It does add up that something like this happened. Gaining Yates & Bateman meant that we were well off for numbers. Holroyd & Wood didn't get much game time later on in the season but a bit strange that he was moved on so quickly after getting a new contract.

Vaughan not Bullock

Spotted something was wrong in his 1st game back and without facts ofc it was strange he did not start against HKR.

Some commented on him shaking his head at Burgess when he was subbed v Saints - I didn't see it. He likely got benched for that show of petulance and it's gone from there. Possible not happy with Musgrove being dropped either. Only one winner though and that's, rightfully, Burgess.

We were sat behind the dugout for the Saints match and he was visibly disappointed and was shaking his head when he got took off in the second half.

Still find his rather brief cameo against Hull KR rather odd though regardless of his head shaking and disappointment.

Wasn’t the reason SB left Souths because he disagreed with the head coach giving preferential treatment to a star player? This would certainly resonate with what’s happened with Vaughan and Musgrove.
2 further points on this
a) I’m stretching the definition of “star player” to include Musgrove
and
b) I have no idea what has happened just adding 2+2 in a WWWE wrestler mathematical manner and comining up with an answer (which is of course Tuesday).

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Wasn't Vaughan still banned for the Saints game.

No, first game back. Musgrove and Yates started with Vaughan, Harrison and Philbin on the bench.

Is Daniel Okoro still with us. I know he spent a bit of time back at Bradford on loan but just wondering if he will be back in the squad next year.
Similar with Lucas Green. From memory he was at widnes on loan
Looking forward to seeing a bit more of Luke Thomas next year. Hopefully by the start of next year he will be fully recovered.
We have Wood and Whitehead. If we can find
2 or 3 diamonds in that group of 5 it would be fantastic.

But it is Recruitment so B+

recruitment rumour, no finished articles in here

2 knock ons in crucial areas of the field, one leading to a try. Penalty for a high shot. He was hooked off after that iirc. We discussed it at length on here.

I was looking at a couple of independent reviews of players performances and his were no worse than others. I think I can remember a few mistakes. If he "stunk the place out" he was not alone. Still think the term "stunk the place out" is harsh ... but it is a forum & we all have different views & standards.