for this season..We need a half who can get the team moving a lot faster..Know I will get shot down for this but think we need a good assistant Coach who can take the pressure of Chester .These injuries are happening to often for it to be down to bad look.

Are you looking at the same player? He hasn’t played at Catalan since 2017 and played 22 league games for Wigan last year.

For me he’s excellent in defence but offers very little going forward. We had that in England and Hirst, to sign Navarette would be a backwards step imo.

Are non the youngest ready for first appearance?

I bow to your superior knowledge....

I confess to now knowing much about this player - which really makes me think - is he any better than the likes of Gwaze?

Did you see any Wigan games last season on sky? I would say he has far more experienced and match hardened than any young lad not just Gwaze.

I reserve the right to slag him off once he puts on a Wakey shirt though.

Think we need a reality check here.
We are not signing a superstar. We are signing someone to fill a gap left by injuries.
He doesn't need to be the best. He just needs to be good enough to play a decent standard of super league as our 4th choice prop. Anything else is a bonus.

Haha you have that right!
I didn't see much at all of Wigan last year but if he's as you say then probably he'll fill the gap till we get some troops back.

If we are just signing him to fill the gap left by injuries then why sign him up for the full season? When the majority of injured players are likely to be back for round 2 or 3? Just takes money out of the budget for a full season that could of been spent on a quota player mid season as Chester has talked about all pre season.

He is not any better than Gwaze IMO, from what I have seen.

I think we would have been okay going with what we have for the first few rounds tbh, even the likes of Pitts could have done a few stints in the front row if needed.

You need 4 middles per game and have a back up plan.

We have only 2 middles fit!

Gwaze is one of those injured.

We need players NOW, to get through the first month. If that's Navarette for a month's loan, so be it.

Chester knows what he's doing.

Don't have a problem with Naverette, he's not gonna set the game on fire but he's a good solid experienced player with a bit of steel in him, he'd do fine.

Didn’t know Gwaze was injured

when has this happened