Re: Marquee 1, 6 or 7 ??? : Sun Apr 04, 2021 1:31 pm  

Well, I have had a change of heart. I thought I might put it over as politely as possible regarding our lack of quality in certain positions but here goes .....

1. Blake Wallace.

Has been appallingly bad in the opening 2 games, has shown no creativity with ball in hand & even worse from the boot. Early days so might turn it around.

2. Ryan Brierley.

Fantastic at finding space & pace in attack in the Championship but not a Full Back & only a Championship standard half.

3. Mellor.

I thought he might go well but looked out of his depth. Given he played injured, there might be better to come from him.

4. Tierney.

Always thought he was defensively weak & nothings changed, couldn't tackle a Happy Meal !

Positives.

Junior Sau to return so will strengthen our edges.

An ex player tells me that Bell is fantastic, really talented so hoping he gets fit & in at 13 !

Our Captain Liam Hood has been outstanding & if a 2 hooker game of Hood & Peats works it will lift the team.

I've zero idea how far away Elliot is from playing, signed while still recovering from a bad injury but his inclusion 'should' also strengthen our back line ! With Ellis also playing well before his injury there is light on the horizon !!!

Re: Marquee 1, 6 or 7 ??? : Sun Apr 04, 2021 1:58 pm  

Ste100Centurions wrote:

Well, I have had a change of heart. I thought I might put it over as politely as possible regarding our lack of quality in certain positions but here goes .....

1. Blake Wallace.

Has been appallingly bad in the opening 2 games, has shown no creativity with ball in hand & even worse from the boot. Early days so might turn it around.

2. Ryan Brierley.

Fantastic at finding space & pace in attack in the Championship but not a Full Back & only a Championship standard half.

3. Mellor.

I was thought he might go well but looked out of his depth. Given he played injured, there might be better to come from him.

4. Tierney.

Always thought he was defensively weak & nothings changed, couldn't tackle a Happy Meal !

Positives.

Junior Sau to return so will strengthen our edges.

An ex player tells me that Bell is fantastic, really talented so hoping he gets fit & in at 13 !

Our Captain Liam Hood has been outstanding & if a 2 hooker game of Hood & Peats works it will lift tthe team.

I've zero idea how far away Elliot is from playing, signed while still recovering from a bad injury but his inclusion 'should' also strengthen our back line ! With Ellis also playing well before his injury there is light on the horizon !!!

Anyone who takes the field warrants our respect.
Players often get better sat in the stand.We supposedly have someone in oz who we trust to find us players of the right class and I guess at the right price.If the 2 recruits are on this persons steer then we will soon know if the owners faith is justified.
Anyone know who this is an agent/coach ?

Re: Marquee 1, 6 or 7 ??? : Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:52 pm  

Did we try to sign Ricky Leutele? Or have we made any attempt to sign Chase Stanley?

Re: Marquee 1, 6 or 7 ??? : Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:06 pm  

satanicmills wrote:

Has Elliott ever been here?

Watched Drew Hutchison and a teenager play in a winning Roosters team this morning so maybe half backs are not that easy to find anywhere ?
Not sure Wallace played NRL so no point looking in that lower grade pool? No one has come up with any names including them that think they know and me..

Elliot arrived March 15th. Picture of him standing with Derek was posted on Twitter.
I seem to recall Duffy saying he was 4-6 weeks out from being match ready (though I’m 100% on that).

Re: Marquee 1, 6 or 7 ??? : Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:26 pm  

I've already posted this. Injury News Update

I've already posted this. Injury News Update

Re: Marquee 1, 6 or 7 ??? : Sun Apr 04, 2021 7:08 pm  

Cokey wrote:

One of us is nuts, and I'm alright.

I’m sure there’ll be a response waiting for you tomorrow morning

And I very much doubt Peats is on marquee money or anywhere near it

Re: Marquee 1, 6 or 7 ??? : Sun Apr 04, 2021 7:31 pm  

ColD wrote:

I’m sure there’ll be a response waiting for you tomorrow morning

And I very much doubt Peats is on marquee money or anywhere near it

Correct Col, he can't help making a fool of himself. Why? I don't know.

Re: Marquee 1, 6 or 7 ??? : Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:33 pm  

Back on topic, it appears that we are saving the super league money for later in the season. Is this good strategy?

Re: Marquee 1, 6 or 7 ??? : Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:21 pm  

J7P1 wrote:

Back on topic, it appears that we are saving the super league money for later in the season. Is this good strategy?

Well I hope you are right , we do seem short on fit guys at the moment , and hopefully a couple of quality signings in mind , I have faith in Derek and Duffs , but as you say is leaving it late a good thing , I’m not sure .

Re: Marquee 1, 6 or 7 ??? : Tue Apr 06, 2021 6:30 pm  

How do, been following for a while but this is first comment. Firstly would like to say in the 2 SL games and the 2 pre-season friendlies the pack has fronted up well and whilst it contains mainly solid, hard working forwards I don't see them getting bullied by many teams this year. Obviously Hood has something a bit special and wouldn't swap him for many 9s in SL.
Our issue is in the backline. Our halves don't have anything to worry any SL defence. No urgency, slow in speed of thought and pass. Kicking game lacks imagination and execution making us easy to defend against.
Warrington have twice shown up our weakness on our right edge. Every try they scored at the weekend came down that channel. Currie offload to King/Ratchford then on to support. All the same. We have injuries to two big name centres in Sau and Elliott and Brand has been exposed. Hopefully the returning centres will tighten that right edge defensively.
Brierley is a 3 times failed SL player and should be nowhere near our starting 13, particularly not at full back. He is a liability in defence and i have not seen a full back duck out of making a challenge like he did on Hardaker for Wigan's last try since i was about 12. Kids don't duck challenges like that. We may have nicked the win if he made the challenge on Hardaker at the break rather than backing off allowing him to wait for support.
I know Ellis has problems defensively but he at least offers something going forward and his kicking game is inventive and solid and he should be straight in for Wallace when fit and may give us something but i agree that a quality half back is obviously needed. However i think our priority should be a specialist full back who will tighten us defensively and offer something going forward.
Anyhow, thanks for listening and lets hope things pick up for us. I think we have the makings of a competitive team and with some injury returnees and one maybe two more signings in key areas we should be ok this year.