Re: James Bentley Dual Reg : Wed Jan 31, 2018 9:22 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

To be fair to St Helens they did have a Reserve team but decided to abandon it as very few other teams did, and there weren't enough games to make it worthwhile.

The same issue arises with this season, If you look at the Bulls reserves fixtures on the site, we've only got 10 games. Aside from ourselves the only other teams are Wigan, Wakefield, Keighley and Halifax.

So only two SL teams can manage to run a reserve team, yet two teams in League 1 can manage to do so. Go figure!

Basically, if they make it compulsory for all SL teams then St Helens and, I believe, Hull and Warrington (among others) would be more than happy to run reserve teams. I believe that the main opposition comes from our old friend Mr Hetherington. He'd rather use Featherstone as his 'reserve grade'.

Our players who didn't go out on dual reg to York last season were sent to play for St Helens reserves which was a bit strange

Re: James Bentley Dual Reg : Wed Jan 31, 2018 10:32 pm  

The SL teams moaning about the reserve team fixtures have made it worse.

3 more reserve teams would have enabled more fixtures.

Seems very short sighted from the SL teams.

Lets hope this changes in the future.

Plus if players are in their own club environment, coaching staff etc will be able to instill club coaching practices and ethics without it being dilluted at other clubs.

Amateur game is on its bottom as academies take best junior players and if they haven't made the grade they are dumped.

Bring back reserves ASAP

Re: James Bentley Dual Reg : Wed Jan 31, 2018 10:41 pm  

Also pleased Bradford bought into reserves having great academy system.

Yes thats praise from a fax fan

[Bulliac]

Re: James Bentley Dual Reg : Thu Feb 01, 2018 10:23 am  

Uptonfax wrote:

The SL teams moaning about the reserve team fixtures have made it worse.

3 more reserve teams would have enabled more fixtures.

Seems very short sighted from the SL teams.

Lets hope this changes in the future.

Plus if players are in their own club environment, coaching staff etc will be able to instill club coaching practices and ethics without it being dilluted at other clubs.

Amateur game is on its bottom as academies take best junior players and if they haven't made the grade they are dumped.

Bring back reserves ASAP

I guess that SL sides which are struggling financially will probably see sending lads out on loan or DR as the cheap alternative. Maybe the RFL should pull away that particular crutch? After all, much as we, and other clubs, have benefitted, it blows apart the idea of genuine competition in both the Championship and Champ1.

Re: James Bentley Dual Reg : Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:46 pm  

I can see Keiren Moss lining up against us in a week and a half. Didn't even make the 19 this week. Just our luck!

Re: James Bentley Dual Reg : Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:06 am  

Bets'y Bulls wrote:

I can see Keiren Moss lining up against us in a week and a half. Didn't even make the 19 this week. Just our luck!

Surprising, watching the highlights of Wakey's game, Ryan Shaw was caught out of position on nearly all Wakey's tries.

Re: James Bentley Dual Reg : Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:29 am  

Bull Mania wrote:

Surprising, watching the highlights of Wakey's game, Ryan Shaw was caught out of position on nearly all Wakey's tries.

It will be very interesting to see how KR get on this season. Early days yet but it could be a long season for them, especially if key men like Lunt and McGuire pick up knocks along the way.

If they have a bad season, on the back of Leigh's yo-yo back down to the championship last season, you would really have to question if one season is long enough to adapt to being in a higher division.

Re: James Bentley Dual Reg : Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:36 am  

Bull Mania wrote:

Surprising, watching the highlights of Wakey's game, Ryan Shaw was caught out of position on nearly all Wakey's tries.

Not surprising about Shaw though. Vastly overrated in my opinion. Good goalkicker, massively average in all other areas.

[Bullseye]

Re: James Bentley Dual Reg : Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:49 am  

Shaw was a good championship level player. Not sure he's SL level.

Re: James Bentley Dual Reg : Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:37 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Shaw was a good championship level player. Not sure he's SL level.

That's the decision they've obviously made regarding Moss. But I would have rated Moss above Shaw. Possibly not on the wing, but definitely at FB