[Uncle Rico]

Re: Rumours 2 : Sun Nov 12, 2017 8:50 pm  

Or thane wrote:

Baptiste is proberbly weighing up his options and seeing what's best for him first. Can't list him if nobody knows what he's doing
From Reports he's wishy Washy on whether he actually want to come to the UK.
We offered Naiqama a 2 year deal and he said no thanks as he wants to stay in Australia. Could be the same for Baptiste, he may want to stay in Australia but can't get a good enough deal over there maybe?

We'll obviously see a bit more of him next week against decent opposition and I've not seen much of him to make a fair judgement, but, from what I have seen I'm unsure whether he is all that.

Can anyone here shed some light on whether we should be concerned if we don't manage to get him over?

Re: Rumours 2 : Mon Nov 13, 2017 9:27 am  

He isn't coming UR.

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Rumours 2 : Mon Nov 13, 2017 6:06 pm  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

He isn't coming UR.

Cheers for that LTS, well I'll still keep my eye on him next weekend, but, with a different outlook...he's just lost his gallant losers tag

Re: Rumours 2 : Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:42 am  

So what happened to the cover at loose and hooker that Price stated we were looking for a couple of weeks ago? I hope we have someone secured already and not yet announced. We haven’t really replaced Dwyer and yet to see whether Smith can step up. Masila is great but is that definitely the replacement for Westerman? Price seemed to think otherwise. I know he said only one spot left in the squad and that will be an outside back, so hopefully we have already sorted the hooker/loose cover.

Re: Rumours 2 : Tue Nov 14, 2017 12:26 pm  

Mr Price not 100% happy with the training pitches at Padgate. They're not up to standard. They're looking at using the grass space in the centre of the track at Vicky Park.

Re: Rumours 2 : Tue Nov 14, 2017 12:33 pm  

easyWire wrote:

So what happened to the cover at loose and hooker that Price stated we were looking for a couple of weeks ago? I hope we have someone secured already and not yet announced. We haven’t really replaced Dwyer and yet to see whether Smith can step up. Masila is great but is that definitely the replacement for Westerman? Price seemed to think otherwise. I know he said only one spot left in the squad and that will be an outside back, so hopefully we have already sorted the hooker/loose cover.

Perhaps he's since been able to watch Morgan Smith in training and formed a different opinion?

Re: Rumours 2 : Tue Nov 14, 2017 1:19 pm  

Steve51 wrote:

Mr Price not 100% happy with the training pitches at Padgate. They're not up to standard. They're looking at using the grass space in the centre of the track at Vicky Park.

I like him already.

Re: Rumours 2 : Tue Nov 14, 2017 2:20 pm  

Well I've seen a lot of new technical markings on the pitch at Padgate and just off to the side of the pitch as well. Also the coaching team are arriving at the crack of dawn. They seem to mean business. Bar a couple of patches the pitch at Padgate seems pretty decent.

Re: Rumours 2 : Tue Nov 14, 2017 4:20 pm  

easyWire wrote:

So what happened to the cover at loose and hooker that Price stated we were looking for a couple of weeks ago? I hope we have someone secured already and not yet announced. We haven’t really replaced Dwyer and yet to see whether Smith can step up. Masila is great but is that definitely the replacement for Westerman? Price seemed to think otherwise. I know he said only one spot left in the squad and that will be an outside back, so hopefully we have already sorted the hooker/loose cover.

It was Fitzpatrick who said they were looking for loose forward/hooker in the guardian before Price arrived.

Re: Rumours 2 : Tue Nov 14, 2017 5:07 pm  

WazzaWire wrote:

It was Fitzpatrick who said they were looking for loose forward/hooker in the guardian before Price arrived.

Ah, fair enough... Let's see what he can do with what we've got.