Re: Players for next year : Fri Sep 14, 2018 4:04 pm  

Nothus wrote:

Unless you've seen a fair few of our games this season then you probably don't know how unorganised we look with ball in hand.
I'm not wanting us to be the harlem globetrotters but some basic attacking structure and set pieces would be nice.
Right now we either muscle our way over the line, Flanagan dummies his way over or Ryan gets on the end of a kick. That's pretty much it.

I think it's expectations - you were spoilt from 1995 to about 2010ish so watching the kind of players you get in Div 2 is bound to be a disappointment. You're simply not going to get the levels of professionalism and skill you were used too.

Dear will imho build you a team to get you up the leagues but as I said it won't be pretty and it will take time.

Re: Players for next year : Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:31 pm  

Jon Margrin signed. Wasn't expecting that!

Re: Players for next year : Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:34 pm  

Bull Mania wrote:

Jon Margrin signed. Wasn't expecting that!

Hope hes improved 10 fold since last year.

Re: Players for next year : Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:38 pm  

RagingBull wrote:

Hope hes improved 10 fold since last year.

1 year deal. In fairness last year was a disaster he should go better with a bigger, more experienced pack around him, a decent signing IMHO.

Re: Players for next year : Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:44 pm  

TheBeast wrote:

1 year deal. In fairness last year was a disaster he should go better with a bigger, more experienced pack around him, a decent signing IMHO.

Agreed. Peltier, Crossley, Green and Bustin are all better and i wouldn't have him in my first choice 17, but we'll need at least 6 decent props for next year and Margrin will provide some much needed depth.

Re: Players for next year : Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:57 pm  

This is the latest squad I've come up with after the weeks signings.

I'm sure they'll be others coming and going but at the minute 31 players signed up.


2018 Squad Squad 2019

(1) Lee Smith - 2018 1. Gregg McNally
(2) Ethan Ryan – 2019 2. Ethan Ryan
(3) Ashley Gibson – 2019 3. Ashley Gibson
(4) Ross Oakes – 2019 4. Jake Webster
(5) Dalton Grant – 2019 5. Dalton Grant
(6) Joe Keyes – 2019 6. Joe Keyes
(7) Dane Chisholm – 2018 7. Jordan Lilley
(8) Liam Kirk – 2019 8. Liam Kirk
(9) Sam Hallas – 2019 9. Sam Hallas
(10) Steve Crossley – 2019 10. Steve Crossley
(11) Matt Garside - 2019 11. Matt Garside
(12) Elliott Minchella - 2019 12. Elliott Minchella
(13) George Milton - 2019 13. George Milton
(14) Gregg McNally - 2019 14. George Flanagan
(15) Callum Bustin - 2019 15. Callum Bustin
(16) Danny King – 2018 16. James Green
(17) Ross Peltier – 2019 17. Ross Peltier
(18) Liam Johnson - 2018 - Loan 18. Ross Oakes
(19) Mikey Wood - 2018 - Loan 19. Brandon Pickersgill
(20) 20. Vila Halafihi
(21) George Flanagan - 2019 21. Jamel Goodall
(22) Harvey Burnett - 2018 22. Reiss Butterworth
(23) 23. Jon Magrin
(24) Brandon Pickersgill - 2019 24. Matty Storton
(25) Josh Rickett – 2019 25. Josh Rickett
(26) Vila Halafihi – 2019 26. Evan Hodgson
(27) Reiss Butterworth – 2020 - Loan to Cas 27. Keelan Foster
(28) 28. Oliver Wilson
(29) Evan Hodgson – 2020 29. Rowan Milnes
(30) Jamel Goodall - 2019 30. Vytas Vaznys
(31) Oliver Wilson – 2020 31. Ebon Scurr
(32) Matty Storton - 2020
(33) Rowan Milnes - 2020
(34)
(35) Jy Hitchcox - Loan
(36) James Laithwaite - Loan
(37) James Green - 2019
(38) Jordan Lilley - 2019 - Loan
(39) Tuoyo Egodo - Loan
(40) Jonny Pownall - Loan

U19s

Vytas Vaznys - 2020
Keelan Foster - 2020
Ebon Scurr - 2020

Re: Players for next year : Fri Sep 14, 2018 7:06 pm  

Squad 2019

1. Gregg McNally
2. Ethan Ryan
3. Ashley Gibson
4. Jake Webster
5. Dalton Grant
6. Joe Keyes
7. Jordan Lilley
8. Liam Kirk
9. Sam Hallas
10. Steve Crossley
11. Matt Garside
12. Elliott Minchella
13. George Milton
14. George Flanagan
15. Callum Bustin
16. James Green
17. Ross Peltier
18. Ross Oakes
19. Brandon Pickersgill
20. Vila Halafihi
21. Jamel Goodall
22. Reiss Butterworth
23. Jon Magrin
24. Matty Storton
25. Josh Rickett
26. Evan Hodgson
27. Keelan Foster
28. Oliver Wilson
29. Rowan Milnes
30. Vytas Vaznys
31. Ebon Scurr

Re: Players for next year : Fri Sep 14, 2018 7:37 pm  

15 stgrfong homegrown contingent from that squad. Who realistically is strong enough for the championship and who will we let go or let develop longer in the junior teams?

Is Ricketts likely to stay? He hasn't played all season, what about Oakes, especially now Webster and Gibson signed? Young Hodgson was talked up, he hasn't played and seems to have been taken over by Storton.

Anybody clued up on the youngsters ?

Re: Players for next year : Sun Sep 16, 2018 11:59 am  

On the off chance that we do get promoted, where do you all feel that we're lacking within the squad?

Re: Players for next year : Sun Sep 16, 2018 12:24 pm  

The squad is shaping up well for next year. I feel we could do with 1 or 2 older heads in the squad just to give us a bit of experience. Is there a list of players in the Championship that are out of contract anywhere?