New signings

 

My gut feeling is that we will sign 2 high quality players.

 

We are still an attractive option with great facilities and our fairly good showing in Europe says we are still a player in europe.

Tim, we are not an attractive option, we are the BEST option, we are filling the petrol tank for a European adventure, you got to be nuts, to miss it.

 

We'll let players go - sounds harsh, but we're not blessed with cash. So fringe players out of contract will probably be moving on (Higgitt, DD, Pugh?)

 

Recruitment will be minimal. Heed Mr. Sergeant's warnings, folks!

 

 

Was Pugh on a 1 year contract?

 

There was some money available in September, when ND said there was nothing worth signing. There's also the new WRU deal, was it £600k more per region? Surely we won't be splashing cash but some 500 to £700k wouldn't be too optimistic. 

 

The way I see it, squad weaknesses that need to be adressed first affect our starting XV. And Ford and Shingler add nothing there. We've seen what happens to good WP goalkickers when they make the step up, and another young, inexperienced player like Shingler cannot be our response to a glaring weakness at lock. If so you could point at Nic Cudd to play 7. Those 3 could be great players in the near future, but they won't add much needed quality and experience to our starting XV.