To dual reg or not to dual reg it seems most people don't like it yet most do it. As far as roberts is concerned he would give us extra strike out wide him and gee in the second row looks pretty handy to me. Garside did seem to up is game when he got back in the side after Hewitt was recalled and i would say he as a higher work rate then roberts but not the tackle busting abilities. And Kavanagh i don't know if he is better out wide or through the middle once sides worked out the short ball off grix he didn't offer much threat but does have good footwork for a forward and a decent turn of speed.

It's fine to stand by your statement, but you can say that you prefer season-long loans all you like, there just aren't going to be many in the modern game, they just don't make sense for the SL team.

It would be the same situation with Championship clubs loaning to League 1 clubs - for instance, if, say, Greg Worthington and Joe Arundel are Halifax's starting centres in week 1, would you be happy if Zac McComb is loaned out for the rest of the season with no recall clause?

Interesting example from my point of view as I wasn’t happy when zac McComb was loaned out for a couple of weeks to Dewsbury last year especially when Ed barber primarily a second row and Greg worthington who only scored one try all season ( nothing against Greg and I appreciate his value ) we’re placed in front of him . Zac came back and played with enough merit to warrant consideration for player of the year . However I digress, it’s slightly different ( I do take your point ) as McComb played and borough was left in no mans land , lam played shorrocks in front of him, it wouldn’t have been so bad if he’d have come back once lam wasn’t picking him . Last season was unique with the covid protocols and was very disruptive . I acknowledge it’s a difficult balancing act but in answer to your question I would have accepted zac McComb going out on a season long loan as long as for example bourouh / Hewitt season long loans were honoured by Wigan/ Huddersfield respectively.

The relevance of the new variant will exclude recall issues. DR won’t happen now.

Are you stating this because you are aware of a decision already being made, or is this just a guess? Even the epidemiology experts are still uncertain about the impact of the Omicron variant, but we will know much more in a couple of weeks, let alone in seven weeks when the season is due to start.

The uncertainty is the issue. In seven weeks time there will be another variant.

That's a really weird answer. I was trying to find out if you had inside knowledge on a decision about DR and you appear to have transformed into an epidemiology expert!

You appear to be speaking from a position of authority - "DR won't happen now" "In seven weeks time there will be another variant". Again, are you able to back up these statements, or are you just guessing?

Agree with you Phantom is he an Epidemiologist or eminent Professor of Medicine ? Please enlighten us Atomic

Atomic, can we please have a nu clear answer, or maybe not as we don’t want any fallout.

There’s no money on the table for furlough this time round. Dig deep.

Now if you had gone full time when you had the opportunity, things could have been different.

Just remind us where that money went to? It wasn’t to a reserve team that was proclaimed.

Not sure what your point is atomic? We've not had a realistic option to go full-time for a long time (no mega-rich benefactor). Don't understand where you think "that money" went to? The reserve side we had was built and sustained by fan donations.

Your memory of not having availability to go full time or a reserve side insults my intelligence. You are very welcome to keep building the wall.

Or digging the hole.