Given London did the same and still loaned players probably tells you what the RFL think.

I wonder when we are going to officially announce Nicklas and Wilson and this other new signing we mentioned on Christmas Eve

More interested in the new signing !

Me too can't understand why we don't just announce it already.

You would think he would be sorted to play in the pre season games.
Only 1 wk to go.

My guess is that the new signing has been signed up for a while. The club are probably going to use the announcement to help boost interest in the first friendly.

that was one of my thoughts but as i said only 1 wk to go
unless we hear something on Monday

The Free Press and Star will probably have articles this week. It'll probably be announced in time for them to give it coverage ... hopefully!

He's just got to have his knee reconstruction operation first ...lol

Thought we would have heard of the NEW signing by now.

Agreed, in the mean time I stumbled upon these which I'm not sure if they were shown when we first signed Sam Doherty and Josh Kittrick or not and unfortunately the search function on here is useless. Either way I'm fairly certain I've only seen one until recently.

[urlhttp://vimeo.com/90701919[/url

[urlhttp://vimeo.com/90701546[/url

The links tell you which one Sam is and I'm fairly certain the blonde hooker is Josh

The club are delighted to announce Jack Walton is Doncaster's eleventh new arrival of the close season! www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/a ... th-signing

The club are delighted to announce Jack Walton is Doncaster's eleventh new arrival of the close season! www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/a ... th-signing

I found this

[urlhttp://www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/team-listings/jack-walton[/url

Is the policy of recruiting youngsters going to turn out to be a stroke if genius, or are we going to find ourselves at the wrong end of the league struggling to avoid relegation?

The quality of the opposition in our league is seriously stronger this season. Featherstone have just announced the signing of prop Paul Wood from Warrington, No disrespect to Jack Walton but I was hoping our final signing may have been someone of similar stature to Paul Wood.

I have no doubt that Paul Cooke, Carl Hall and John Scarrow have weighed up all options and decided the road we're going down is the best one for the club. They understand the financial side of running the club much better than we do as supporters and they have a vision as to where our future lies.

I'm sure PC and the coaching team will develop the youngsters and get the best out of them. I hope we can develop them within a winning team.

I can't wait for the new season to start. I'm eager and keen to see what the youngsters have got to offer, although slightly apprehensive about what the season may hold as we've not added much by way of experience.

agree 100%
Also a bit disappointed thought it may have been someone well known and established.

Hope we have enough experience to avoid the struggle of relegation.

I'm not so sure, there are some good squads out there this season even among the teams who were
below us last year and that's my main fear..
But time will tell.

Danny Niklas confirmed as resigning also

So now we are just waiting for Ryan Wilson to be announced plus who we are getting on dual reg, although dual reg is unlikely to be sorted until after the Hull game I think.

Looks like we will be relying heavily on D/R.
Not fair on everyone whos signed to me.

Although if I understand the super 8's correctly all points accumulated throughout the season are null and void once the competition starts - meaning we could lose every regular season game and still stay up while the fifth place team could be relegated (in theory). So may be all the signings will get their chance before being replaced by D/R?

That's only true of the Middle 8. If we're in the bottom 8 the points continue as was

That's a relief as while I think realistically we will be towards the bottom this year I do believe we will have enough in the locker to avoid relegation.

I put Danny Nicklas on the squad thread after the Fans Forum and have added Jack Walton tonight giving a total of 28 players. Ryan Wilson would make 29 which was the total figure quoted at the Fans Forum.

One thing youngsters have over some more mature players is, on average, speed.
So I expect this wet behind the ears side to be at the very least ....fast(ish).
If not, I will be very disappointed.

Only four days to go to see what's in Pandora's box.
The last thing in Pandora's box was .... hope!
I'm hopeful.
COYD

Ryan Wilson now confirmed