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| Quote TURFEDOUT="TURFEDOUT"Anyone know if Joe Arundel has started training/rehab - will he be ready for start of season?'"
Fully fit and training past I heard. He hit some very good form just before his injury last year and actually looked to have taken the centre spot for his own. I’ve no doubt he will be pushing hard for a starting centre spot.
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| Quote brettoncat="brettoncat"The experts on here on rugby league make me howl, he would be a quality acquisition. Listening to some we should be signing half the NRL. Don’t want to burst anybody’s bubble but we are the poorest club in super league, let’s be grateful we can get Somebody of his class. Whoever we sign there’s always someone who disses it.'"
Agree totally
This guy was a class operator especially at st George and he has generally played very well for the wolf pack
When the wolf pack signed him I nearly fell of my chair as he was still good nrl stock
People who make comments based purely on what Wikipedia says and who haven’t seen him play make me howl with laughter
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| Quote Trojan Horse="Trojan Horse"Fully fit and training past I heard. He hit some very good form just before his injury last year and actually looked to have taken the centre spot for his own. I’ve no doubt he will be pushing hard for a starting centre spot.'"
That's what we want, positions being fought over. No player is an automatic choice, you want the competition. Fans always say they want teams picked on form, the more quality in the team the more likely that is to happen.
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| Quote vastman="vastman"But that’s not a slap in the face that’s just how it is. No coach is going to wait for a talent to mature if someone eminently better comes along, it simply doesn’t work like that.
Let’s be honest here, Croft looked promising last year, he didn’t however look a certainty. He’s not a TJ, the jury is still very much out on this lad. I wouldn’t want to be depending on him this season, not yet.
Good news is that all the players in front of him are knocking on, including Stanley. Crofts time will come quicker than you think as those players start to drop away.
You also say trundle, which is odd, because Croft from what I’ve seen is not exactly quick for a youngster. If he were an electric centre I may agree with you but so far he’s done quite well without actually setting the house on fire. Sorry but much as I back our youngsters it’s not right to over egg them, if they are good enough they will eventually make it - see Crowther and Jowitt - it’s brutal I know but it’s how it’s always been.
Hope Croft makes it but I’m far more bothered that the team is the best we can put out and that finally we might actually win something
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Trundle figuratively rather than literally. I've seen too many 30+ antipodeans flatter to deceive, take the pay and offer very little. A signing for a signings sake as someone else suggested
Anyhow if he signs he signs.
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| Quote pamsboy="pamsboy"Just think we should be positive about getting someone on board with 110 NRL games . About staying up and playing in the revamped stadium in Superleague. If he progresses Croft will get his chance . Still better to use such as him sparingly and develop them steadily.'"
Exactly, that's a healthy figure and whenever I saw him play he always caught the eye. I'm often wary of 30+ Aussies, especially backs, but not so in this case.
Toronto was splashing huge amounts of cash and although he probably could have got another NRL contract it probably wouldn't have been on anything like the wage. So for me he's not some crock but a decent player whos become available through an odd set of circumstances.
The only issue is that the loophole we are using is available to all SL teams, so until it's not a done deal I won't get over-excited.
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| Quote Khlav Kalash="Khlav Kalash"Trundle figuratively rather than literally. I've seen too many 30+ antipodeans flatter to deceive, take the pay and offer very little. A signing for a signings sake as someone else suggested
Anyhow if he signs he signs.'"
I get your point I honestly do but as stated on my last post his route to SL was a bit different.
'Toronto was splashing huge amounts of cash and although he probably could have got another NRL contract it probably wouldn't have been on anything like the wage. So for me he's not some crock but a decent player whos become available through an odd set of circumstances'.
He's definitely a cut above the average pension seeker. Of course, we can't be sure but due to the circumstances, I'd call it a risk well worth taking. Also, I don't think he falls into the 'A signing for a signings sake' category due to his versatility. Three positions covered to varying degrees is a lot of value for money and may prove incredibly useful.
Anyway, academic for now.
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| Has he signed yet or have we finally realised it came from a ‘journalist’ who gets far more wrong then he gets right, especially in relation to Trinity
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| Quote Jose="Jose"Has he signed yet or have we finally realised it came from a ‘journalist’ who gets far more wrong then he gets right, especially in relation to Trinity'"
Nope, but is there any harm in us having a bit of fun and debate? These are long dark days after all.
As for being a journalist, he is in the same way Mick Gledhill is, ie not at all 
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| Quote Jose="Jose"Has he signed yet or have we finally realised it came from a ‘journalist’ who gets far more wrong then he gets right, especially in relation to Trinity'"
It's come from Matthew Shaw has this one, and he's definitely a 'proper' journalist. I'd say he gets more right than wrong.
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| Quote imwakefieldtillidie="imwakefieldtillidie"It's come from Matthew Shaw has this one, and he's definitely a 'proper' journalist. I'd say he gets more right than wrong.'"
Do you reckon? Not sure I agree.
Anyway I personally hope this is one of his more successful stabs in the dark 
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| Quote imwakefieldtillidie="imwakefieldtillidie"It's come from Matthew Shaw has this one, and he's definitely a 'proper' journalist. I'd say he gets more right than wrong.'"
Does he hell! He’s a stooge for agents
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| He had Kopczak leaving a year earlier then he did and us signing Martyn Ridyard !! I’m sure I could find more
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