Re: Kevin Locke : Thu Jun 25, 2015 9:56 pm  

Bull Mania wrote:

Considering Michael Carter has stated before he couldn't afford to sack James Webster or Richard Agar, I highly doubt he's paying Sammut in full or a massive pay off and then Collis and Paea notice periods, and then being able to afford Michael Sio, Stuart Howarth and Kevin Locke.

How do you know Jimmys gambled with the halves? again do you really think Steves Ferres hasn't been looking for HB? I think everyone would love another HB.
But let's not just buy another HB for sake of it. Chances are we'll end up with another Marc Herbert.

Well I know RL players aren't the brightest, but I doubt Jarrod would have walked away from his current deal until the end of the year without a fairly significant amount being paid up. If he had managed to secure a couple of years somewhere else by leaving early then maybe so but he's joined a part time team on you would assume taken a significant pay cut.

Re: Kevin Locke : Thu Jun 25, 2015 9:59 pm  

Only guessing here but Brook's salary structure may change depending on him making any first team appearances etc.
Nobody knows just how close to the cap limit we were at the start of the season, half way through, or right now after we've loaned some players out.
The decision to play some players and not others might actually be the result of a little bit more than just Jimmy being stubborn.

Re: Kevin Locke : Thu Jun 25, 2015 10:17 pm  

Bull Mania wrote:

Considering Michael Carter has stated before he couldn't afford to sack James Webster or Richard Agar, I highly doubt he's paying Sammut in full or a massive pay off and then Collis and Paea notice periods, and then being able to afford Michael Sio, Stuart Howarth and Kevin Locke.

How do you know Jimmys gambled with the halves? again do you really think Steves Ferres hasn't been looking for HB? I think everyone would love another HB.
But let's not just buy another HB for sake of it. Chances are we'll end up with another Marc Herbert.

Where did Carter state that? Irrespective, what he can or can't afford is irrelevant.

Re: Kevin Locke : Fri Jun 26, 2015 5:08 am  

Unless we're saving something special by way of a surprise, nothing so far this season has led me to believe that we're anywhere near good enough to go up. Whatever we say about Leigh, they've been consistent throughout and look the part. One up, one down for me and it'll be Leigh promoted.

Re: Kevin Locke : Fri Jun 26, 2015 6:06 am  

bullsonfire wrote:

Unless we're saving something special by way of a surprise, nothing so far this season has led me to believe that we're anywhere near good enough to go up. Whatever we say about Leigh, they've been consistent throughout and look the part. One up, one down for me and it'll be Leigh promoted.

Leigh have been no more consistent than we have. They might have played as a more cohesive unit, but given their squad has been together longer than 6 months and is more familiar with the league, teams and stadia that they play against, that shouldn't be a surprise. When Leigh beat us, they only scored 1 more try than we did and had cooler heads prevailed on the opening day, I believe we would have come away with the points. Given that it's a 7 game series at the end of the season, I think that 4 wins would be enough to push for a promotion spot. So that's the 3 other Championship sides plus taking points off one of the SL clubs. With a fully fit squad I think that's an achievable target for Bradford

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Re: Kevin Locke : Fri Jun 26, 2015 9:21 am  

Wakey add Jordan Tansey from Cas too: http://www.totalrl.com/wakefield-snap-up-jordan-tansey/

Wakey add Jordan Tansey from Cas too: http://www.totalrl.com/wakefield-snap-up-jordan-tansey/

Re: Kevin Locke : Fri Jun 26, 2015 1:31 pm  

And Anthony Walker: http://www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... r-to-squad

And Anthony Walker: http://www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... r-to-squad

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Re: Kevin Locke : Fri Jun 26, 2015 1:46 pm  

If I were a Wakey player, I'd be doing some serious thinking right now..

Re: Kevin Locke : Fri Jun 26, 2015 2:24 pm  

We'll they're not going to die wondering. Looks like they'll throw the kitchen sink to stay up. But Walker and Tansey wouldn't get in our team. Sio is an unknown and could be a flop or a superstar. Locke is the only one that worries me, think that's a good signing. But there are question marks over his fitness and whether he can regain the form of two years a go.

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Re: Kevin Locke : Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:05 pm  

To be fair, Tansey always seems to pull out the stops when he plays against us.

I was going to say, that if he played as well for us as he does for our opponents, I'd consider him as a Bull, but I guess we'd need to see how he rolled when he actually kept himself onside as he wouldn't get the kind of leeway he's used to if he were in RA&B..