what can ferguson have injured to be out for so long?!

def need to sign up obrien and mellor on new deals next year

confirmed today

1. Darnell McIntosh – sponsored by Marshall Wooldridge
2. Jermaine McGillvary – sponsored by Lynda’s Transport
3. Leroy Cudjoe – sponsored by Giants Legends Club
4. Jordan Turner – sponsored by David Burdsey
5. Akuila Uate – sponsored by Rhino Precast
6. Lee Gaskell – sponsored by Fork Truck
7. Matt Frawley – sponsor still available
8. Paul Clough – sponsored by Steven Hirst
9. Kruise Leeming – sponsored by Tony & Sharon Fell
10. Siuia Matagi – sponsored by Penine Weavers
11. Aaron Murphy – sponsored by Capri Restaurant
12. Alex Mellor – sponsored by PPS
13. Michael Lawrence – sponsored by Selbie Opticians
14. Adam O’Brien – sponsored by PMW Quarries
15. Oliver Roberts – sponsored by Bridge Pallets
16. Dale Ferguson – sponsor still available
17. Ukuma Ta’ai – sponsored by Greg Roche
18. Daniel Smith – sponsor still available
19. Matty English – sponsored by Helen Whiteley & Paul Tunnacliffe
20. Jake Wardle – sponsored by Scholes Cricket Club
22. Jordan Rankin – sponsored by David Burdsey
23. Oliver Russell – sponsor still available
24. Tom Holmes – sponsor still available
25. Colton Roche – sponsored by Helebn Thewlis
26. Sebastine Ikahihifo – sponsor still available
27. Adam Walne – sponsor still available
28. Sam Wood – sponsor still available
29. Sam Hewitt – sponsor still available
30. Jon Luke Kirby – sponsor still available
31. Louis Senior – sponsored by Graham & Jeanette Wittrick
32. Innes Senior – sponsored by Graham & Jeanette Wittrick
33. Reiss Butterworth – sponsored by Cheryl Halloways
34. Isaac Farrell – sponsor still available


mcintosh gets the shot at full back

no number for grix

ikahihifo and rankin way down the pecking order as expected with woolford wanting them out

turner keeps the centre number

im excited to see uate and mcgillvary on the wings and to see how frawley goes but abit underwhelmed by the rest of the squad really especially second row/props

may aswell add joe wardle and delete rankin now

Is there any substance to this one? Don't get me wrong, I'd be happy enough with it from a Cas point of view, but I believe Wardle has gone to Lanzarote with the squad for training camp

could be announced today

Cheers

adam walne apparently has been released

have to fear for sam wood, will we see him play regular again at the giants now hes gone out on loan ... not really a good sign, he never let us down when he played too, we shall see

alot of players get shipped out on loan and the parent club/coach doesnt even watch the game or how they are doing..

liam johnson and mikey wood at bradford two recent examples of just being forgotten about and never to return

They werent forgotten about. Steve Hardisty is in charge of player performance. Just because the head coach doesn’t go doesn’t mean no one is- or that the loan coach isn’t giving his feedback. The two you mentioned must have been deemed not good enough for SL. If they aren’t standing out at champ level then they won’t at SL.
Darnell had two loan spells- and there he is making first team- with no. 1 on his back!
Matty English went to Dewsbury on loan- now he’s in first team.
If Sam does well he will be back.

Steve hardisty is education and welfare now, there is no player performance manager and when steve was it was for scholarship and academy not first team

Surely it is simply a case of getting a recording of each game and the coaches watching how these players perform. I can’t think of many that have been loaned out as they can’t make the first team coming back to haunt us when they are sold.

Yeah think it was confirmed on the full 80 minutes podcast that Wood and Johnson were never watched by Stone or Woolford.

Think it will be different for Sam, from what I've read he's had a really bright start at Batley, I'd be disappointed if he didn't have a future with us... However, in saying that it does make you wonder given Woolfords comments when we resigned wardle,about us needing depth at back row / centre when we've sent Sam out.

yep thats what i listened too it was a good listen!

sam wood wont be a centre hes a second rower now hes that big... like you say is he in woolfords plans when hes bringing in wardle for the second row. time will tell

on adam walne ...he played today at workington... way way down the pecking order, two seniors played, farrell and butterworth

Sorry - I though we were discussing loaning out past academy players.
As Stella kid has said- none of those sent out in loan have come back to haunt us- which surely tells us what we need to know about whether we were right to let them go. It’s a sad fact that we can’t keep players who aren’t good enough just because we brought them through our academy.
We are always going to get slimmer pickings than certain other clubs.
It’s also interesting that teams like Wigan and wire have lads from this area in their academy and scholarship squads.

He is a big lad, but he's playing in the centres at Batley. Imagine a backline with the senior twins, wood and Jake wardle, massive aerial threat there.

I think Sams time will come in another couple of years. Some players take a little longer to develop physically and I think he will in time. Hes still only 21... I think once hes grown into his frame he will be a great asset at loose - a Steve Menzies type of player down the line.