bit more patience mate, sure its wearing thin with most fans but signings like mamo and hardaker just havent come off for one reason or another, sure we will get some in before the season kicks off

mamo still expected over the next few weeks with wardle going other way

Is that supposed to be good mews?

Bad we can't keep hold of a great young athlete like Wardle.. However we are in desperate need of a fullback and we'd be getting somebody who would want to play for the Giants, while losing somebody with an ambition to play in Australia.



If it happens then good on him. He'll be missed by most.

Mamo released from knights

now can we borrow him back for the Auckland 9s

He's always our best in the 9s.

Apparently we have come to an agreement with Newcastle now and we will be announcing it sometime this week. Wardle going the other way.



Surely Wardle will be the last outgoing player and we will see another 2/3 additions after Mamo arrives.

So we are going to lose a quality young talent for a full back who is injured at the moment and unlikely to be fit for a while. Will someone please explain to me how that strengthens our paper thin squad?

Wardle going means we now need the following first team players



Fullback - presumably Mamo, Murphy/Simpson/Gaskell back up



Left centre - nobody been mentioned but we need a top class one - Murphy/Sam Wood/Gaskell back up



Left wing is weak - Murphy first choice for me, back up of Ormsby and Darnell if Murphy injured or playing elsewhere



2 Props - 1 of which has to be top class with Mason/Clough/Smith battling for other positions. Seb and Taai can play here but both are better on the fringes imo.



Hooker - Leeming will be a big player this year (he needs to be) but I'd rather Hinchy cover hooker only when necessary. We need a top line hooker.



If cap is an issue then following Mamo we need to prioritise in the following order Hooker/Centre/Prop for me.



I suppose the reality of it is with the time of year, money and players available we will probably end up with a couple of unknown quota gambles and a couple of British surplus squaddies (in addition to the Bradford lot)

We don't need anything like that



Mamo at the back, with a ton of cover

Left centre - Sam Wood or Gaskell, plus loads of cover

Left wing - Ormsby, with a load of cover



Prop, we need a new one with Wakeman being likely



It'll do for me





Murphy remains an entirely dependable squad player, but lacks pace at wing, power and handling at centre and organisation at full back to be first choice



Utterly dependable yes. Match winner. No



Ormsby has the power and pace to do the job on the wing for me

great news if we get the long awaited news of mamo, maybe the delay is to do with the injury he picked up in some way



id be happy with murphy and ormsby on the left hand side for us...other options available too, gaskell, wood, mckintosh can go centre with murphy on wing if ormsby fails to take the chance on wing, you can play murphy where you want and he will give you a performance every week.



hooker is a worry for me, not sure leeming is the answer but hopefully he rises to the task

Leeming was a lot better than Hinchy last season for me, he needs someone else though



Most importantly needs to learn to ignore Brough when he's demanding the ball and take the right option but that's experience

Not sure keeping the ball away from our only playmaker is the way to go, at least till we find out If Leeming is going to make the grade.



I know the point you are making though, that we need someone to take some of the load of Brough, Other sides have found it just to easy to stop our game, Ellis was supposed to do that, but he was never going to make the grade as a half, Funnily enough i thought he may have had a chance at Hooker if he had lost a bit of weight and gained a yard in speed.

Leeming needs to take his chance and step up now, he is never going to get a better chance.