Re: Pre season games : Sat Nov 25, 2017 10:28 am  

paulwalker71 wrote:

To save trawling through announcements and threads, can anyone give a quick list of confirmed games? I think there are six, as Dewsbury was also mentioned I believe

Halifax (H)
Sheffield (H)
St Helens (TBC)
Toronto (H)
Dewsbury (TBC)
Keighley (H)

Re: Pre season games : Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:03 pm  

MicktheGled wrote: Dewsbury (TBC) Dewsbury confirmed a week ago. https://dewsburyrams.co.uk/2017/11/18/rams-announce-two-pre-season-games/ 4 home games you would assume is the end of that, or they wouldn't be selling that pass for all 4. They'd wait until they were all announced.

MicktheGled wrote: Dewsbury (TBC) Dewsbury confirmed a week ago. https://dewsburyrams.co.uk/2017/11/18/rams-announce-two-pre-season-games/ 4 home games you would assume is the end of that, or they wouldn't be selling that pass for all 4. They'd wait until they were all announced.

Re: Pre season games : Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:06 pm  

HamsterChops wrote: Dewsbury confirmed a week ago. https://dewsburyrams.co.uk/2017/11/18/rams-announce-two-pre-season-games/ 4 home games you would assume is the end of that, or they wouldn't be selling that pass for all 4. They'd wait until they were all announced. I genuinely missed that press release, cheers.

HamsterChops wrote: Dewsbury confirmed a week ago. https://dewsburyrams.co.uk/2017/11/18/rams-announce-two-pre-season-games/ 4 home games you would assume is the end of that, or they wouldn't be selling that pass for all 4. They'd wait until they were all announced. I genuinely missed that press release, cheers.

Re: Pre season games : Sat Nov 25, 2017 2:58 pm  

I think it's a great number.

Plenty of opportunity for everybody to get a run, plenty to test 19'S out against men. Plenty to test partnerships.
Match fitness.

Ideally we should building up in competition, finishing up with Keighley as a bench mark as theyre in our league.

[Bulliac]

Re: Pre season games : Sat Nov 25, 2017 6:05 pm  

...and plenty of games to pick up injuries in. Of course our massive, what is it, 21 man squad, gives us plenty of cover if the worst comes to the worst.

Yes, there is the odd advantage to be gained but the negatives far outweigh the positives imo. With our luck with injures I hope we've got the cavalry in reserve, waiting in the wings.

Re: Pre season games : Sat Nov 25, 2017 7:37 pm  

OK I've done the trawling that I hoped someone else would do

From what I can see online, so far it is:

Tuesday December 26th Halifax (H)
Sunday January 14th Sheffield (H)
Sunday January 21st Dewsbury (A)
Friday January 26th Toronto (H)
Sunday February 11th Keighley (H)

Not sure where St Helens fit in. Was this something to do with the Bentley deal? Because there's no mention of it anywhere, and since St Helens begin their SL season on February 2nd I don't see where it could fit unless it was on January 7th.

Re: Pre season games : Sat Nov 25, 2017 7:42 pm  

You can pick up an injury carrying a crate full of bottles and falling over as you get onto a coach in Skirlaugh too.

Re: Pre season games : Sat Nov 25, 2017 8:49 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

OK I've done the trawling that I hoped someone else would do

From what I can see online, so far it is:

Tuesday December 26th Halifax (H)
Sunday January 14th Sheffield (H)
Sunday January 21st Dewsbury (A)
Friday January 26th Toronto (H)
Sunday February 11th Keighley (H)

Not sure where St Helens fit in. Was this something to do with the Bentley deal? Because there's no mention of it anywhere, and since St Helens begin their SL season on February 2nd I don't see where it could fit unless it was on January 7th.

You're correct with the 5 you've mentioned.

I think the Saints game is one that's been rumoured as part of the Bentley deal, but never confirmed anywhere. Whereas for the Chisholm deal, Sheffield included in their press release that a friendly was part of the deal. Weekend of Jan 6/7 as you say is the only possible place. As I said previously though, I would think if it does happen then it's surely away, or why start selling the "pre-season ticket" thing and not include it?

Re: Pre season games : Tue Nov 28, 2017 6:39 am  

Well I suppose the friendlies at our fortress Odsal will bring in some well needed money, (albeit it enough just to open the place on those days)

Re: Pre season games : Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:10 am  

With respect to squad size, are people concerned because the squad is short or because we're used to having a ridiculously large squad in recent years with several underperforming or underused players? I think the latter might be playing a small part in this anxiety at the moment. I agree that we need more but realistically we're not far off are we? 24 senior players and 6 youth players should be more than enough to get us through the season and with all these pre season games it will give us more than enough chance to give pre season minutes to the inevitable late signings that we make. I don't think a squad of 23 is too far away from completion really. Does anyone have preference over where we need to strengthen, for example?