Taylor been given a testimonial so he won't be going at the moment

Do you think we'll get a home friendly in Jan/Feb?

Can't remember the last time we had at the MKM.

Taylor is getting a testimonial - so perhaps against Rovers, or Wigan?

Salford maybe more likely - I seem to recall he left there on good terms.

All players back by in training Friday except Sao, Mitch, Hoy and Clifford?

It would be interesting to find out (not from a player with an axe to grind) how this pre season has differentiated from previous regimes.

One of the Academy lads told my business partner that it has massively changed. More emphasis on hands on the ball, even during outdoor fitness drill. They have been told to play eyes up Rugby, throw the ball about - and a lot of emphasis on pass technique, and body shape when receiving the ball to get the ball away quickly

great to hear, we have been arguably the worst ball handling team in the league for some time.

Sounds good so far and a positive move going forward as ball retention/respecting possession has been one of our biggest downfalls alongside discipline for far too long. Hopefully our line speed will also be getting improved both in attack and defence as we must have been the slowest (or laziest) team in the past few seasons in this aspect and more often than not our line looking like a dogs hind leg.

Mitch and Sao being involved in the World Cup games and rightly deserve a few more weeks off. Has anyone heard when Hoy and Clifford will arrive? IMO they should be here asap, seeing they’re both integral to the rebuild, by all means let them return to Oz for the holiday break.