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| Well certainly has some pace and good foot work. Represented England a lot in the 7's so much be quick and agile. Be interesting to see how he goes. No lose situation really.
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| Please not another "maybe" player. We need proven quality not more utility players.
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| I know how easy it is to make a player look good in some youtube highlights, so I'm not getting carried away here. But damn that guy has got a highlights reel to be proud of. Looks to have some serious agility and pace, with a cracking sidestep. Could cause mayhem if we put him in space.
The only thing I can't tell is how old some of those highlights are. If they're all 3 or 4 years old then it could be misleading.
Edit: Also, isn't there some sort of salary cap dispensation for signing rugby union players? I'm pretty sure there is for SL sides, not sure about championship though.
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| Quote: woolly07 "Please not another "maybe" player. We need proven quality not more utility players.'"
Agreed but all the quality players are likely signed up by now. I think giving trial is a better way to go than last year where we were stuck with 2 year deals.
If Jacks and Caprice go well, then we sign them up. If they turn out not to be good, we don't sign them and leave space in the cap to spend later in the season.
I say we go with what we've got (as it stands our squad isn't good enough to get promoted) but it is likely players will become available later in the year. We will make more signings later in the year.
I will be annoyed however if we sign championship standard/maybe players later in the year.
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| Quote: Bull Mania "Well certainly has some pace and good foot work. Represented England a lot in the 7's so much be quick and agile. Be interesting to see how he goes. No lose situation really.'"
I wonder if Robbie showed him the Bulls own 7's heritage? Middlesex 7's 2002
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| I've seen the guy live... He was always one of the quickest on the field, pretty solid defensively as well. Learning how to read the game of league will be the challenge.
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| Quote: Bull Mania "Agreed but all the quality players are likely signed up by now. I think giving trial is a better way to go than last year where we were stuck with 2 year deals.
If Jacks and Caprice go well, then we sign them up. If they turn out not to be good, we don't sign them and leave space in the cap to spend later in the season.
I say we go with what we've got (as it stands our squad isn't good enough to get promoted) but it is likely players will become available later in the year. We will make more signings later in the year.
I will be annoyed however if we sign championship standard/maybe players later in the year.'"
I disagree that the side is not good enough to get promoted. We're missing only 3 players who played in the MPG, all of which were absent or not yet signed for the majority of the season. My concern is with the coach who doesn't seem to know how to get the best out of his players on a consistent basis. Not just on a week by week but for a whole game. I think that the best signing we could have made in the off-season was a replacement for Lowes.
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| In my opinion this side has a solid nucleus that could be good enough for promotion but I still feel we are a couple of players short. I've been wondering for a while now whether the club are keeping their options open both on the field and regarding the head coach. If Lowes doesn't look to have learnt from 2015 I can see him being replaced in June. If we're going well he'll probably get another crack at the 8's. The free cap space will then be there for some changes whether that be by Lowes or a new man looking to put his own stamp on things.
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| Quote: roofaldo2 "I disagree that the side is not good enough to get promoted. We're missing only 3 players who played in the MPG, all of which were absent or not yet signed for the majority of the season. My concern is with the coach who doesn't seem to know how to get the best out of his players on a consistent basis. Not just on a week by week but for a whole game. I think that the best signing we could have made in the off-season was a replacement for Lowes.'"
To take a position between the two, I feel the side, with a just a few additions/changes, is good enough to hold down a SL spot but, like any side playing all year in the championship, would struggle to overcome the promotion obstacle. The difference is the inbuilt advantage which is gained from a season played at the higher level.
On the coaching and tactical front, I'm hopeful that lessons have been learnt. I'm pretty sure that Jimmy is wise enough to take stock of what might be improved and to act upon it, there is certainly enough experience at the top to give advice so let's hope Jimmy has his 'ears on'.. He certainly isn't very likely to be replaced so I'm hoping that's the case.
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| If we aren't looking in good shape in June, I would be amazed if Marc Green doesn't look at other options. He knows full well that we haven't got too many rolls of the dice left before things are scaled back to a more sustainable level.
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| Quote: Bulliac "To take a position between the two, I feel the side, with a just a few additions/changes, is good enough to hold down a SL spot but, like any side playing all year in the championship, would struggle to overcome the promotion obstacle. The difference is the inbuilt advantage which is gained from a season played at the higher level.
On the coaching and tactical front, I'm hopeful that lessons have been learnt. I'm pretty sure that Jimmy is wise enough to take stock of what might be improved and to act upon it, there is certainly enough experience at the top to give advice so let's hope Jimmy has his 'ears on'.. He certainly isn't very likely to be replaced so I'm hoping that's the case.'"
Given the talk around the club when Harrison left, it doesn't seem to me that Lowes is willing to do actually listen, it's probably the reason he doesn't seem to improve as a coach as rather than take on board all sides of the argument, he seems to just steamroller across and say "My way or the highway". Now, someone like Alex Ferguson could do that because he's got a the best part of half a century of management experience and a mountain of silverware to back up his contention that his way is best. Lowes on the other hand, doesn't have that and his following his first final, he showed a distinct lack of composure which leads me to believe that he's not got the right mentality to deal with the pressures of the boss' chair
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| Nothing has changed on the Lowes front - no promotion whilst he is in charge. One of Marc Green's few mistakes but sadly the biggest by a country mile.
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| Jimmy deserves another year for me. The performance of the team saw a marked improvement after Cummings left, and despite the inevitable relegation that followed, his work has been pretty good given the standard of players he's had to work with compared to what we had. He got us to the MPG, after all. Christ, the Leythers couldn't make it that far with a sugar daddy buffoon of an owner, an impressive squad that was better than ours last year with attacking intent and dogged defence, and an army of passionate, albeit deluded, fans.
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| Quote: melly88 "I've seen the guy live... He was always one of the quickest on the field, pretty solid defensively as well. Learning how to read the game of league will be the challenge.'"
The good thing is that he's got the '27 game pre season' to come to terms with the ins and outs of positional play.
He seems like an excellent (potential) acquisition to me. Fast and tricky, with a real eye for the gap. If (and its an 'if') he can adapt, then he's got to be worth a 1 year deal at the very least.
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| Quote: DrFeelgood "Jimmy deserves another year for me. The performance of the team saw a marked improvement after Cummings left, and despite the inevitable relegation that followed, his work has been pretty good given the standard of players he's had to work with compared to what we had. He got us to the MPG, after all. Christ, the Leythers couldn't make it that far with a sugar daddy buffoon of an owner, an impressive squad that was better than ours last year with attacking intent and dogged defence, and an army of passionate, albeit deluded, fans.'"
However, if you want real 'deluded', you need to see what our owner is predicting for this season!! (some of our ';deluded' followers are predicting Wembley wins - usually by 2021 - but definitely not THIS season!)
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