That is bizarre. Gerrrard will still make it elsewhere I think. Thacks, what's going to happen to him? I thought the whole point of him signing with us was yo play SL with the Vikings instead of Bradford or whoever else? Hence him delivering the bid?

Wish I was, I was gutted when I read that. Of the players that we are taking to Superleague, I thought he would have definately been one.

me too! thought it was a wind up. but in the cold hard light of day, i dont see why your all surprised about thacks. i couldnt see him doing a decent job in superleague anyway. he can get away with it in the championship, Superleague defences wont give him the chance to get away with much of anything.
also, i think the timing is ill advised. this could further demoralise and destabilise an already shaky squad and turn an increasingly dodgy season into a disasterous one.

Netherton bang on... Ford, makes some sense.. Gerrard, a little surprised.. Thacks, completely mental decision.

The problem has not been Thackray.. the problem has been Betts and his unfathomable tactics at times.

You make a really good point here.. if Thacks ain't going to SL just who is deemed good enough??

to an extent i agree. it seems some are being used as scapegoats when the powers that be should be looking to themselves.
however, none of these decisions really surprise me in terms of my perceptions of those players ability to deliver in superleague.

And we thought the season couldnt get any worse.

I thought the whole idea of having that big 'VIQI' event to get Thacks to resign was done in the format that he would be retained for our first season in SL?

Unless theres underlying factors in which he has stated he wanted to leave at the end of the season.

Really cant get my head around this. Another DR from Wigan as well? Thats like sticking two fingers up at the likes of Gore, Lunt etc.

What a way to turn such a farcical season into an absolute joke.

and to top it off, our hilarious friend WireWonder is busy assaulting the VT now hes banned from here.
meanwhile, back on topic - stick the Yoof in now! use them now while the pressure is off, we cant get much worse.
but i doubt we will get better until the managment are shown the door.

Not even going to comment on this right now

You've signed some half back on DR from Wigan aswell, sorry if its already been mentioned.

Interesting, Thackeray has been pretty poor this year tbf and doesnt have the vision or hands for a real good 6. The rest im not fussed at all.

Mellor at 7 and I'anson at 6.


This year will be now be even worse with these announcements.

BTW Mellor is a cracking player.

Hasn't Thackery been playing at Full Back though? Not suprised he hasn't been playing well if thats the case?

A Betts masterstroke!!! He has played there but he hasn't been playing there if that makes sense.

I feel for Thackeray,he must be gutted.I thought he deserved a chance to show what he can do with a decent pack and scrum half alongside him.Let's hope some more tough decisions are made soon.