IMO I think he will be here next year. Looks like a good move by hull to let him.get good game time under his belt. Would have thought if we didn't want him just let him go this year.

It would be weird to extend someone's contract if you wanted to let them go. This arrangement works well for us. If he improves under Sheens and we need him for 2018 then we can keep him. If he is surplus then I'm sure we wouldn't stand in his way if another club wanted him.

In 2018 we could potentially be without Kelly with no other halfbacks coming through. We might also see Ellis retire leaving big boots to fill. Having a talented young 6/13 on the books can't hurt.

He has lost weight and seems fitter since coming to Rovers. I wonder why he did not do that when at FC?

Likewise Kelly at FC?

Finally maturing and realising what he need to do or he won't make it as a SL player, Radford hardly giving him any game time and loaning him out to a small club in the lower leagues. Would surely be enough to realise things have gone wrong.

No wonder Radford was the coach on the year.

Sh1tting himself that he might end up playing his whole career in the championship

I've thought for ages we need a ball playing 13 and Abdul fits the bill. We desperately need more creativity, but I suppose we need to see how Kelly goes this year, it might be the spark we need and can carry on as we are pack wise.

No offence, but that's why Sheens is coaching in the 2nd tier of British RL. He's a dinosaur. The games moved on.

No offence taken but Rafford seems to be using the Bradford playbook circa 2004, hardly seems the games moved on that much.

Think I'd take Sheen's view point over yours.

Surely the easiest solution, would be to improve Shaul as a pivot? as we only have
2 , most teams have 3 pivots.

Not only Shaul, but our passing speed & accuracy ,throughout the team ,needs a massive improvement -IMO..

Agree with Weaver, the focus should be on Shaul improving his handling.

Using the LF as a third pivot is a thing of the past really, and the position has evolved rightly or wrongly into a position that requires a big engine, a big defensive workload and driving the ball in when required. There are obvious examples knocking around of LF's who can be an extra pivot, but they also have those other requirements in their armoury, which I'm not sure Abdull has yet.

Cas are a prime example. They don't use the LF has a pivot and they have the best attack in the league right now. What they do use is a pivot out of fullback (as well as skilful forwards able to play at the line). Look at how Hardaker's handling and timing has improved in just an offseason and a couple of games. In 2015 in Leeds' treble year he assisted 6 times. Two games in for Cas and he's already at 4 assists. That's the sort of impact we need from Shaul.

But as you say Leeds won the treble with Hardaker playing as an off the shoulder supporting FB and Sinfield at 13. He was a great ball playing LF / 6