Re: Rumours 2019 : Mon Oct 08, 2018 7:01 pm  

His Bobness wrote: No he was not a loan signing he left Leigh permanently, Crooks similarly. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/44974862 We can't afford them, but reckon they are open to offers from anywhere

His Bobness wrote: No he was not a loan signing he left Leigh permanently, Crooks similarly. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/44974862 We can't afford them, but reckon they are open to offers from anywhere

Re: Rumours 2019 : Mon Oct 08, 2018 7:31 pm  

Nice to see we have been "promoted" back into the Super League fold on this site. Lets not drop out again. Some quality signings would be a big help to keep us away from the trap door. Happy with the ones who are staying and hopefully Blair and Hall. The benefit of having a large squad has been proved, now lets hope it,s maintained and improved to get this club firing again.

Re: Rumours 2019 : Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:48 am  

Could try resigning cheap plodder Jordan Thompson or a winger with no pace like Dawson? Real bargain basement for Austerity Birds.

Re: Rumours 2019 : Tue Oct 09, 2018 12:28 pm  

ColD wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/44974862

We can't afford them, but reckon they are open to offers from anywhere

That report is incorrect Hall & Crooks did not sign on loan.

However they only signed deals until the end of the season so yes are now open to offers (although Sheens has already said that Crooks has signed a new deal).

The point I was replying to was the suggestion that they are Leigh players they are not they left permanently on joining Rovers.

Re: Rumours 2019 : Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:34 am  

So according to the HDM we are not signing a full back. Is that a mistake bearing in mind that FB is a key position. Dagger shows promise but unproved in SL and needs back up,Hall has not signed yet(or do the club know something) but think his best position is on the wing.Atkin is a half and believe that,s where he should stay,(are we keeping T.Carney?) Other options to cover Atkin are Blair, but he is a forward, a quality back up but a forward. No guarantee that Quinlan will be back next season.
Just hope that we don,t end up playing people out of position. Sometimes it can,t be helped, but really think proper cover is needed.
However we have to trust TS, he knows more than me and seems confident we can cope. My concern is that without Quinlan we lose a lot of strike. Dagger may be great, but I would prefer a specialist FB on the team to cover the inevitable injuries.
Square pegs and all that. Thoughts

Re: Rumours 2019 : Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:49 am  

It's a tough one. Dagger is a specialist fullback, and I think in the odd game he can be excellent - whether he can continue to perform week in week out remains to be seen. I think saying to him now though you are our first choice gives him real motivation to have a pre season of his life and really set a marker down. The ambiguity of not knowing would of detracted him so I think thats a good move. Dagger has shown glimpses of class so the only real way we know is by putting him in the firing line.

If we are not signing a fullback, I hope we are signing a big beast of a winger. A back 3 of Dagger, Hall, Shaw/oakes would mean teams would just do what Salford did to us week 1 of the qualifiers and kick us to death knowing we can't get sets started

Re: Rumours 2019 : Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:47 am  

All this talk of Craig Hall improving and been a must sign is a little premature I think , has he been tested really ?
Lets face it he has looked improved but in all honesty we have been playing championship rugby with him in the side and as the last poster said he was average against Salford

Re: Rumours 2019 : Wed Oct 10, 2018 10:43 am  

Crazyhorse69 wrote:

All this talk of Craig Hall improving and been a must sign is a little premature I think , has he been tested really ?
Lets face it he has looked improved but in all honesty we have been playing championship rugby with him in the side and as the last poster said he was average against Salford

He did well against Hull he went better than I thought he would and everyone’s raving about Jackson Hastings yet he’s played against the same opposition as Hall

Re: Rumours 2019 : Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:58 am  

FWIW

Must go: Todd Carney, Brad Clavering, Matty Marsh, Liam Salter, Nick Scruton, Jordan Walne & Connor Williams

I would have kept Clarkson but going apparently.
We must keep Hall and more so, Blair.

Not many left off contract: Moss - can probably go but backup at FB? Tickle can probably go as we've probably just seen hus swansong season.

I will emphasise this though - Marsh must go to take away the temptation to play him.

Re: Rumours 2019 : Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:58 pm  

Gallanteer wrote:

FWIW

Must go: Todd Carney, Brad Clavering, Matty Marsh, Liam Salter, Nick Scruton, Jordan Walne & Connor Williams

I would have kept Clarkson but going apparently.
We must keep Hall and more so, Blair.

Not many left off contract: Moss - can probably go but backup at FB? Tickle can probably go as we've probably just seen hus swansong season.

I will emphasise this though - Marsh must go to take away the temptation to play him.

Marsh would not get a game in a kids team he is that bad