Sheffield : Sun May 13, 2018 5:36 pm  

Seems to be a real lack of interest on here for the Shef game. Good result though.
Did anyone go up? Any feedback? Good bits (apart from the 66 points), bad bits, what was ball retention like and the discipline? Any injuries?

[brian2]

Re: Sheffield : Sun May 13, 2018 6:08 pm  

I am interested, couldn’t go up north as partner going to airport, no commentary so watched Wire - good result and similar score line next week gives us a massive points difference advantage over every other team.

Re: Sheffield : Sun May 13, 2018 8:50 pm  

brian2 wrote:

I am interested, couldn’t go up north as partner going to airport, no commentary so watched Wire - good result and similar score line next week gives us a massive points difference advantage over every other team.

We could be 3rd by this time next week......or even 2nd if Toronto and Leigh win!!!!!!

Re: Sheffield : Sun May 13, 2018 10:50 pm  

Sheffield were poor.They offered very little, some of their fans left at half time, they had seen enough.
We were at fault for all their tries. If we had been a bit more professional we could have kept them scoreless.
Next week we should be able to do a number on them. They were unable to cope with our attack. So I expect more of the same.

Re: Sheffield : Mon May 14, 2018 7:14 am  

We didn't need to get out of second gear. Their ex Broncos tried hard but evidenced why we released them. Our attack was crisp and we scored some decent tries, long and close range. 2 or 3 forward passes in good positions prevented the score board moving along. All played well but special mention to Evans and Battye, who along with Pitts and Sammut shone. Api went off at half time with a pull. Funny ground, not unlike our own, prime for development but currently looking a bit sparse.

Re: Sheffield : Mon May 14, 2018 9:54 am  

I thought Sheffield were very poor and to be honest I thought Broncos lacked a lot of shape in attack and let Sheffield score 3 soft tries, the one at the end was disgraceful and almost exactly the same as last 2 tries against Leigh. Our warm up lacked energy and I thought we looked uninterested. All 14 off contract players had letters last week to say they are free to talk to other clubs (12 played yesterday)...hardly motivating.

Re: Sheffield : Mon May 14, 2018 10:52 am  

linebacker53 wrote:

All 14 off contract players had letters last week to say they are free to talk to other clubs (12 played yesterday)...hardly motivating.

I don't understand the ins and outs of contract negotiation, etc, but does that mean we wont / have not yet made a contract offer ?

Can you remind me who the off contract players are.

I am sure you are a sound source, but this info seems from the very heart of the organisation. How do you get to know this stuff ?

Re: Sheffield : Mon May 14, 2018 11:02 am  

linebacker53 wrote:

All 14 off contract players had letters last week to say they are free to talk to other clubs (12 played yesterday)...hardly motivating.

Elliot Kear
James Cunningham
Matt Davis
Sadiq Adebiyi
Robert Butler
Jacob Ogden
Eddie Battye
Daniel Harrison
Tom Spencer
Jay Pitts
Michael Channing
Jarrod Sammut
Kieran Dixon
Api Pewhairangi
Kameron Pearce-Paul
Ben Evans
Matt Davies
Will Lovell
James Meadows

I make it 19 players out of contract at the end of the season?
Unless mistaken.

Re: Sheffield : Mon May 14, 2018 11:06 am  

PC Plum wrote:

I don't understand the ins and outs of contract negotiation, etc, but does that mean we wont / have not yet made a contract offer ?

Can you remind me who the off contract players are.

I am sure you are a sound source, but this info seems from the very heart of the organisation. How do you get to know this stuff ?

List of players off contract published on League express twitter account today

Re: Sheffield : Mon May 14, 2018 11:42 am  

Just bought League Express


So players on the ‘Not Yet Determined’ list for all full time clubs / also an Off Contract list (i.e. defo not staying with current club, inc S Tomkins, Manu V)

Cas (10/0) inc
Catalans (15/0) inc Aiton, Anderson, Casty, Williame
Hudds (8/0) inc Mamo, Hinchcliffe
Hull FC (5/0) inc Minichello
Hull KR (19/0) inc Blair, Carney, Masoe, Scruton
Leeds (1/0)
Leigh (8/0) inc Hall, Mortimer, Dawson
Broncos (13/0) Kear, Lovell, KPP, Api, Pitts, Spencer, Sammut, Battye, Channing, Cunningham, Dixon, Evans, Harrison
Salford (7/0) inc Burgess, Huaraki, Littlejohn
Saints (7/0) inc Peyroux
Toronto (6/1)
Toulouse (3/0) inc Pettybourne, Mika
Wakefield (8/0) inc Mason Caton-Brown !!
Warrington (5/1) inc Westwood, Patton, Brown, Crosby
Widnes (9/0) inc Gilmore
Wigan (2/6)