Re: Leeds Loan Players : Thu Mar 16, 2017 2:57 pm  

woolly07 wrote:

.... He looks great for us but playing against SL players is a different thing and McDermot will know that. .

In the forwards I don't necessarily agree it's that different, certainly in terms of smashing into the line and making great yards; many of the better teams in the Championship have plenty of big rough old heads in the pack and I wouldn't think it is any easier to win the collision than it is in SL. In fact, the lack of big grizzled forwards has been our undoing on several occasions.

woolly07 wrote:

....I suspect he would like him to stay with us for the season and give him the odd bench game with them to build him up slowly. .

Re: Leeds Loan Players : Thu Mar 16, 2017 10:02 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

In the forwards I don't necessarily agree it's that different, certainly in terms of smashing into the line and making great yards; many of the better teams in the Championship have plenty of big rough old heads in the pack and I wouldn't think it is any easier to win the collision than it is in SL. In fact, the lack of big grizzled forwards has been our undoing on several occasions.

Probably a fair point. Personally I think the main difference is fitness in the forwards. SL quality forwards can go for longer at full tilt.

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Re: Leeds Loan Players : Fri Mar 17, 2017 9:37 am  

DrFeelgood wrote:

Probably a fair point. Personally I think the main difference is fitness in the forwards. SL quality forwards can go for longer at full tilt.

I'd guess that, with championship funding levels, you're talking around 4K fans to support a reasonable full time operation, without a sugar daddy that is, so you're only ever likely to see it in the larger towns and cities. Unless the emphasis on funding changes, I can't see this major difference between SL and the championship changing any time soon.

Re: Leeds Loan Players : Sat Mar 18, 2017 5:36 pm  

I notice that Bradford allowed Brandon Pickersgill & Keenen Tomlinson to play for Skolars in the Challenge Cup this afternoon, so we mustn't have much of a plan to use them (or to be in the cup for very long). Both won't be able to play for us in future rounds now.