Re: Tonks, Foster, Baldwinson, Minns : Tue Nov 25, 2014 10:24 am  

gingdong wrote:

I should of known better i really should. How was i going to get a serious assessment of a players ability from a bunch of plastic Rhinos. I bet you have the lowest % of fans that actually play the game. I will ask our U8s players instead

It's all plastic here mate. A bit like Poundland at Christmas.

Re: Tonks, Foster, Baldwinson, Minns : Tue Nov 25, 2014 11:02 am  

As a Wigan fan who has seen them all play at academy level I would say Baldwinson is the "pick" of the four. He's always impressed when playing against us and also when he he played for England academy. I'm very surprised that Leeds haven't kept him for this coming season or at least put him on a dual reg agreement.

Re: Tonks, Foster, Baldwinson, Minns : Tue Nov 25, 2014 11:12 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

As a Wigan fan who has seen them all play at academy level I would say Baldwinson is the "pick" of the four. He's always impressed when playing against us and also when he he played for England academy. I'm very surprised that Leeds haven't kept him for this coming season or at least put him on a dual reg agreement.

Leeds are targeting the oldest average team ever to play in SL - can't do with any youngsters spoiling that

Re: Tonks, Foster, Baldwinson, Minns : Tue Nov 25, 2014 11:42 am  

gingdong wrote:

I should of known better i really should. How was i going to get a serious assessment of a players ability from a bunch of plastic Rhinos. I bet you have the lowest % of fans that actually play the game. I will ask our U8s players instead

Richard Gunn ended up at Fev hence the analogy I made earlier.

What more do you want FFS?

Re: Tonks, Foster, Baldwinson, Minns : Tue Nov 25, 2014 12:23 pm  

gingdong wrote:

I should of known better i really should. How was i going to get a serious assessment of a players ability from a bunch of plastic Rhinos. I bet you have the lowest % of fans that actually play the game. I will ask our U8s players instead

I did try to warn you

Re: Tonks, Foster, Baldwinson, Minns : Tue Nov 25, 2014 12:40 pm  

William Eve wrote:

Richard Gunn ended up at Fev hence the analogy I made earlier.

What more do you want FFS?

He wants to see your GB caps.

Re: Tonks, Foster, Baldwinson, Minns : Tue Nov 25, 2014 1:11 pm  

Here's my thoughts. These guys must have been offered to Hunslet first and as they are not there then I assume Hunslet didn't want them. That's probably because they have a squad of 30 and can call upon Rhinos players 18 - 25 who are not picked.

Do I think they will strengthen Featherstone, I doubt it very much as they are still young. There is allot of talent in the Championship and many could play SL so these guys are not necessarily guaranteed a place either.

Overall I think Featherstone are a weaker team than previous years and will struggle to be in the top 4 this term. I also think London have an underwhelming team and won't meet the expectations set out.

I also expect Tonks to be loaned out From Fev to a C1 club and Minns probably move to Bradford. Foster and Baldwinson might just, just survive.

The futures bright but it's not blue and Amber.

Re: Tonks, Foster, Baldwinson, Minns : Tue Nov 25, 2014 1:17 pm  

gingdong wrote:

I bet you have the lowest % of fans that actually play the game.

Thanks. Considering the amount of complete and utter knobs that play amateur RL in Yorkshire I'll take that as a compliment.

gingdong wrote:

a bunch of plastic Rhinos.

You didn't actually think we were real rhinos did you?

Re: Tonks, Foster, Baldwinson, Minns : Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:40 pm  

W55ARE wrote:

Here's my thoughts. These guys must have been offered to Hunslet first and as they are not there then I assume Hunslet didn't want them. That's probably because they have a squad of 30 and can call upon Rhinos players 18 - 25 who are not picked.

Why "must" they have been offered to Hunslet? Leeds' arrangement is a DR one, not a loan one, isn't it? There are at least three possible reasons why Leeds might find loaning their youngsters out to Fev more attractive than offering them to Hunslet - it might be a better financial deal for Leeds, they might perceive Fev (rightly or wrongly) as more likely to be playing in the Super 8s at the business end of the season and therefore more able to offer players the big-match experience in games of a relatively good-quality standard, and they might feel that Fev's facilities (which are extremely good) offer more to develop young players than Hunslet's (I don't know anything about Hunslet's facilities, but I'm just speculating here).

Re: Tonks, Foster, Baldwinson, Minns : Tue Nov 25, 2014 4:22 pm  

They aren't technically on loan. They've signed 1 year deals with Fev, but have signed contracts with Leeds for 2016.

Very much like the lads down in London last year.