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| Quote: Code13 "There was a huge issue with our spine last season
Missing Grix for months, lost Robbo, Ellis unfit, Wood injured and brough trying too hard
Next season I expect this to be very different
Mamo at 1, an exciting player made for SL
Brierley at 6, a young player with international experience and potential to go a long way
Brough at 7, the old master
Leeming at 9 - looked our best 9 and just getting better, will be excellent to see him play bigger minutes'"
ellis had a bad injury last season, shame as he looked good at the time for us, the shoulder/collar bone wasnt it
i think wood and not leeming was our best 9 last season, great impact from the bench to give hinchcliffe time at loose forward, looks like it would be leeming now to take over that roll, big gamble but hope it pays off, stone is good at working with youngsters
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| Don't understand why some of us are all doom and gloom??
Look at the squad, yes got rid of crabtree who had physically gone, same with grix,johnson wasn't good enough, ellis bit part player and same applies to wood. Huby gone, not done a thing for us but the lad can play think he might end up being a good signing for wakey if he can discover the want to play the game. All the above cleared out, agree with all of them going.But replaced by who....????
Were in a real mess, I think ourselves Salford and Widness are going to be detached from the rest of the sides if you look at those 3 squads compared to the rest. I am afraid a coach and a conditioner can only work with what they have got..!
Lets just do a little exercise for those who are massively optimistic/deluded that were going to be fighting for the top 4. Lets pick a middle of the road super league side here (castleford) and imagine we merge both squads and pick the best 17 and see how many of are lads get in. This is CAS remember a side we should far superior too not playing catch up!
1.Hardaker
2.mcgilvery
3.Cudjoe or Webster tough call will give leroy benefit of doubt but toss of a coin
4.Shenton
5.Eden
6.Brough
7.Gale
8.Lynch
9.Milner
10.Millington
11.Taii
12.Mckeenen
13.Moors
Bench - Mcshane/Symonds/Massey/Rapira
Cas=11 and Giants =6
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| Quote: Code13 "Last season We had poor conditioning, bad luck with injuries, lost players late on in pre season and had a collosal amount of disruption all year
So far this season we've cleared out players, we've got a stable side and a new coach
And don't forget we lost a dozen games last season by 4 points scored in the dying minutes of the game
Fix that and we're top 4 again
Look at all the information, not just the negative'"
All the information says to me, We had a very small squad last season, and we had some poor luck, This season we have an even smaller squad and we are going to get some poor luck again at some point in the season ( all teams do ).
It doesn't matter how few points we lost games by, we ended up bottom. Like you i think we can have a better season than last, but to be honest at this moment i wouldn't put a cent on us being top four, That might change because i don't believe we have got everyone on board yet, Top 8 is a more realistic target for me and that won't be easy.
This is not doom and gloom, It's my idea of a realistic forecast for us as we stand, I'll be delighted if we do better, but i will settle for the 8. We are better where we have changed players, but we are still a very small squad, and remember the smaller the squad, the more the injuries count " when they come". So much depends on tricky Ricky.
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| Quote: rugbygeek "Don't understand why some of us are all doom and gloom??
Look at the squad, yes got rid of crabtree who had physically gone, same with grix,johnson wasn't good enough, ellis bit part player and same applies to wood. Huby gone, not done a thing for us but the lad can play think he might end up being a good signing for wakey if he can discover the want to play the game. All the above cleared out, agree with all of them going.But replaced by who....????
Were in a real mess, I think ourselves Salford and Widness are going to be detached from the rest of the sides if you look at those 3 squads compared to the rest. I am afraid a coach and a conditioner can only work with what they have got..!
Lets just do a little exercise for those who are massively optimistic/deluded that were going to be fighting for the top 4. Lets pick a middle of the road super league side here (castleford) and imagine we merge both squads and pick the best 17 and see how many of are lads get in. This is CAS remember a side we should far superior too not playing catch up!
1.Hardaker
2.mcgilvery
3.Cudjoe or Webster tough call will give leroy benefit of doubt but toss of a coin
4.Shenton
5.Eden
6.Brough
7.Gale
8.Lynch
9.Milner
10.Millington
11.Taii
12.Mckeenen
13.Moors
Bench - Mcshane/Symonds/Massey/Rapira
Cas
Yove had one good year dont let it go to your head.
McKeenen, Eden & Massey ...... I want what your on pal
Wait till we have announced our squad weve still got 2/3 to come in.
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| I know right
I wonder if they remember seeing Eden play?
Webster isn't fit to lace Cudjoes boots
Hardacre might be amazing, more likely a liability
I'd take Lynch from Cas and that's it
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| Quote: GiantJake1988 "Yove had one good year dont let it go to your head.
McKeenen, Eden & Massey ...... I want what your on pal
Wait till we have announced our squad weve still got 2/3 to come in.'"
So you would pick Ormsby in front of Eden? Ikahihifo or Mason in front of Massey? Tough call Massey is a real prop ikahihifo is not and Mason is inexperienced. Mcmeekan -I'd certainly take Roberts over him.
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| the squad isnt complete yet
will still be on the smaller side numbers wise
if we have some luck on the injuries front we will be fine
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| Quote: brearley84 "the squad isnt complete yet
will still be on the smaller side numbers wise
if we have some luck on the injuries front we will be fine'"
If the powers that be are relying on luck they are doing a bad job.
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| Well rumour has it Thewlis wanted to sign Bailey Stone vetoed it and Wakemans Visa got rejected because of a lack of first grade games and we've appealed rumour I know but given the situation how far from the truth??
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| Quote: fartown since 1961 "Well rumour has it Thewlis wanted to sign Bailey Stone vetoed it and Wakemans Visa got rejected because of a lack of first grade games and we've appealed rumour I know but given the situation how far from the truth??'"
I don't see how a Visa could get rejected if he has had no criminal offences? he is coming here to work same as anyone else???
Wouldn't surprise me if Thewlis wanted Bailey though .....
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| Quote: GiantJake1988 "I don't see how a Visa could get rejected if he has had no criminal offences? he is coming here to work same as anyone else???
Wouldn't surprise me if Thewlis wanted Bailey though .....'"
To play super league there certainly usd to be a minimum amount of games for a visa
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| Quote: Code13 "I know right
I wonder if they remember seeing Eden play?
Webster isn't fit to lace Cudjoes boots
Hardacre might be amazing, more likely a liability
I'd take Lynch from Cas and that's it'"
So the only player you would take from the team that finished 5th is one of the oldest players in the game.
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| Quote: fartown since 1961 "To play super league there certainly usd to be a minimum amount of games for a visa'"
They need to have played a number of Top flight gameS. Wakeman hasn't played in the NRL, but was selected to play for Italy this year. Looks like we didn't do our homework?
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| Quote: fartown since 1961 "To play super league there certainly usd to be a minimum amount of games for a visa'"
Maybe thats the truth then....hopefully we will win the appeal as he represented Italy.
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| just needs an eu passport
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