Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:10 pm  

The Speculator wrote:

In his pre-season interviews, Dudson was saying how last year was a bad one for him because of off-field issues, but he was looking forward to a much better year in 2024. Round One was not a great start for him though, and we simply can't afford to keep carrying him. If he plays against Hull, it's surely 'last chance saloon' time?

I hope he tears it up, I really do.

His contribution at Catalans was bordering on zero. He is way, way, way off being an effective, reliable forward. He is, and has been, our poorest performing forward by a long shot - not even marginal, for a while.

In terms of the last game I don't know how you can only make 3 carries in 30 mins of playing.

Even Philbin himself made 8. (Vaughan made 15 by comparison).

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:21 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

I hope he tears it up, I really do.

His contribution at Catalans was bordering on zero. He is way, way, way off being an effective, reliable forward. He is, and has been, our poorest performing forward by a long shot - not even marginal, for a while.

In terms of the last game I don't know how you can only make 3 carries in 30 mins of playing.

Even Philbin himself made 8. (Vaughan made 15 by comparison).

I remember us signing Parker.
His stats made Dudson look like Morley.
(Tbf on him, he was always the dummy runner).
The opposition eventually got wise and never put a guy on him.
One particular game he actually got a pass, to his surprise, and had a gap to score bigger than Madonna’s 2 front teeth!
Who knew? Could be a moment for Duds yet.

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:45 am  

Dud-son is exactly that a Dud, we will be far better off including promising youngsters on the bench than Dud-son. Working with a couple of the young guns will help their progress immensely, whereas Dud-son's inclusion is hindering their progress.

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:09 am  

Dudson dropped and Wood in.

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:06 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

Dudson dropped and Wood in.

Awesome, i think Wood is exactly the extra punch we need, glad to see Burgess doing what we hoped he would. Don't perform and don't play
Who's replacing Dudson though? As wood Surely comes in to replace Crowther?

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:29 pm  

Abe Froman wrote:

Tomorrows 17, barring any injuries in the warm up, will be......

Dufty
Ashton
King
Wrench
Thewlis
Drinkwater
Hayes
Vaughan
Walker
Harrison
Fitzgibbon
Holroyd
Currie

Musgrove
Powell
Philbin
Wood

Williams out for 4 weeks approx

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Sat Feb 24, 2024 2:05 am  

Top marks to whoever put viagra competitor 'eroxon' on the hoardings tonight while we have a player called Max Wood

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Sat Feb 24, 2024 2:20 pm  

Max looks really hard…wasn’t sure if he had a niggle as he looked rather stiff to start, I was worried the coach might pull him off..
(courtesy of Carry On on the rugby pitch).

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:08 pm  

I hope he keeps his spot and gets loads of game time, he's clearly ready for this level, so lets amp up his experience

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:13 pm  

However, his Fijian half-brother Semi Wood has a reputation for being a bit flaccid in the tackle.