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No point really mate I still was clutching to a straw we could do something in play offs if we brought a good player in get a home tie in play-offs... Sunday summed up were we are at tho and now Wattsys going to be missing think the season will just fizzle out
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Clearly, Cas are satisfied they won’t be relegated this season then.
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got a feeling be now more signings for next year as well if that is the case going to be similar season to this even worse if gail not back to is best or suffers further set back . And minikin going centres looking dodgy cant be reliant on shenny at his age and blair needs to improve double fold still not convinced we found answer to fullback but hey how we will have plenty off forwards .Big Shug wrote:Clearly, Cas are satisfied they won’t be relegated this season then.
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I dont see anymore signings for next year unless Eden or Gale leave. Think powell will do his usual and keep so cap space for emergencies.
Fb rankin turner
Wing eden feki clare olpherts
Centre shenny blair mata’utia
Halfs gale trueman ellis
Forwards we have enough unless someone leaves
Id like another half back n prop that will improve our 17
Fb rankin turner
Wing eden feki clare olpherts
Centre shenny blair mata’utia
Halfs gale trueman ellis
Forwards we have enough unless someone leaves
Id like another half back n prop that will improve our 17
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i thought ellis was leaving?
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You can't keep Rankin and except that's a straight swop for Wardle even if we felt we had to do it at the time because gale got lamed
And even if we don't want Wardle because hed rather be somewhere else
It would be crazy stuff IMO ...we have to be better than that
And even if we don't want Wardle because hed rather be somewhere else
It would be crazy stuff IMO ...we have to be better than that
The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have
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jackknife wrote:I dont see anymore signings for next year unless Eden or Gale leave. Think powell will do his usual and keep so cap space for emergencies.
Fb rankin turner
Wing eden feki clare olpherts
Centre shenny blair mata’utia
Halfs gale trueman ellis
Forwards we have enough unless someone leaves
Id like another half back n prop that will improve our 17
Forwards
Jessie and Millington still 50/50 both could still go back home.
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Hence the "unless someone leaves" iv been told Jesse is staying and i think Millo will stay and be used as a bench prop doing less minutes with Watts n Smith starting.Mucky1978 wrote:jackknife wrote:I dont see anymore signings for next year unless Eden or Gale leave. Think powell will do his usual and keep so cap space for emergencies.
Fb rankin turner
Wing eden feki clare olpherts
Centre shenny blair mata’utia
Halfs gale trueman ellis
Forwards we have enough unless someone leaves
Id like another half back n prop that will improve our 17
Forwards
Jessie and Millington still 50/50 both could still go back home.
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In my eyes, too many of our rivals (Wigan, Hull etc) have gone out all guns blazing and strengthened for 2020, to the point where I can't see us competing for silverware next season. FC finally have a pack that can compliment their backs and Wigan have just recruited the best scrum half in the league, as well as adding size to their pack.
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We have a long time till the end of Feb 2020 to fix what isn't right it's glaringly obvious we havnt being good enough in the full - back position that is priority 1
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we are going to become a regular bottom half off league team for sure going with what we have with out investing in some major talent in centres half back and fullback and probably another super league standard prop to complement watts don't like the way the present regime is taking the club with its recruitment policy off by cheap but plenty off squad players. ](*,)tigerfeat wrote:We have a long time till the end of Feb 2020 to fix what isn't right it's glaringly obvious we havnt being good enough in the full - back position that is priority 1
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Agree completely. We were left behind by Saints and Warrington after 2017, and two years after making the Grand Final we probably won’t even make a play-off spot (even though there are five this year). So much for Wells insisting that we didn’t need to strengthen the squad between 2018 and 2019 - we’ve now been caught by Hull FC, Catalans and Salford, who might all finish above us or within a couple of points. We could drop six places (half the league) in the space of two seasons and I think it’s poor recruitment and retention that is the reason.heritage1926 wrote:In my eyes, too many of our rivals (Wigan, Hull etc) have gone out all guns blazing and strengthened for 2020, to the point where I can't see us competing for silverware next season. FC finally have a pack that can compliment their backs and Wigan have just recruited the best scrum half in the league, as well as adding size to their pack.
Bar Watts, we’ve not improved in a single position since 2017.
We’ve signed too many very average players and given them longer contracts that they deserve.
We’ve resigned too many average, injury-prone players and given them longer contracts than they deserve.
As ever, I’m optimistic about next year. Gale will be back, Cheyse Blair will get a proper pre-season to work on combinations and Feki is a first-choice NRL winger.
Whilst full-backs aren’t easy to come by, we certainly need one. If Wakefield go down we should be straight in for Alex Walker, or spending some money and trying to get Evalds from Salford.
I’d also be open to Millington or/and Moors leaving a year early if they decided their time us up in the game. Bring in Herman Ese’Ese and another forward to freshen things up a bit in the pack.
We need to reverse the decline of 2018 and 2019.
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Good points and well made,up to the hierarchy to see if we invest to strengthen and try to address the downward spiral.Full Back as everyone seems to agree should be a priority and cover for the props, Millo and Moors have been great servants but can't go on forever and we don't seem to have the in house talent coming through to replace them, Tyler Hepi obviously arriving which will add strength in depth but not necessarily on terms of quality but he deserves his chance. I'm still hopeful Oneill,Peachey and Carr can make the step up next season and like Notts am not giving up on Blair by any stretch. For me while injury free next years back line,FB apart looks stronger but would still think up front there is still room for strengthening.
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Agree with everything apart from been optimistic next yearnottinghamtiger wrote:Agree completely. We were left behind by Saints and Warrington after 2017, and two years after making the Grand Final we probably won’t even make a play-off spot (even though there are five this year). So much for Wells insisting that we didn’t need to strengthen the squad between 2018 and 2019 - we’ve now been caught by Hull FC, Catalans and Salford, who might all finish above us or within a couple of points. We could drop six places (half the league) in the space of two seasons and I think it’s poor recruitment and retention that is the reason.heritage1926 wrote:In my eyes, too many of our rivals (Wigan, Hull etc) have gone out all guns blazing and strengthened for 2020, to the point where I can't see us competing for silverware next season. FC finally have a pack that can compliment their backs and Wigan have just recruited the best scrum half in the league, as well as adding size to their pack.
Bar Watts, we’ve not improved in a single position since 2017.
We’ve signed too many very average players and given them longer contracts that they deserve.
We’ve resigned too many average, injury-prone players and given them longer contracts than they deserve.
As ever, I’m optimistic about next year. Gale will be back, Cheyse Blair will get a proper pre-season to work on combinations and Feki is a first-choice NRL winger.
Whilst full-backs aren’t easy to come by, we certainly need one. If Wakefield go down we should be straight in for Alex Walker, or spending some money and trying to get Evalds from Salford.
I’d also be open to Millington or/and Moors leaving a year early if they decided their time us up in the game. Bring in Herman Ese’Ese and another forward to freshen things up a bit in the pack.
We need to reverse the decline of 2018 and 2019.
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The day it started going wrong was the day Steve Gill left for me.
I still think he did the right thing with Hardaker and thought he was unfairly hung out to dry.
Wells hasn’t done a good job he’s let good young players leave and average ones arrive,fair enough he signed Watts but how hard a deal was that he lives up the road has a young family and supports Cas. Our signings for next season aren’t overly exciting either. Maybe we should get used to mid table.
I still think he did the right thing with Hardaker and thought he was unfairly hung out to dry.
Wells hasn’t done a good job he’s let good young players leave and average ones arrive,fair enough he signed Watts but how hard a deal was that he lives up the road has a young family and supports Cas. Our signings for next season aren’t overly exciting either. Maybe we should get used to mid table.
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Personally put it down to Gale’s pre season injury.
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Centre is the position that needs addressing , if Minikin had shown the form he as over recent weeks a doubt we would have let him go, Shenny is in the twilight of his career , when we signed Blair i thought we had got a good one but the lad as failed to impress will he improve next year the jury's out on that one
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Hull have splashed the cash on the first 17 but they're ballsed if they get injuries. They're letting 7/8 go to bring in 3 forwards. As I've said elsewhere, they're losing Manu, Minichiello, Paea, Westerman, Hadley and Chris Green.heritage1926 wrote:In my eyes, too many of our rivals (Wigan, Hull etc) have gone out all guns blazing and strengthened for 2020, to the point where I can't see us competing for silverware next season. FC finally have a pack that can compliment their backs and Wigan have just recruited the best scrum half in the league, as well as adding size to their pack.
As for Hastings being the best scrum half, I don't buy into that for one second (he's also a stand off), which I'd put Austin and Lomax above him this season.
But people use strengthening like they're adding to their existing squad. They're not. Wigan have brought in Hastings to replace Williams.
They've brought in Bibby to replace Sarginson. Burgess and Clark to replace Tautai, Hamlin and maybe O'Loughlin too, French will no doubt end up replacing Escare.
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We defiantly need a good full-back for next season if we get one I don't think we will be far off
Gale -Trueman ...I think will be a top partnership
Watts -Smith ...Will be too excellent props
Eden -Feki ... should score a bucket load of trys between em
We will have good players in other positions and plenty of options for coach Powell
Gale -Trueman ...I think will be a top partnership
Watts -Smith ...Will be too excellent props
Eden -Feki ... should score a bucket load of trys between em
We will have good players in other positions and plenty of options for coach Powell
The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have
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