Quote Jukesays="Jukesays"Do you remember Andy Farrell at 19/20 in 1994/95 and then 96 looking like he'd lost 5 stone
A lot of that was by design, but bldyshapes can and do change.
[uMaybe Waney wanted him to be a stone over rather than a stone under for various reasons[/u, maybe Canberra wanted a slightly slimmer version for various reasons.

I'm not busting a gut to go after him, I think he would be a good signing and I too am absolutely dumb struck by the view of (I'm not going to use a name calling very but I think you'll get my frustration at them) some fans who give a carte blanche "No" to resigning someone, when even provided evidence they ignore and cherry pick their version of events to back up their carte blanch No stance.

Sutton would make our starting 17 regularly and it would be others such as Mago/Byrne maybe, who would be under pressure
But we've played our cards in that department unless we can offload someone so its irrelevant
If Sutton had become available say July before the Mago resurgence of form and resigning there's only 1 I'd have been after'"

JukesaysFather Ted:

We probably don't have any cap space. So many players have had their contracts renewed it's bound to affect the salary cap.


Trouble is our two highest paid players and them being two of our three marquee players haven't played for months. French has been out for a couple of months and Thompson since the Catalans game when we also lost Walters.  Although Walters has returned he was out for around 10-11 weeks Thompson still hasn't played.  That is just too much talent missing from the squad  not to have an adverse effect on performance..


If there was a shake up needed then Forber to be bench 9 instead of Leeming.  Walters right 2nd row and Junior off the bench. Maybe also Eckersley to replace Wardle for a couple of weeks so get Jake rested and fit again.


IMO our first 17-20 is the best in SL and by some distance. For that to be reflected in performance they all have to play especially our best players which they plainly have not.