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 Post subject: Re: New signing
PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 11:11 am 
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Lui would be a very good signing for you guys, not only would it add a bit more quality to your squad but would also considerably weaken what are currently seen as your relegation rivals.

I remember Wakefield doing something similar a few years ago when they took Sammut and Scruton from Bradford about a week before the season started.. It`s a dog eat dog world, if its within the rules of the game it`s okay for me.

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 Post subject: Re: New signing
PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 12:59 pm 
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If you get Lui, you'll be real top 8 contenders in my opinion, he's class and there aren't many better than him available. suppose it all depends on how much you're willing to pay. If Marwan had been in charge, I think you'd have a better chance of pulling this one off; the fact that supporters now run the club might mean they're unwilling to part with their best player, especially after losing Ben MM.

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 Post subject: Re: New signing
PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 1:25 pm 
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DGM wrote:Trying to sign a rival teams key playmaker a week before the season starts is a little bit underhand, but hardly surprising. Desperate times, desperate measures n all that.

Luke Page - ran hard & looked aggressive for PNG. If he's any good for you, we'll pick him up in a couple of years anyway.


1. Just because the story came out this week, doesn't necessarily mean that is when the offer was submitted
2. But it wouldn't be remotely underhand as I define the term, anyway
3. If we were to do something opportunistic and ruthless, I'd be utterly delighted. Trying to do things the 'right way' as defined by our rivals bought us a world of pain. We need to have come out of that with a more cut-throat attitude. We are here to make life as difficult as possible for our rivals in every possible way, so that we may one day sup on their tears
4. 'Humorously' playing up to the label of arrogance can, when it becomes routine and ritualized, become a mundane reality

Apart from that, I completely agree with you.






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 Post subject: Re: New signing
PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 2:16 pm 
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Mild Rover wrote:1. Just because the story came out this week, doesn't necessarily mean that is when the offer was submitted
2. But it wouldn't be remotely underhand as I define the term, anyway
3. If we were to do something opportunistic and ruthless, I'd be utterly delighted. Trying to do things the 'right way' as defined by our rivals bought us a world of pain. We need to have come out of that with a more cut-throat attitude. We are here to make life as difficult as possible for our rivals in every possible way, so that we may one day sup on their tears
4. 'Humorously' playing up to the label of arrogance can, when it becomes routine and ritualized, become a mundane reality

Apart from that, I completely agree with you.


You didn't need to number your points, I'd have been capable of picking them out of a paragraph. Probably.

Ok, it's possible the offer may not have been made this week, but it's a reasonable assumption to make that it was pretty recently. I do see it as underhand. At best you manage pinch a rival teams (arguably) best player & stregthen, at worst you've disrupted a rival teams pre-season and unsettled their (arguably again) best player. It's a win-win for Rovers whatever the outcome, however genuine or realistic the offer, and I doubt you'd be so "utterly delighted" had similar occurred with a club coming in for Lunt or McGuire.

I assume the arrogant tag is in relation to the Luke Page comment? You may find it arrogant, but a precedent has been set in recent seasons and we can boast a lot of ex-Rovers talent in our current squad.






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 Post subject: Re: New signing
PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 3:49 pm 
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DGM wrote: It's a win-win for Rovers whatever the outcome, however genuine or realistic the offer, and I doubt you'd be so "utterly delighted" had similar occurred with a club coming in for Lunt or McGuire.


No, just as I'm utterly delighted to beat another team, but I'm disappointed when they beat us. I rarely, if ever, complain about the dog-eat-dog attitude of our rivals - certainly not as often as I bemoaned our failure to emulate it in recent years.

DGM wrote:I assume the arrogant tag is in relation to the Luke Page comment? You may find it arrogant, but a precedent has been set in recent seasons and we can boast a lot of ex-Rovers talent in our current squad.


I also remember Wilf boasting of how rarely this happened in the past. But you're not him and tbf Hull are a undeniably a strong club now. I admire tremendously what Radford has done and how he has done it.






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 Post subject: Re: New signing
PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 4:20 pm 
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Whoever it is that we have coming in(awaiting a visa) I really hope it is a quality signing, as TS and NH have stated that,s what we are looking for, because on the display against London its obvious we need some more quality and quick.
London bossed the game for long periods and Sammutt walked through us too often. I know it was only a "friendly" but this was not a Super League team...All the guys round me were saying the same, we look lightweight. They were making ten yards almost every tackle at one point and were bullying us. Admittedly it changed a bit later on but the warning signs are there.
We need at least two to three more.. Please lets not go down the 2016 situation again.

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 Post subject: Re: New signing
PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 6:52 pm 
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Total agree ower attack looked so flat we need a quality half back and a good second row at least if that would of been agenst super league team we would of got hammered

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 Post subject: Re: New signing
PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 8:22 pm 
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Some are saying we would have got hammered by a super league team would we I do not think so so wait and see

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 Post subject: Re: New signing
PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 8:29 pm 
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Worrying






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 Post subject: Re: New signing
PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 8:59 pm 
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DGM wrote:Worrying

What winning our 3 pre season games






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