Re: 2017 | Out of Contract Players : Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:54 am  

tad rhino wrote:

god forbid it is

Moon was exposed for what he is a very good centre playing out of position

Re: 2017 | Out of Contract Players : Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:03 am  

A few top flight signings before the start of next season would be very welcome. But not at the cost of spending more than we can afford. I doubt Bradford fans look back at their over spending period with a warm glow from their view point of the third tier of RL. Stadium development, whilst much needed, will add strain to our financial position and I suspect that, rightly, the board will be prudent in their spending elsewhere, including retention and recruitment.

Re: 2017 | Out of Contract Players : Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:23 am  

no point having a great stadium but dwindling crowds as the team drops. if you can't factor in the full cap then it's a sad state we've got into

Re: 2017 | Out of Contract Players : Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:33 am  

tad rhino wrote:

no point having a great stadium but dwindling crowds as the team drops. if you can't factor in the full cap then it's a sad state we've got into

Those crowds would still be the envy of top of the table Cas, or top four fighting Wakefield and Salford, so not really an excuse at all.

Re: 2017 | Out of Contract Players : Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:35 am  

TOMCAT wrote:

A few top flight signings before the start of next season would be very welcome. But not at the cost of spending more than we can afford. I doubt Bradford fans look back at their over spending period with a warm glow from their view point of the third tier of RL. Stadium development, whilst much needed, will add strain to our financial position and I suspect that, rightly, the board will be prudent in their spending elsewhere, including retention and recruitment.

No-one is suggesting spebding more than we've got just recruiting/promoting from within as we used to.
You can still sign good players without breaking the bank if you get the recruitment right & the youngsters coming through are nurtured properly.

Re: 2017 | Out of Contract Players : Sun Jul 30, 2017 12:14 pm  

Ferres also gives to many penalties away !

Re: 2017 | Out of Contract Players : Sun Jul 30, 2017 1:04 pm  

RHINO-MARK wrote:

No-one is suggesting spebding more than we've got just recruiting/promoting from within as we used to.
You can still sign good players without breaking the bank if you get the recruitment right & the youngsters coming through are nurtured properly.

I don't disagree. But IMO the club have a history of being financially conservative and I don't see that changing whilst we are in the midst of major stadium redevelopment.

tad rhino wrote:

no point having a great stadium but dwindling crowds as the team drops. if you can't factor in the full cap then it's a sad state we've got into

I agree but I think that the view may be that if we can stay in the top 6 and be challenging for some silverware, that will keep the faithful turning up in sufficient numbers to fill the reduced capacity stadium while the re-building is completed. I expect gradual year on year, steady away, squad improvement.

Re: 2017 | Out of Contract Players : Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:50 pm  

I was hoping Ferres was out of contract,no such luck.
If we sold him by the pound we might get more of our money back.
UNFIT PLAYERS SHOULD NOT BE ON THE PITCH IRRESPECTIVE OF AGE OR EXPERIENCE.

Re: 2017 | Out of Contract Players : Tue Aug 01, 2017 7:04 am  

That shot of Shauls try with Ferres plodding behind him was appalling. Really does show everyone just how unbelievably out of shape Ferres is.

Re: 2017 | Out of Contract Players : Tue Aug 01, 2017 8:49 am  

Ferres at the moment does not seem interested. If he was unable to train due to injury why did he allow himself to pile on all that weight. This quite obviously is affecting his all round performance. Which also begs the question why did the rhinos conditioning staff not highlight his ballooning weight. Or did he choose to ignore them?