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| Quote weaver93="weaver93"I feel if we consistently play with Houghton as 1st choice hooker, next season it could massively backfire,
Who knows,how his body feels at the end of this season ??, i thought a new 9 would be a higher priority.
Personally,i dont understand why we used 50% of our available quota space on props, when our obvious weakness, is in the backrow, unless he plans to play Sao there.
The HB situation , i thought that Trueman & Hoy looked promising ,if Smithy feels theres no quality available we might not recruit there, Hoy's hamstrings are problematic though.
Anyone know of any decent championship players??'"
Cannot agree with you Weaver. Big props ,especially since Satae is leaving, are a big plus for me. When you look at the two we have signed , potentially both are an upgrade on what we have . Sao has been great for me, but he cannot do the hard graft all alone , so Ese Ese and Pele are great signings and both can do the impact stuff that he can’t . On recruitment ; if we get the half back signing we need , then I go into 2024 feeling very optimistic that we’ll be in the mix again , for silverware . Wigan last night was the prime example, in paper that was a mismatch and we would have been hammered in previous years , but Smith has proved he can get that last percent from a very average squad and we’ll be fine with him steering the ship. As a club we have been needing a proper coach , who coaches his team for each game , for years and I think Smith is by far the most important piece of recruitment we have made in years . He’s easily the best coach we have had since Peter Sharp and I have complete faith in him to take us back towards the top. | | |
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The way they are talking up Charles, I don't think it will be far off him starting in the first season, maybe next season. Could do with hom getting some gametime on loan this season in the championship.
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| Quote Dave K.="Dave K."The way they are talking up Charles, I don't think it will be far off him starting in the first season, maybe next season. Could do with hom getting some gametime on loan this season in the championship.'"
Don't hold your breath as we've seen before how the club talk up a young player only for them to rarely see any first team action, then they disappear.
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| Quote GrahamBray="GrahamBray"I went to see an old pal of mine last night, he is unwell at the minute but usually posts on here , sometimes in frustration at the state of the Club.
He summed it up perfectly . for me , anyway. He said that we are a big club, but only in attendance figures, with an owner who has done us proud, but is not able to pour more money in, so, we are where we are and we shouldn't judge some of the new/existing players against the likes of Mini, Ellis etc - because those days are gone, until such time as we secure some outside investment, it is either youth or average players. and despite that, the faithful will endure it, because the club needs its supporters now, more than ever . Like he said, we sailed through a sea of mediocrity and failure under the latter days of Hetherington, who most people didn't like and their is a bit of appreciation and goodwill for Adam Pearson, because he was always ready to splash the cash, but Covid nearly killed off the club, financially, and without him we may have all had to choose which amateur team to support more frequently. It's not jam tomorrow, its Frank Dee's margarine .'"
Your pal sounds quite sensible to me. I wish a few on here would take note of his musings. | | |
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| Quote Chris71="Chris71"Don't hold your breath as we've seen before how the club talk up a young player only for them to rarely see any first team action, then they disappear.
Hopefully he will be a gem and turn all his potential into reality'"
In fairness to the current regime, they do seem to be concentrating on the youngsters more. | | | |
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| Quote Armavinit="Armavinit"In fairness to the current regime, they do seem to be concentrating on the youngsters more.'"
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