: Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:11 am  

Old Feller wrote:

What about the youngsters coming through your all conquering reserve side, no decent prop prospects there then?

Ben Davies is probably the next in line behind Prescott and O'Carroll but isn't quite ready yet. And yes, he is a decent prospect.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:37 am  

Mini Rogue wrote:

Ben Davies is probably the next in line behind Prescott and O'Carroll but isn't quite ready yet. And yes, he is a decent prospect.

I also think that Mossop will move up to prop forward..

O'Carroll may have a broken ankle after Fridays nights game.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:02 pm  

That Fielden lad could make it.
He needs to increase his stamina levels to play for longer spells. Needs a fair bit of improvement in tackling, and running in hard but has potential. Still a bit soft though, and not sure he could stand up to a bit of biff.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:57 pm  

SmokeyTA wrote:

i think you will find almost total agreement at Leeds, Bradford, Wigan, Saints, Hull etc for that, problem is some clubs self interest and short term thinking would leave them uncompetitive, at a club like Hull KR or Wakefield you would be asking turkeys to vote for christmas

Well I'm a Hull KR fan and I'd vote for it! Like I said in that post, I think there could do with some tightening up of where youngsters on scholarships/ U18's can travel from. This would protect smaller clubs from helping local amateur clubs out only to see the top players from the teams that benefited signed up by other teams. I think football have some kind of rule regarding this for U16's? Obviously in league we'd have to make this tighter (a player cannot travel further than the lenght of the M62 would not suffice...)

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:04 pm  

Lord_Percy wrote:

Definitely think there should be some form of incentive, yes, but the flip side of that is that you then free up cap space for more journeyman non-GB qualified players to fill out the rest of your squad. Saying that, I'm sure there's a way around that.

However, your point on Kylie then shows what's wrong with the British game, why don't we make 'em like that? Maybe we do, but with the wrong ethnicity some clubs aren't giving them the chance to show it?

That's not a dig at you by the way, it's more an observation on the way club administrators are thinking.

I don't know about that, but I do think the English teams have looked away from lads who are maybe in the mould of props of old, heavy; set etc, viewing them as not being the way forward, and looking to bulk up running forwards rather than condition the those 'big' lads. who are probably much more natural carriers of the ball. I think they hope they're gonna find a Peacock or a Morley but forget they started as 2nd rowers. Why arent they looking for the next Barrie Mc?

In terms of them not building them like that over here, the genetic make up of many of these islanders is something we cant always compete with. just look at Stanley Gene!

: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:30 am  

Lord_Percy wrote:

Definitely think there should be some form of incentive, yes, but the flip side of that is that you then free up cap space for more journeyman non-GB qualified players to fill out the rest of your squad. Saying that, I'm sure there's a way around that.

However, your point on Kylie then shows what's wrong with the British game, why don't we make 'em like that? Maybe we do, but with the wrong ethnicity some clubs aren't giving them the chance to show it?

That's not a dig at you by the way, it's more an observation on the way club administrators are thinking.

I have some sympathy for your position, but I feel you are playing devil's advocate here