He'll be on peanuts so it doesn't affect anything else in the squad. I hope he never plays a first team game for us though

I hope he's not reading these comments. People are entitled to their opinions but he's an FC player now and we should be welcoming him to the club, not saying "I hope he never plays for us".

I was meaning that he's purely a back up player so I hope he doesn't get called on. Are you hoping for some injuries so he gets his chance?

I never wish injuries on anyone but I suspect that we will get some along the way. And my comment wasn't just directed at you (sorry if it came across that way). There just seems to be a lot of negativity on here. People saying we should have signed someone else, asking if it's a joke etc.

He's what I would consider a below average SL player. Do you expect supporter to be falling over with joy at the prospect of seeing him on the wing for us? As I said, he's a back up on peanuts so won't affect the balance of the squad and hopefully we don't need him but on the face of it it's a poor signing

I've lost of count of the times I've had high hopes for my team only to be dashed by a string of long term injuries. This squad looks more capable then ever to absorb injury.
Maybe the starting 13 is not quite as good as previous years and we haven't signed the mandatory big money last payday Aussie but instead gone for the lost and forgotten who have come with points to prove and Colbon definitely fits in with this philosophy.
I Welcome him and the added competition he'll bring but I too hope he never gets a game as this means we're injury free and the lads in front of him are playing well.

Your first comment is akin to Hull FC not thinking Tom Briscoe was good enough.

I don't expect people to be falling over with joy, no. But I don't expect them to be doing the exact opposite of that either. And some of the comments on here have been just that.

He's an FC player now. Let's get behind him.

People take out insurance policies, but hope they never have to claim. No different to this situation.

I agree with that. I said myself in my first post on this topic that I felt this was a cover signing. But some people have said he's an awful signing, should have signed someone else, we should play players out of position... basically anyone but him. They've written him off before he's even had chance to prove himself for us. I don't agree with that attitude at all.

Colbon left London wasnt asked to leave

Liam Colbon or Jason Crookes? I bet Crookes is on a lot more than Colbon and Colbon is just as good. Means we can now ship Crookes out

What would be the point in that?

because he's obviously

But what would we gain in getting rid now?

Salary cap space?

There is that Dave but why?

Who's gonna be available and if LR didn't rate him why would he go to all the trouble he did last year?

last year we needed him, this year we don't.

Think we might already need it with Carvell and Colborn signing, maybe Radford was told to help Crookes by Gentle.

With 3 wingers plus Biggs, seems pointless having him, in fact it might be better for him to leave to get a chance at another club like London or Wakey.

I wouldn't be surprised if Crookes does leave at some point. But it sounds like we brought Colbon in as cover because Crookes is currently injured and we're unsure when Biggs will arrive so getting rid of Crookes right now doesn't make much sense to me. I'd say it's more likely that Crookes will leave once Biggs has joined us.

The salary caps live so I don't think we could have signed Carvell and Colbon if we didn't have the room.

Unless we have already released them, but not made it public.

Looks like a shrewd signing now.

Playing for Donny this weekend I think.

Good move....give him some game time.