[Bullseye]

Re: Free Agents : Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:06 am  

I'd have Howarth back maybe as he's quite versatile.

Tansey is a bit of an alecart. If we lose Moss it's Campbell, Thomas or Pickersgill at fullback.

Don't need Williams as we still at the moment have wingers in Ryan, Caro, Campbell, Rickett and Macani

Re: Free Agents : Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:16 am  

Also there maybe perhaps those that Rohan may not wished to have kept hold of but had to because of longer contracts.

Should we honour those original deals or look to bring in other players of better available?

Re: Free Agents : Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:27 am  

If Vila gets a stay of execution i'd be amazed..
I think no matter how desperate we are we either need to use the fringe players Lowes brought in on 3 year contracts or loose them.
We can't afford to be wasting money like the good old Ferres and Lowes days, I'm sure there will be others available.

Re: Free Agents : Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:33 am  

Question is, would we be able to forgive Tansey for 'that try'?

Question is, would we be able to forgive Tansey for 'that try'?

Re: Free Agents : Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:48 pm  

bowlingboy wrote:

If Vila gets a stay of execution i'd be amazed..
I think no matter how desperate we are we either need to use the fringe players Lowes brought in on 3 year contracts or loose them.
We can't afford to be wasting money like the good old Ferres and Lowes days, I'm sure there will be others available.

Well Lumb played a number of games last season and didn't look out of place. Is he now capable of a full season with minimal rotation or do we need to be aging two hookers in each game?

I don't like how the dummy half role has become in British Rugby League and I suspect with bringing Stuart Howarth last season Rohan Smith is looming for something more going forward than a dummy half runner.

Is Vila that player, is Vila up to the standard of Championship?
I don't know to either of those so I would probably try and bring in Howarth so long as we could afford him.

Re: Free Agents : Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:50 pm  

Thing is as well is contracts end early November? Maybe a few of these free agents have found work elsewhere? We don't scream secure.

Re: Free Agents : Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:56 pm  

if we have a scrum half to start the season we are already doing better than last year.

My Neighbour is Batley fan and raves about Campbell, as do a lot of their followers saying they want him back, it would be good to see him get a fair crack of the whip.

Re: Free Agents : Tue Jan 10, 2017 1:04 pm  

I don't know why but I find it quite amusing we are going into the 2017 season (if we do) with an abundance of halves (Pryce, Chisholm, Keyes, Thomas, Trueman) and no second rowers! Couldn't write that haha!

Re: Free Agents : Tue Jan 10, 2017 1:07 pm  

Bulls Boy 2011 wrote:

I don't know why but I find it quite amusing we are going into the 2017 season (if we do) with an abundance of halves (Pryce, Chisholm, Keyes, Thomas, Trueman) and no second rowers! Couldn't write that haha!

I hadn't thought of that, but yes if all current free agents re-sign again, that's exactly right. It's like some kind of backwards world

Remember when our only worries were Danny Addy as our best scrum half option? Oh for those days...

Re: Free Agents : Tue Jan 10, 2017 1:10 pm  

HamsterChops wrote:

I hadn't thought of that, but yes if all current free agents re-sign again, that's exactly right. It's like some kind of backwards world

Remember when our only worries were Danny Addy as our best scrum half option? Oh for those days...

I remember when our main concern was Marc Herbert being our best scrum half option