Correct on both counts.

I know I'm going to regret this but in an attempt to be reasonable with you...

I happen to know that RA is a Cowling fan and wanted to sign him as a junior at Hull. When he arrived at BV he looked at Cowling and said quite rightly he hadn't been developed physically by the old staff in a way he should have been. So RA got to work and through the close season and last year the lad was built up.

So all this said it is strange that he won't play a player he rates, has built up, has shown the right attitude etc etc for a player who hasn't.

I kind of understand why he sticks with certain players over others out of I suspect trust rather than favouritism. However in this case I really don't get why Mellors or Lyne are ahead of him. One hasn't the belief and the other is collecting a pension.

So I amazingly agree with you other than the favouritism bit which I think a fairly cheap and low accusation.

Exactly how I see it with Cowling and agree with the last sentence.

The biggest cock-up Agar has made is letting Tom Lillycrop go. Expect him in a Bradfors shirt very soon.

Not a chance.

what youl get with tom is fearless take up of the ball if thats not good enough fair enough

There is more to the game than that as I'm sure you'll agree and our qualified coaches probably didn't see immediate SL potential so had to let him go.

im sure there is but id like you to point out what weve got different

I'd be interested to hear you're knowledge of this player, from say under 6 to present day.

no knowledge at all el rey, just seen him in our academy all last season and like i say what you see is what you get ahard worker plenty off bottle and a tough tackler wether thats good enough for superleague i dont know

Wow what relevance would his performances in under 8 rugby have - if that was a guide we wouldnt have signed gareth ellis

Didn’t take much notice of Tom until he left the Bradford academy and came to us , the issue people I spoke to (supporters) focussed on how tall he is , if that was a reason for not (was told by a friend of his at a Dewsbury game, Wakefield had retained his registration) retaining him, then such as Chris Anakin as blown that out of the water. I am sure that the way our props play ( run in straight lines) Tom would have been a crowd pleaser by now

With Mariano going and now Mellars gone on loan (we have seen the light on that one), what has happened to Jon Molloy?

We signed him 4 months ago, and TBH has hardly featured. I didn't rate him that much. Is it one more player on the salary cap we are paying for. If we end up getting shut, we will just have more payments to make, like with IJ recently. I did not see the point in signing this player at all.

Also I don't know if this is just a rumour, but I heard the other day that JE/ AG have pressured Agar in the past to pick certain players because of the size of their contract regardless if they are any good or not. If this is the case, then how can Agar, pick what he thinks is the best 17 available to him if these two interfere on selection.


I agree that they want their marquee players to play, but not if those aren't pulling their weight, and there is maybe a fringe player busting a gut to get in, no wonder we do lose some good home based players

By my reckoning there's only Wilkes, Fox and Lauitiiti of the pre Agar signings who are regulars. All the others have been shipped out, either permanently or on loan.

Absolute rubbish. Not one person in the board room has any influence on team selection whatsoever