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| Quote: dddooommm "Sam Hallas confirmed. Good addition to the squad.'"
I would ask the question - will this signing really improve our situation? My answer is "meh". Never a big fan of Hallas during his previous incarnation with us. A reasonable squad member, but no stand out.
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| Hallas brings good fitness and a good work ethic. He's quite versatile too. He may not be the biggest, fastest or meanest forward but if he's used in the right way he won't let us down.
Given the injury situation we're in he should go straight into the starting lineup
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| Quote: bringbackjimmy "I would ask the question - will this signing really improve our situation? My answer is "meh". Never a big fan of Hallas during his previous incarnation with us. A reasonable squad member, but no stand out.'" ]
As opposed to the middles of
Fleming
Crossley
Kibula
Baldwinson
Walker
Would have Hallas in heart beat over them
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| We've lacked enthusiasm a few times this season and Hallas is never short of that so hopefully he'll lead by example.
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| That’s the key point for me. Hallas brings bucket loads of work ethic, enthusiasm and passion. He won’t be kicking his heels after missing a tackle like some of them are at the moment. He always seemed up for the challenge and gave it a good go which is all we can ask for.
Hopefully he can inspire some others to follow suit.
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| Hallas loves it. And is game as anything. We haven’t really conceded any ‘great’ tries. A lot of soft stuff close to the line. Hallas at 13 tightens up the defence and can hit and tackle and lock a ball up well. Good solid addition.
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| Well, the return of the prodigal didn't follow the script. Yes, Sam is a grafter and tries with all his heart, but unfortunately looked very ordinary tonight in a very poor team performance.
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| Thought Hallas did well TBH. His fitness and workrate put a few others to shame. He's never going to win us a game with a flashy play but he gives 100% unlike too many others.
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| Dont think it matters who we sign really. Absolute zero chance of being any where near "contenders" as Kear said we were going to be.
Fev have just signed Johnathan Ford meaning they now.have FIVE (yes 5!!) half backs all better than our starting 6 and 7
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| Quote: RagingBull "Fev have just signed Johnathan Ford meaning they now.have FIVE (yes 5!!) half backs all better than our starting 6 and 7'"
I’m not quite sure how they’re affording this but they’re clearly going for the or bust tactic on going up this year. We tried it and failed.
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| Fev will go up with that side. McDermott is getting his own people in and shipping those off who he doesn’t like or rate. Chisholm’s out the door. Looks like he prefers the experience of Kheriallah over Pickersgill. Ford over Chisholm.
Big squad for a long season. Leigh have just signed another young NRL player in Kai O’Donnell. No one will compete with those two clubs.
But even with the squad we have we should be fighting for 3rd with York and Barrow/Widnes.
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| Quote: Bulls Boy 2011 "Fev will go up with that side. McDermott is getting his own people in and shipping those off who he doesn’t like or rate. Chisholm’s out the door. Looks like he prefers the experience of Kheriallah over Pickersgill. Ford over Chisholm.
Big squad for a long season. Leigh have just signed another young NRL player in Kai O’Donnell. No one will compete with those two clubs.
But even with the squad we have we should be fighting for 3rd with York and Barrow/Widnes.'"
Barrow & Widnes won't be anywhere near 3rd come the end of the season. I would go as far to say that neither will make the playoffs.
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| If Fev don't go up, and in a one off game it's always 50/50 - they will surely be looking at a very large bill that will be hard to stomach.
I also have a sneaking feeling that the drawbridge to SL is about to be pulled up, perhaps the good folks at Featherstone also suspect that, and it really is now or until the next time the game is restructured.....
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| I hope Ford is on a contract until the end of the season - too old and too slow for SL next year, which is why he's signed for Featherstone. Nobody in SL wanted him for this year, and next year he'll be even older.
Featherstone can sign as many players as they like, but its all going to come down to a one-off game against Leigh.
If they have an off-day that day - which can easily happen to any team - they won't get the promotion slot.
Of course, the same applies to Leigh!
One of those two teams will be looking at staying in the Championship with a bloated over-priced squad that they cannot really afford. The promoted team will have to offload most of their players as well because there is no way either squad will survive at Super League level.
This is what happens when you have promotion and relegation between an elite professional league and a largely part-time league.
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| Quote: paulwalker71 "I hope Ford is on a contract until the end of the season - too old and too slow for SL next year, which is why he's signed for Featherstone. Nobody in SL wanted him for this year, and next year he'll be even older.
Featherstone can sign as many players as they like, but its all going to come down to a one-off game against Leigh.
If they have an off-day that day - which can easily happen to any team - they won't get the promotion slot.
Of course, the same applies to Leigh!
One of those two teams will be looking at staying in the Championship with a bloated over-priced squad that they cannot really afford. The promoted team will have to offload most of their players as well because there is no way either squad will survive at Super League level.
This is what happens when you have promotion and relegation between an elite professional league and a largely part-time league.'"
Im going to disagree with a lot of that. The worrying thing for the other teams in our league is that whichever team does not go up can almost certainly afford to run a similar standard of squad next year, Leigh because of Beaumont willing to pump money in to the club and Fev because they have income streams that far outweigh every team in this league and a few teams in SL. Regards to the squads when they go up, I think Fev have the best chance of staying up although at this point I feel they are a little behind Leigh in the race for that spot in SL but if they were to go up I think they will end up keeping the majority of their squad and with a few good editions should be able to keep their place the following year. If you want to compare then they are a little bit like Hull Kr when they were in our division and they built year on year to get to this point. Leigh on the other hand are likely to lose a lot of players, firstly because of the quota rules and secondly I would imagine because a lot of their players signed 1 year contracts which looks like a chance to put themselves in the shop window and with squad rotations like leigh have every year there will be very little loyalty and most of their players will be out for what they can get which is why I think Fev have the upper hand in that respect.
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