Can't stand the guy personally...I don't doubt his ability, it's just his obnoxious, whining attitude that I can't stand...wouldn't want him anywhere near this team

Ditto. His attitude on the pitch is dire

Your opinion of him is somewhat higher than mine, although, he does have a decent kicking game on him.
Always been a good support player but, he's no midfield general and IF Finn is to retire or be replaced, that is what we need.
Miller is still plenty good enough as his HB partner and I't take Miller over an ageing McGuire all day long
Where on earth are all the young British half backs ?
We could do with a 23 year old Danny Brough

My thoughts exactly 1873.

Didnt we have a home grown half back and he moved west of the pennines, and spent time on loan with our dear neighbours for a while.

Struggled to get regular game time in the halves, and has found himself in the three quarters

Have we got any 6's or 7's ready to come up from the U19s?

Is it his attitude or, the shirt he's wearing ?

Cas fans love Hardaker now he's wearing a Cas shirt

For the love of God - No.

It would have to come down to what sort of contract Macguire would be offered as already said he is not the player he was a few years ago. He should be considered as a squad player for Trinity at the most if he were to be signed...just hope it doesn't come back and bite Trinity if he was signed then continually injured for the season so getting a free season paid but not playing.

I would prefer a young talented possible half back who originates from the Wakefield area on a long term contract. Trinity need to build on the momentum and look towards the future. Finn could have another 2 years in him if managed correctly in my opinion. Look at Andy Lynch and he's a prop.

With our current lofty position, perhaps we should be thinking, if he's not good enough for Leeds, he's not good enough for Trinity ?

Hull KR are favourites apparently which makes sense with the Peacock connection

Thank god for that !

Absolutely no to maguire
We already have one of the best stand offs in SL imo, why on earth would we want him

We have two options at SH with our budget
Try some one younger like williams with a point to prove (williams hasn't quite worked out imo) or some one with a fair bit of experience but with probably only a few years in the tank

The dream would be to have the scrum half version of miller
Point to prove and smashes it

With the title of the thread, would signing a player who will be 35 next year be a really good thing and improve the squad in the long and short term.

Like Wrencat says though, in reality is he good enough for us nowadays.

Feel that if we are realistic about breaking into the top 4 and staying there, we need to really question signings that, one way or another, would be a gamble, which for me, this would be.

We are really between a rock and a hard place at the moment. For us to regularly compete with others while spending below the cap, with next years cap increase, it will probably become harder for us, so the signings we make have to be the right ones.

Sure Michael Carter said about our average crowd has to be 6000+, for us to be able to spend the full cap. I may be wrong, but if that was the case, I think we are under that figure.

Would be great to get those numbers in every week and match the cap as everyone else to level out the playing field even more

Wouldn't bother with McGuire, as would probably be in the same category as Kirke or McShane.
If we have definitely signed Randell, then he's coming to play big minutes, just like Parcell and how many times does Parcell get subbed?
Use Kyle Wood as a half.

IIRC Wood has played at 7 for us only once away at Wigan either 2012 or 2013

I might be wrong all the way over here in oz but didn't finn sign a contract extension to keep him with us for next year?

Yes he did BOJ42.

However, I think Williams was intended to be Finns successor, but it is sounding that he is likely to be returing to Australia at the end of the season.

At this stage, not certain Finn would go round again in 2019, so if the right half back came along, would be very tempted. Also really do need to have cover and competition in the halves.

Not sure about Wood as a starting 7 to be fair. Not had enough gametime in his career. He played most of his games for us in 2012 & 2013 as an impact player off the bench and think he did at Huddersfield

One of Maguire's qualities was his speed. At his age he's bound to be slower than he was and that is a major factor.
It's a big NO from me!

So in your considered opinion what is it that makes Annakin who has had 5 or 6 seasons of being on the fringes a much better prospect than Crowther who has had 3 seasons less????

I like Annakin but let's be honest about it, how many other SL sides would he get in? I'm not suggesting that Crowther would at this point either but why is one worth a contract and the other not?

Chester quoted in the YEP as saying he is hoping to bring a new player in within the next 24 hours to bolster the squad for the Super 8's

Mmm interesting.

Just read it.

Wonder who it could be?

At a guess Randall now Sio is at Halifax

My thoughts also,his 2 year contract with the Knights was signed in March 2015, as far as i am aware he hasn't signed up an extension so could be out of contract.

Hadley on another months loan

I assumed that was a given, according to Hull fans they can't afford him on the salery cap.
I'd expect a new face being brought in.

I reckon we need a hooker until the end of the season to rotate Wood....