Re: New signing : Thu Feb 11, 2016 9:33 am  

can he play scru....oh I don't have the energy.


Decent player, lets see how he goes, squad's not getting any smaller is it.

Re: New signing : Thu Feb 11, 2016 12:28 pm  

Great signing as he stood out for London when he played there and was always steady at KR.

Not sure I like the one month loan options as again I hope it's not like last time we tried it and ended up just getting players fit for their respective clubs (although he's not currently at a permanent club)

Re: New signing : Thu Feb 11, 2016 12:40 pm  

Bulls4 wrote:

Great signing as he stood out for London when he played there and was always steady at KR.

Not sure I like the one month loan options as again I hope it's not like last time we tried it and ended up just getting players fit for their respective clubs (although he's not currently at a permanent club)

It's not a loan. Lovegrove officially left London before we announced his one month trial. If he looks ok we sign on a deal if he doesn't we aren't stuck with him for a yr or two. And it gives us cover while we have four props injured. Think that's pretty sensible way of doing things as opposed to giving out one and two year deals on players who we aren't sure about,like we did last year.

Re: New signing : Thu Feb 11, 2016 12:41 pm  

mat wrote:

It's not a loan. Lovegrove officially left London before we announced his one month trial. If he looks ok we sign on a deal if he doesn't we aren't stuck with him for a yr or two. And it gives us cover while we have four props injured. Think that's pretty sensible way of doing things as opposed to giving out one and two year deals on players who we aren't sure about,like we did last year.

There is a small risk that he impresses for us, then someone else offers him a contact before we tie him up. But I agree, it's 95% in our favour and with current injury situation, makes all the sense in the world.

Re: New signing : Thu Feb 11, 2016 1:19 pm  

HamsterChops wrote:

There is a small risk that he impresses for us, then someone else offers him a contact before we tie him up. But I agree, it's 95% in our favour and with current injury situation, makes all the sense in the world.

True there is that risk, but we have decent props to come back in so not end of world if someone nabs him at end of trial. We get cover for next few weeks at a bare minimum so think it's a risk worth taking.

Re: New signing : Thu Feb 11, 2016 2:21 pm  

I'd be tempted to give Lovegrove the number 7 shirt, just to watch the meltdown that would occur shortly afterwards.

(Edit: And minutes after I posted that, it's confirmed he's wearing number 35. Spoilsports.)

Re: New signing : Thu Feb 11, 2016 3:06 pm  

The risk of him impressing and leaving for someone else at the end of the months trial was what I meant, although I worded it badly. I would hope if we offered him a contract he would stick with us as the team who offered him a chance in the first place but you never know and yes I agree, he's great cover for our injuries.

Re: New signing : Thu Feb 11, 2016 3:16 pm  

From what I recall of him Lovegrove at his worst will be an improvement on Luaki , Fleming & Crossley

Re: New signing : Thu Feb 11, 2016 3:30 pm  

herr rigsby wrote:

From what I recall of him Lovegrove at his worst will be an improvement on Luaki , Fleming & Crossley

Well the London fans seem gutted he's gone and I know KR fans were similarly gutted when he left them last year. In fact I haven't really seen any negative comments about him from his previous clubs fans

Re: New signing : Thu Feb 11, 2016 3:32 pm  

Not that it necessarily translates well to the real world but he was the star back row of my fantasy team a couple of years back. He gets through a huge amount of work.