Re: Ben Crooks : Tue Apr 22, 2014 6:41 am  

A unknown superstar wrote:

Once Crookes fitness is back up he'll be a straight swap for Colbon, and then when/if Lineham is ready to go bring him in for Crookes.

they may not want to play Crookes so that his wages don't go on the salary cap, depends whether they feel he has a long term future at the club or not.

[Kosh]

Re: Ben Crooks : Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:51 am  

UllFC wrote:

they may not want to play Crookes so that his wages don't go on the salary cap, depends whether they feel he has a long term future at the club or not.

If he's one of our top 25 earners he's on the cap whether he plays or not. The only way to remove him would be to de-register him.

Re: Ben Crooks : Tue Apr 22, 2014 8:14 am  

So McDonnells wages are counted regardless aswell then?

Re: Ben Crooks : Tue Apr 22, 2014 8:50 am  

McDonnell has not been registered on the playing staff. Maybe Crookes hasn't either

Re: Ben Crooks : Tue Apr 22, 2014 8:51 am  

Although now Crookes has played I don't know if that is possible

[Kosh]

Re: Ben Crooks : Tue Apr 22, 2014 3:04 pm  

Hullandproud wrote:

Although now Crookes has played I don't know if that is possible

Exactly. AFAIK he'd have to be registered with us before we could loan him out to Donny.

Re: Ben Crooks : Tue Apr 22, 2014 3:11 pm  

Think Radders is handling him perfectly to be fair, he needed taking out of the firing line before it started to effect his career.

Confidence now seems better, lets improve on this Ben as we really need your goal kicking.

Re: Ben Crooks : Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:03 pm  

shaul crooks rankin lineham miller arundel all young kids and the future if we can keep hold of them

Re: Ben Crooks : Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:35 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Well played, son. Good pace for his try, very good goal-kicking. Hopefully the stint at Donny has restored his confidence.

Stood out and good with the boot, great try and ensures his place in the team for Wakey. Big test will be Wigan when his defence will be under the spotlight again, hope he can push on and reproduce the form of 2013

Re: Ben Crooks : Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:45 pm  

pmarrow wrote:

Think Radders is handling him perfectly to be fair, he needed taking out of the firing line before it started to effect his career.

Confidence now seems better, lets improve on this Ben as we really need your goal kicking.

Spot on.

On a wider note interesting how Radford told the players to expect 'heckling' on the first mistake on Monday and encouraged the team to create their own enthusiasm and atmosphere almost in spite of the crowd.

Fair call really and backed up by the total lack of atmosphere at the game. The crowd is down to the bones of pass holders and dedicated walk ups and it will take a fair effort and results on the field to win back the first layer of hopeful occasionals. Until we achieve some consistency that bracket will be at the seaside or watching in the pub.