Re: Luke Hooley : Wed Dec 13, 2017 3:59 pm  

We still have this problem with Jowett he has no defence a great runner with the ball & very good catcher but he's not a full back we will at sometime need a last line of defence & as good as some people think he is He's not shown anything defence wise that I've seen

Re: Luke Hooley : Wed Dec 13, 2017 4:50 pm  

If the second team/ reserve team takes off, this is an idea scenario for development and experiment.
Great position to be in

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Re: Luke Hooley : Wed Dec 13, 2017 4:53 pm  

Hooley really looks the part for me.
If he can learn to hit the line like Grix he will be awesome I'm sure. Clearly a long way to go but promising all the same.
Max I like a lot and although I prefer Grix right now I wouldn't be at all upset if he played the full season.
As far as bring a stand off I don't quite see that. The game management ad hitting the right pass is actually what Grix does and what we'd all like Max to do but doesn't do as well.
So it would be interesting to see but let's run it in training and maybe friendly against lower league opposition. If we need cover in super league I'd rather he went to full back and Grix took the 6. Or Wood for that matter.

Re: Luke Hooley : Wed Dec 13, 2017 5:02 pm  

The piece about Hooley is also to give the lad a boost, before he makes his bow for the 1st team.
Build his confidence and let him know that the coaching staff think that he is ready.

If he has anything like the pre season that Jowitt did last season, he'll be doing very well indeed.

It will be interesting to see where Grix, Jowitt and Hooley fit into Chester's plans as the season goes.
We know that Grix can play anywhere in the backs and maybe Jowitt will try #6 but, barring injuries, it will probably be, as you were, with Grix 1st choice FB and Jowitt as back up, with the youngster having to be patient.

Cant wait for the season to start and hope that we have a fit squad, with no injury crisis but, it does look like we have some depth, which can only bode well for 2018.

Re: Luke Hooley : Wed Dec 13, 2017 5:24 pm  

This is why a reserve side is such a big bonus, It gives the players more to concentrate on and it keeps them match fit without having to loan them to a lower division club

Re: Luke Hooley : Wed Dec 13, 2017 5:35 pm  

wakefieldwall wrote:

Chester mentioned On Monday night having tried out Jowitt at Hooker. We'd all like to see Max make it at FB but he's got his work cut out.

I thought Chester said "stand off".

Re: Luke Hooley : Wed Dec 13, 2017 5:46 pm  

Miro wrote:

I thought Chester said "stand off".

That would make more sense, hooker doesn't look his thing to me but hey.

Re: Luke Hooley : Wed Dec 13, 2017 5:51 pm  

Miro wrote:

I thought Chester said "stand off".

Yes he did.