Re: 2017 Super League Ins & Outs : Fri Jan 20, 2017 7:36 pm  

I watched a documentary recently about an American high school that takes on players that no one wants and moulds them into a team, a team that went unbeaten for nearly 2 years. They also put them back on the straight and narrow so much that the Big D1 college like Auburn and Alabama would sign them, giving them a path way to the NFL. A bit like Salford in that Salford also sign players that no one else wants. I guess that's where the similarity ends

Regards

King James

[Durham Giant]

Re: 2017 Super League Ins & Outs : Fri Jan 20, 2017 8:00 pm  

TheButcher wrote:

Todd Carney to Salford. Confirmed.

We will have to see what immigration say about that as they would not let him have a work permit when he signed for the Giants five years ago.

Re: 2017 Super League Ins & Outs : Fri Jan 20, 2017 8:36 pm  

Tigerade wrote:

No one needs to miss out. Tigers have chase, Gale and Roberts - it works fine for us. You just put one on the bench and spell the L/F role.

But Roberts has the ability to play at full back or hooker. Chase is also on a contract that reflects the fact he was, and still is, a risk. We also don't know it will work fine as Roberts, Chase and Gale are yet to all play in the same game!
The three at Salford are out and out halves and I expect they will all be on good contracts.
Just to think - Salford could have a half back pairing of Sneyd and Fages if they had handled their promising players with a little more consideration.

Re: 2017 Super League Ins & Outs : Fri Jan 20, 2017 8:45 pm  

nottinghamtiger wrote:

But Roberts has the ability to play at full back or hooker. Chase is also on a contract that reflects the fact he was, and still is, a risk. We also don't know it will work fine as Roberts, Chase and Gale are yet to all play in the same game!
The three at Salford are out and out halves and I expect they will all be on good contracts.
Just to think - Salford could have a half back pairing of Sneyd and Fages if they had handled their promising players with a little more consideration.

As a saints fan, fages really is nothing special and a million miles away from the class of Sneyd or gale

Regards

King James

Re: 2017 Super League Ins & Outs : Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:21 pm  

Lebron James wrote:

As a saints fan, fages really is nothing special and a million miles away from the class of Sneyd or gale

Regards

King James

Half backs sometimes take time to develop to their full potential. I think Fages will grow into a fine half over the next couple of years.

Red Devils sign Carney : Sat Jan 21, 2017 2:23 am  

http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/38691788

http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/38691788

Re: Red Devils sign Carney : Sat Jan 21, 2017 9:10 am  

Two convictions since his last visa was turned down. Known to associate with a convicted drug smuggler- Let's see what a state the system is in....

Re: Red Devils sign Carney : Sat Jan 21, 2017 9:22 am  

Huddersfield1895 wrote:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/38691788

Why do we need a thread about this? Do you work for the BBC or something?

Re: Red Devils sign Carney : Sat Jan 21, 2017 9:48 am  

Always fun to see opposition fans making a point to play-down and ridicule a signing by a competing club. When the same people would be out of man size tissues if their club had signed the same player.

Most tribal.

Re: 2017 Super League Ins & Outs : Sat Jan 21, 2017 9:58 am  

I know he's still young but I've said for a while that Fages is one of the most overrated players around. I've never seen what other people seem to see. You don't really expect a half of his age to be able to boss a game, but you want them to show signs and to have all the raw ingredients. For me his passing game is fairly average, his kicking is very poor, he is pretty tricky on his feet without being exceptionally quick or elusive, and he lacks size to boot (not the first thing you look for in a half admittedly, but in the modern game of ultra athletes you need him to at least be able to hold his own). An average bottom half of the table half back for me.