www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... ticle.html There you go, the ts that we're calling for Calderwood to return to the Rhinos have a glimmer of hope. Released by the cods and but thankfully Bluey seemed sane the last time I saw him.

www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... ticle.html There you go, the ts that we're calling for Calderwood to return to the Rhinos have a glimmer of hope. Released by the cods and but thankfully Bluey seemed sane the last time I saw him.

I wouldn't take Calderwood, but Dowes can come back if he wants

When you compare Dowes to Kylie, he comes off quite well, but I'm not sure he's what we are looking for. I would like us to sign a big metre maker, but Dowes averages 6.56M/Carry whereas we need to be looking for something in the 7-8M/Carry range.

Decent player, but not as explosive as we are looking for I think.

i agree mate we need someone to do more of the "hard yards" and some bigger stints to take the weight off JP.

He's another Bailey, nothing more. That is not what we need, you are absolutely right.

Althought I would add that we could still get by with the props if we had the hard dynamic back rower, which we are now lacking. It depends which way the coach wants to play. If it's up the middle all the time, then it's a prop. If it's with a bit of flair then the backrow is what we want.

Really? I'm struggling to see where he'd improve us tbh? We need someone a lot better than him imo.. doesn't make enough yards for me.

Dowes is (and always has been) little more than a dependable plodder and I can't see that changing anytime soon. A replacement for Kirke perhaps if he was leaving but would we want a like for like replacement in his case anyway.

"Dependable plodders" are the backbone of a successful side tvoc.

Every good team has at least one or two just there to do the hard yards and soak up the tackling, allowing the flair players to do their thing.

Whilst I agree that every team needs "dependable plodders" Andy, I'd disagree that they form the backbone of a successful side. One the assumption that we are (or have been until very recently) a successful side, which of Webb, McGuire, Burrow, Diskin and Sinfield are dependable plodders?

People like Ian Kirke at Leeds, or Ewan Dowes for Hull FC (as mentioned above) are the very epitome of a dependable plodder, and they are needed by all clubs to help balance the salary cap, but they are not the backbone of a successful side.

I do agree with that Andy. I think the problem though is that when your flair players are either very old or called Delaney your pretty much FUBAR. We could always dump all the weight on Danny again to get us 4th spot or maybe expect that finisher and support player Webb suddenly becomes a locksmith in the post season.

Jared Hickey is another name that's cropped up on the 606 board.

Seems the OP of this thread on 606 likes to tell porkies!
Ben Cross the Knights Prop according to the YEP.

Hi guys, just a bit of info on the Aussie based payers....

Ben Cross would be a pretty good short term signing, but he definitely signed for another year with the Newcastle Knights.

Jarrod Hickey has been released by the Bulldogs, but wouldn't be much of a signing. The Dogs had him on a big contract from 3 years ago when he was going to be the next big thing.....since then, they've been counting the days until they could offload him. He's constantly overweight and injury prone (possibly due to him being over weight).

Brent Tate recently signed with the NQ Cowboys for 2/3 years.

I'm not sure there are many players still available who would make a good signing to be honest......pretty much everyone has been signed up who's going to be....and anyone who hasn't been will be looked upon as a bit sub standard.

15, Ben Cross