: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:18 am  

pocket 4's wrote:

this a thread about Bibey, not Griffin FFS

Yes and it's about how we cover for him, FFS!

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:21 am  

Durham Giant wrote:

I am not sure what you are all moaning about . So you have a few players out injured it could be worse.


You could have a team with no injuries and be watching Warrington or Bradford. then you would have something to worry about.

you are doing well this season and even if you have a dip with a few injuries the spirit in the team will pick you up again.


however if you want to swap Drew for Korkidas i will put a word in for you.

Come off it, 12 is not a few it's half a squad i even for you that's a daft post.

I'd swap you Rooney for Korki as a short term deal.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:21 am  

Paul Prescott at Wigan doesn't seem to have had any game time this year. Could do a job for us for a few weeks.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:28 am  

I've had a look around and I can't see much in terms of a player that can come in and do a job straight away ie not a project player.

I think we have swept NL1/2 dry of those players in recent years. There are plenty with potential but that isn't what we need. Ditto SL, the only player with the experience who may be available is Griffin and yes I see the issues there. I noticed Azui?? at HKR was playing A Team last week so maybe but he is overseas anyway I believe.

Biggest problem is that we have already used the only two youngsters who are really ready and that is Bibb and Pitts, there really isn't anything left there.

If we could turn the clock back you would replace Winterstien with a prop - but IMHO the horse has bolted on that one.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:37 am  

vastman wrote:

I've had a look around and I can't see much in terms of a player that can come in and do a job straight away ie not a project player.

I think we have swept NL1/2 dry of those players in recent years. There are plenty with potential but that isn't what we need. Ditto SL, the only player with the experience who may be available is Griffin and yes I see the issues there. I noticed Azui?? at HKR was playing A Team last week so maybe but he is overseas anyway I believe.

Biggest problem is that we have already used the only two youngsters who are really ready and that is Bibb and Pitts, there really isn't anything left there.

If we could turn the clock back you would replace Winterstien with a prop - but IMHO the horse has bolted on that one.

Quite liked the look of 'Cherryholme' for Fax last night. Big, a bit raw, but mobile and yound enough to mould!

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:03 am  

TRB wrote:

Quite liked the look of 'Cherryholme' for Fax last night. Big, a bit raw, but mobile and yound enough to mould!

Interesting. I watched that game last night too. Entertaining though it was, out of all the players on show for arguably the 2 top teams in the division, I couldn't pick one who I thought could do a stand-in job for us, which is what we really need at the moment.

I'm not saying with time you couldn't mould some of them into decent squad players, as you stated, but we need to find cover of the calibre of Dave Halley, a player on the fringes of 1st team rugby for a SL side, who could step in and do a job for us right now. A forward on the fringes of the Leeds team, perhaps, who the club wouldn't mind giving some game time and experience to? No names, just a thought.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:32 am  

Nobody interested in Paul Prescott then??

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:37 am  

Fordy wrote:

Nobody interested in Paul Prescott then??

Good young player, could do a decent job for us,
jonh how u rate him ? in your opinion would he be avaliable ?

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:01 pm  

korki on loan isnt a bad shout to be honest. Colin Sanctuary could get him fit again then he would do a job for us. They think rooney is creative which he hasnt been for 3 years now a loan swap isnt a bad idea.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:05 pm  

newgroundb4cas wrote:

korki on loan isnt a bad shout to be honest. Colin Sanctuary could get him fit again then he would do a job for us. They think rooney is creative which he hasnt been for 3 years now a loan swap isnt a bad idea.

we shouldn't bring players on loan to get them fit. we need players who are fit now, not in a few months time