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| Quote: bulls2487 "With the new format as it is he has first 22 games to get up to speed for middle 8s.'"
Yeah, agree with that.
I think his, 'incentive', is pretty much the fact that he's here on a trialist basis, so he clearly needs to show, maybe more than, 'a little promise'' to earn a full time deal. To be honest, I can't see any point in criticising the player for something he has little [in fact, I'd guess absolutely no] control over - unless we find out he only applied sometime after the new year party, of course.... The process takes until it's completed.
IIRC, Steve Ferres [?] was speaking about him showing up well in the friendlies, though it may well be that he misses the lot - though the club must surely have been savvy enough to recognise that possibility.
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| I think the best way to go, if he doesn't get cleared in time to play the friendlies, is to see how he goes in training and if he's looking good, give him a 12 month deal with an option for a 2nd 12 months based on performance. You've then, as others have said, got the whole of the regular season to see how he goes. Meaning we'll come up to the middle 8's knowing if he's the guy we need or if we need to draft in a replacement.
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| I suspect the word on trial is code for we will announce his contract when he gets a visa
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| Interesting at end of article we're looking bringing another player on trial to bolster our back line. I actually think our back line is SL quality and has plenty of depth.
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| Quote: Bull Mania "Interesting at end of article we're looking bringing another player on trial to bolster our back line. I actually think our back line is SL quality and has plenty of depth.'"
depends how close to fitness Campbell is. If hs going to be missing for a while and Thomas is needed in halves if Jacks doesnt work out then another fullback could be useful. Also theres still a massive question mark as to whether Nielsens going to comeback or not. Silence from club around that is pretty deafening.
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| Quote: Bull Mania "Interesting at end of article we're looking bringing another player on trial to bolster our back line. I actually think our back line is SL quality and has plenty of depth.'"
I would kill for a better fullback. Campbell seems a "work in progress" or a gamble at best, as he's as yet unproven for full time RL. Clare is a better winger IMO and the other options again are probably best in other positions or are still quite young.
The fact it's a trial though suggests it's not going to be a proven quality player, otherwise there'd be no need to trial them.
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| Quote: HamsterChops "I would kill for a better fullback. Campbell seems a "work in progress" or a gamble at best, as he's as yet unproven for full time RL. Clare is a better winger IMO and the other options again are probably best in other positions or are still quite young.
The fact it's a trial though suggests it's not going to be a proven quality player, otherwise there'd be no need to trial them.'"
I'd prefer Clare at FB IMHO
He was immense when he played there against Salford
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| Quote: Bull Mania "I'd prefer Clare at FB IMHO
He was immense when he played there against Salford'"
He was, but he was also garbage when he played there in another game (I forget which one, but he got dropped the week after because of it).
I would probably agree he's the best current option, but I'd still rather have a new specialist fullback and Clare on the wing. Actually I'd rather have Mullaney back, but that ship has sailed....
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| Maybe try and get Naughton on loan from hull?
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| Quote: roofaldo2 "Maybe try and get Naughton on loan from hull?'"
No chance of that happening, he's their 2nd in line for fullback if Shaul gets a knock.
We have Clare, Mendieka, Thomas and Campbell who can all play at 1. We won't be signing another fullback.
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| Quote: Nothus "No chance of that happening, he's their 2nd in line for fullback if Shaul gets a knock.'"
Unless they sign Lee Smith who's there on trial. But I agree, I'd be surprised to see Curt back at Odsal on loan. They'll just dual reg him if he's not in the side.
Quote: Nothus "We have Clare, Mendieka, Thomas and Campbell who can all play at 1. We won't be signing another fullback.'"
Mendeika is long term injured allegedly. I don't doubt we have players who CAN play there. I just question if they're good enough to be first choice fullback. Time will tell I suppose.
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| Agree we have options at the club that can cover fullback.
I also doubt they're good enough in that position.
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| The good point is that, 'not being good enough', doesn't really become an issue until around 23 matches down the line. To be honest, I guess the club are hoping that one of 'possibles' takes the position by the horns, as it were, and develops sufficiently so as to be classed as 'good enough' by that point. My own view is that there are sufficient, solid 'possibles', for this to be a fairly realistic chance. Guess we'll find out in due course.
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| Quote: Bulliac "The good point is that, 'not being good enough', doesn't really become an issue until around 23 matches down the line. To be honest, I guess the club are hoping that one of 'possibles' takes the position by the horns, as it were, and develops sufficiently so as to be classed as 'good enough' by that point. My own view is that there are sufficient, solid 'possibles', for this to be a fairly realistic chance. Guess we'll find out in due course.'"
And so we come back to the situation of not needing to fill the role straight away. We've a 23 round pre-season to get through so there's plenty of time for the players we've got to step up and claim the spot as their own. In the mean time, we've still got, I believe, at least 1 overseas spot open as well as space on the salary cap so if a player becomes available we're in place to take advantage.
We spent the majority of 2015 missing usually one from our first choice 1,6 & 7 and still finished top out of the Championship sides and only missed out on a return to SL by a narrow margin. There is no rush to fill the position and the club has time to fully explore all options before settling on one
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| Today's t&a article makes another mention of us landing another trialist, possibly as early as this week. This is at least the second time this week Ross has mentioned something, has nobody heard anything as to who we're looking at? There's normally a few rumours flying around if an announcement is as imminent as Ross is implying...
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