Post subject: Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 8:03 am
Sir Gregory ParsloeP
Fringe Player
Joined: Apr 12 2022 Posts: 899
The Ghost of '99 wrote:I cannot see how the finances or logic of this add up. I get Sutcliffe leaving early but what's the point of bringing Gildart in? We're not going to be challenging for the title so why not just get Edwards back from York and give him the rest of the year in the squad.
Or is this Gildart deal so amazing that it costs us even less than taking an academy player back into our cap? That I find hard to believe - and even then it's still pointless.
I agree, getting an out of form Gildart for 9/10games only seems pointless.
As a speculator Wire deregister the injured Widdop if they can buy Jake Connor from FC. Fc take Sutty and we free up some cap space to get a forward in? Who knows
Post subject: Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:00 am
cheekydiddles
Player Coach
Joined: Nov 01 2006 Posts: 3254
Sir Gregory ParsloeP wrote:I agree, getting an out of form Gildart for 9/10games only seems pointless.
As a speculator Wire deregister the injured Widdop if they can buy Jake Connor from FC. Fc take Sutty and we free up some cap space to get a forward in? Who knows
Wire cannot deregister Widdop in order to save on the cap.clubs can only do that if say someone gets a season ending injury in pre season and cannot play that season. Once they’ve played a first team game that’s it.
Post subject: Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:26 am
Exeter Rhino
International Chairman
Joined: May 28 2002 Posts: 7400 Location: Isca Dumnoniorum
Rumours about players coming in aside, getting rid of Liam Sutcliffe (as a member of our starting 13) is something that makes sense if we want to be challenging for trophies again.
He's become more consistent this season, but his best season for us (IMO) is still 2015 by some distance, when he threatened to displace Kevin Sinfield in the halves. Since then there has been a predictable pattern of him going missing for most of the season, then turning up a few better performances around the time other clubs are coming sniffing... So far he's been rumoured to be off to Cas, Wigan, Hull and probably others in different years.
Sutcliffe may be solid for us, but is he ever going to be good enough to play for England, improve significantly, or become an important leader in the team? It's a no, no, and no for me. While Smith might bring out more in Sutcliffe's game, I'm struggling to see why he should be a priority for retention. I'd rather have 2007-9 Carl Ablett at centre in a flash, even if Carl couldn't run as fast.
Post subject: Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:48 am
christopher
International Board Member
Joined: Nov 19 2002 Posts: 13623 Location: West Yorkshire
Exeter Rhino wrote:Rumours about players coming in aside, getting rid of Liam Sutcliffe (as a member of our starting 13) is something that makes sense if we want to be challenging for trophies again.
He's become more consistent this season, but his best season for us (IMO) is still 2015 by some distance, when he threatened to displace Kevin Sinfield in the halves. Since then there has been a predictable pattern of him going missing for most of the season, then turning up a few better performances around the time other clubs are coming sniffing... So far he's been rumoured to be off to Cas, Wigan, Hull and probably others in different years.
Sutcliffe may be solid for us, but is he ever going to be good enough to play for England, improve significantly, or become an important leader in the team? It's a no, no, and no for me. While Smith might bring out more in Sutcliffe's game, I'm struggling to see why he should be a priority for retention. I'd rather have 2007-9 Carl Ablett at centre in a flash, even if Carl couldn't run as fast.
Ablett was a really underrated player - he always stood up in the big games
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