Re: Sheffield (A) : Tue May 09, 2017 9:18 am  

Bullseye wrote:

Also likely to need a hooker by June.

Well, it would certainly lift morale.

Unless it was that Wayne Rooney one, mind you

Re: Sheffield (A) : Tue May 09, 2017 2:59 pm  

If Toovey is imputing anything at all, it seems to be ineffective or falling on deaf ears. Motivation, tackling technique and organisation etc.

[Bulliac]

Re: Sheffield (A) : Tue May 09, 2017 3:18 pm  

I've said before that I'm not convinced too much by Toovey.

As I understand it, he was a great player who retired and took the coaching job at his former team. With that still pretty good team he won the championship and then slowly the team fell away and then he got sacked. Then he came here.

He's not got a visa, due to the poor administration levels of those running the show, but despite the club still not being in a position to offer any employment he's still here, which suggests he's not getting other offers. Our team is also slowly falling away.

Jimmy Lowes was a great player.

Re: Sheffield (A) : Tue May 09, 2017 3:38 pm  

I think if he had a bit more in the way of resources we would see some better performances..

I don't think some of the guys we signed on as we needed to are good enough..
Include in this:

Mendeika = poor in defence offers nothing in attack, his heart is in the right place but poor.
Macani = as much of an RL player as my sister who is a nursery nurse, an athlete not an RL player.
Thomas = nowhere near good enough to start at 1 or halfback, if in a world beating team he could hide
Keyes = again with nurturing would maybe be a reserve grade halfback, certainly not a starting number 7
Leon = a top player 3 years ago, but he's had it, still lifts the team but can't be relied on physically,

Given that the rest of the team is made up of young kids who cant compete, and Loan players of average quality is there any great surprise we are getting hidings?

When we had Murray who is quality, as well as Lilley to link up with Leon and Big mik to add bite,
as well as Peltier in and more competition for places we were doing ok, soon as that dropped off so did the performances.

You can't blame Toovey for what is a problem in the depth and quality of squad.
Its not going to happen but if they signed 6 good championship / lower SL quality players and we got some back from injury we would be comping again...

This isn't going to happen, so unless the RFL move the goal posts in some way or Christ comes for the second coming and helps us we are in C1 next year!

Re: Sheffield (A) : Tue May 09, 2017 3:45 pm  

bowlingboy wrote:

I think if he had a bit more in the way of resources we would see some better performances..

I don't think some of the guys we signed on as we needed to are good enough..
Include in this:

Mendeika = poor in defence offers nothing in attack, his heart is in the right place but poor.
Macani = as much of an RL player as my sister who is a nursery nurse, an athlete not an RL player.
Thomas = nowhere near good enough to start at 1 or halfback, if in a world beating team he could hide
Keyes = again with nurturing would maybe be a reserve grade halfback, certainly not a starting number 7
Leon = a top player 3 years ago, but he's had it, still lifts the team but can't be relied on physically,

Given that the rest of the team is made up of young kids who cant compete, and Loan players of average quality is there any great surprise we are getting hidings?

When we had Murray who is quality, as well as Lilley to link up with Leon and Big mik to add bite,
as well as Peltier in and more competition for places we were doing ok, soon as that dropped off so did the performances.

You can't blame Toovey for what is a problem in the depth and quality of squad.
Its not going to happen but if they signed 6 good championship / lower SL quality players and we got some back from injury we would be comping again...

This isn't going to happen, so unless the RFL move the goal posts in some way or Christ comes for the second coming and helps us we are in C1 next year!

Not that my opinion counts for anything of course..

[Bullseye]

Re: Sheffield (A) : Tue May 09, 2017 3:54 pm  

Bulliac wrote:

I've said before that I'm not convinced too much by Toovey.

Harsh considering what he's had to work with. When we've had something resembling a pack of forwards we've looked pretty good.

You could put Sir Peter Fox in charge and we'd still be struggling

Re: Sheffield (A) : Tue May 09, 2017 4:58 pm  

I do wonder how many loanees we are going to get considering the physical beatings we are getting.

Re: Sheffield (A) : Wed May 10, 2017 5:38 am  

What ever happened to the rumour that Graham Lowe was in the Southeren Hemisphere getting players for us?
Was he actually just on holiday - and they put a spin on it to fool us fans?
Or are they still holding him as hostage while Toovey is up here?
Did he actually get any players?
Other than Phoenix - who never actually materialised (never mind rose from the ashes) - what did Mr Lowe do down there?

Re: Sheffield (A) : Wed May 10, 2017 7:03 am  

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Smack him Jimmy wrote:

What ever happened to the rumour that Graham Lowe was in the Southeren Hemisphere getting players for us?
Was he actually just on holiday - and they put a spin on it to fool us fans?
Or are they still holding him as hostage while Toovey is up here?
Did he actually get any players?
Other than Phoenix - who never actually materialised (never mind rose from the ashes) - what did Mr Lowe do down there?

Hopefully he is recruiting some dense boned pack members and preparing their visas in the back ground.

Re: Sheffield (A) : Wed May 10, 2017 7:25 am  

Smack him Jimmy wrote:

What ever happened to the rumour that Graham Lowe was in the Southeren Hemisphere getting players for us?

I'm still clinging to the distant hope that he did exactly that, which is why we left numbers 10, 12 & 13 free in the squad, but that they learned their lesson from Phoenix and aren't going to announce them until they actually have Visas.

But I do feel like I may be clutching at straws a touch there.