Re: Bain gone : Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:47 am  

Sad to see him go, I thought he went well when he played and seemed a really pleasant guy when talking to fans. Best wishes to him.

Re: Bain gone : Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:08 am  

poplar cats alive wrote:

Good luck to him, he was probably the weakest of our Aussies. Thanks for your efforts in the RW&B. It'll be interesting to see who we've targeted. Regarding overseas players from Salford are they quota exempt or have I dreamt it?

I’m guessing we may be targeting at English player from Salford to cover the second row and now have a quota spot to play with for someone else.

Rumours are Salford players will be cap and quota exempt but not 100% sure that has been made official.

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Re: Bain gone : Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:39 am  

jonh wrote:

I’m guessing we may be targeting at English player from Salford to cover the second row and now have a quota spot to play with for someone else.

Rumours are Salford players will be cap and quota exempt but not 100% sure that has been made official.

They haven't agreed the dispensation yet.

Re: Bain gone : Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:24 pm  

I'm sure I read if Salford do need to get rid of players clubs with quote space will be given priority. Hence Bain going maybe.

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Re: Bain gone : Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:32 pm  

Dannyboywt1 wrote:

I'm sure I read if Salford do need to get rid of players clubs with quote space will be given priority. Hence Bain going maybe.

It's been talked about but hasn't been agreed.
And Salford have the decision on who to sell. They are not being forced to sell particular players.

Re: Bain gone : Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:55 pm  

My source tells me that we have now signed Harvey Makin from Wigan and are still chasing Watkins but this obviously frees up a quota spot too ??

Re: Bain gone : Tue Jan 14, 2025 1:00 pm  

There are only a handful of Salford players who could improve us imo but this would be a grand opportunity to secure a target who could figure in the clubs short - med term plans.

If they do become salary cap or quota exempt then that could open up the door for Ellis to strengthen short term for this and maybe next season.

As I say though, I’d only entertain the short list of players who would challenge our starting 17.

Stone, Watkins, Bullock, Sangare, macdonald are the only ones I’d entertain.

In fact looking down their squad list it’s hard to believe how well they’ve done recent seasons. Sum more than individual parts.

Re: Bain gone : Tue Jan 14, 2025 1:07 pm  

Trojan Horse wrote:

There are only a handful of Salford players who could improve us imo but this would be a grand opportunity to secure a target who could figure in the clubs short - med term plans.

If they do become salary cap or quota exempt then that could open up the door for Ellis to strengthen short term for this and maybe next season.

As I say though, I’d only entertain the short list of players who would challenge our starting 17.

Stone, Watkins, Bullock, Sangare, macdonald are the only ones I’d entertain.

In fact looking down their squad list it’s hard to believe how well they’ve done recent seasons. Sum more than individual parts.

Wouldn’t take Bullock or Sangare both very average players who don’t offer anything we don’t already have.

Watkins should be our top target in my opinion.

Would have loved Sneyd but we have 3 halves now.

Lafai or MacDonald improve our centre options massively.

Re: Bain gone : Tue Jan 14, 2025 1:48 pm  

jonh wrote:

Wouldn’t take Bullock or Sangare both very average players who don’t offer anything we don’t already have.

Watkins should be our top target in my opinion.

Would have loved Sneyd but we have 3 halves now.

Lafai or MacDonald improve our centre options massively.

You don`t think Bullock would be better cover at this point than Shaw or Cozza at prop?

If you look outside outside what are deemed to be our 4 props in Rodwell, Atoni, Mckmeekan and Uele, you start to get into using our "Middles" who are OK as a cover option, but I would assume there will be plenty of times throughout the season when we don`t have 1 or 2 of those players.

Sneyd, great player, but I think goes against what we are trying to build, he might make us better for a year, but at 34, you are then starting the spine over again next year.

Would take Watkins in a heartbeat, would give us some real punch in the second row.

Re: Bain gone : Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:19 pm  

With the Bain situation, I have a feeling that the club have someone signed that is currently overseas and the timing with Salford is just a bit of a coincidence.

I do though think we maybe in for Watkins.