Re: Season over? : Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:45 pm  

Isn’t the Assistant taking over, with Wane as DOR?

Re: Season over? : Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:53 pm  

Irregular Hoops wrote:

Isn’t the Assistant taking over, with Wane as DOR?

Yeah i thought it was Matty Peet getting the gig with O’Loughlin as assistant.

Think Peet has has followed a similar parh to Wane. Worked his way up from academy to first team

Re: Season over? : Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:51 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

Wonder if Wigan are going to sack Lam before we meet next month,

They are on a terrible run of form. Their remaining fixtures are tough and all loseable. I think they’ll miss out on the Play Offs.

Amazing when you consider they have the World’s Best Full Back!

Re: Season over? : Thu Aug 26, 2021 7:34 pm  

Rugby Raider wrote:

They are on a terrible run of form. Their remaining fixtures are tough and all loseable. I think they’ll miss out on the Play Offs.

Amazing when you consider they have the World’s Best Full Back!

There’s only you that keeps saying it. I’ve never seen any Wigan fan claim such a thing

Still a much better team than hull

Re: Season over? : Fri Aug 27, 2021 2:06 am  

TheWarringtonWolve69 wrote:

There’s only you that keeps saying it. I’ve never seen any Wigan fan claim such a thing

Still a much better team than hull

It’s Wolf.

Re: Season over? : Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:22 pm  

Wasn't sure where to post this but here goes....

AP has said that this is 'the most expensive squad' he's ever assembled and we're one of the top spenders in the league which is putting too much pressure on a team that realistically is around the 5 - 8 league position.

IF he is telling the truth then he and Clark have massively messed the cap up. We must have so many average players on overs. Plus most of our 'top tier' players are sooo inconsistent or past their peak.

We've top loaded the squad, but if we get a few injuries we don't have the strength in depth to cope.

If we break down the squad, you can see the real lack of quality back ups.

Fullback - Connor, Shaul, Wynne
Wing - Faraimo, Swift, Mitch
Centre - Griffin, Carlos, Scott, Fonua
Half - Sneyd, Reynolds, McNamara
Prop - Taylor, Satae, Sao, Fash, Bowden, Brown
Back row - Mau, Savelio, Cator, Lane
Hooker - Houghton, JJ

It also points out a lack any real spark or a game changer apart from Connor. We didn't have anyone last night to swing momentum back in our favour, Cas did a good job on Connor, but equally we couldn't get him into any space (apart from Swifts try) or have another outlet. It'd be nice to have a Parcell/McShane/Clark or be able to bring on a Kasiano type middle.

If allowed I’m sure Hodgson could mould us into a decent team. I hope he is given the same backing that Radford was afforded

A lot of this is fantasy rugby, and would involve us being able to shift Fonua but we could begin a rebuild next season:

Ins: Siliva Havili (Canberra), Tom Amone (Wests), Tyrone Peachey (GC), Ryan Hampshire (Wakey), Alex Foster (Cas)

Havili, Peachey & Hampshire would give us a creative outlet. Amone wouldn't leave us short of a bigger middle and Foster would add some versatility.

Connor, McIntosh, Carlos, Griffin, Swift, Reynold, Sneyd, Satae, Havili, Sao, Peachey, Savelio, Lane

Cator, Taylor, Amone, Hampshire

Shaul, Wynne, Mitch, Scott, Foster, McNamara, Fash, Brown, Bowden, Houghton

I don't see us bringing in 5/6 players for next season though to compete for a top 4 spot.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Season over? : Fri Aug 27, 2021 3:41 pm  

mwindass wrote:

Wasn't sure where to post this but here goes....

AP has said that this is 'the most expensive squad' he's ever assembled and we're one of the top spenders in the league which is putting too much pressure on a team that realistically is around the 5 - 8 league position.

IF he is telling the truth then he and Clark have massively messed the cap up. We must have so many average players on overs. Plus most of our 'top tier' players are sooo inconsistent or past their peak.

We've top loaded the squad, but if we get a few injuries we don't have the strength in depth to cope.

If we break down the squad, you can see the real lack of quality back ups.

Fullback - Connor, Shaul, Wynne
Wing - Faraimo, Swift, Mitch
Centre - Griffin, Carlos, Scott, Fonua
Half - Sneyd, Reynolds, McNamara
Prop - Taylor, Satae, Sao, Fash, Bowden, Brown
Back row - Mau, Savelio, Cator, Lane
Hooker - Houghton, JJ

It also points out a lack any real spark or a game changer apart from Connor. We didn't have anyone last night to swing momentum back in our favour, Cas did a good job on Connor, but equally we couldn't get him into any space (apart from Swifts try) or have another outlet. It'd be nice to have a Parcell/McShane/Clark or be able to bring on a Kasiano type middle.

If allowed I’m sure Hodgson could mould us into a decent team. I hope he is given the same backing that Radford was afforded

A lot of this is fantasy rugby, and would involve us being able to shift Fonua but we could begin a rebuild next season:

Ins: Siliva Havili (Canberra), Tom Amone (Wests), Tyrone Peachey (GC), Ryan Hampshire (Wakey), Alex Foster (Cas)

Havili, Peachey & Hampshire would give us a creative outlet. Amone wouldn't leave us short of a bigger middle and Foster would add some versatility.

Connor, McIntosh, Carlos, Griffin, Swift, Reynold, Sneyd, Satae, Havili, Sao, Peachey, Savelio, Lane

Cator, Taylor, Amone, Hampshire

Shaul, Wynne, Mitch, Scott, Foster, McNamara, Fash, Brown, Bowden, Houghton

I don't see us bringing in 5/6 players for next season though to compete for a top 4 spot.

Interesting one this, how would you compare yourselves/ recruitment/retention so far against say, watson at the giants, who've had an ignominious season so far, but he's started trimming the perceived fat and booting out players he doesn't want. Not entirely sure on replacements yet, but some strong rumours, how does it go with you guys, other than faraimo, is anyone else moving on?

Re: Season over? : Fri Aug 27, 2021 4:19 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

Interesting one this, how would you compare yourselves/ recruitment/retention so far against say, watson at the giants, who've had an ignominious season so far, but he's started trimming the perceived fat and booting out players he doesn't want. Not entirely sure on replacements yet, but some strong rumours, how does it go with you guys, other than faraimo, is anyone else moving on?

10,000 pass holders, if they don’t wake up!

Re: Season over? : Fri Aug 27, 2021 4:46 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

Interesting one this, how would you compare yourselves/ recruitment/retention so far against say, watson at the giants, who've had an ignominious season so far, but he's started trimming the perceived fat and booting out players he doesn't want. Not entirely sure on replacements yet, but some strong rumours, how does it go with you guys, other than faraimo, is anyone else moving on?

Watson probably has more wiggle room for recruitment than Hodgson.

Unless we can shift some on, Hodgson has his hands tied recruitment wise. Fonua is allegedly on well over 150k. I dread to think how much other players are on if we're at full cap.

It'll be interesting to see if Watson can get a tune out of Fages and Lolahea next season, I just don't see that pairing working. Levi should be a good signing for Hudds next year though. Watson needs a big season in 22 for sure

Re: Season over? : Sat Aug 28, 2021 6:31 am  

mwindass wrote:

Wasn't sure where to post this but here goes....

AP has said that this is 'the most expensive squad' he's ever assembled and we're one of the top spenders in the league which is putting too much pressure on a team that realistically is around the 5 - 8 league position.

IF he is telling the truth then he and Clark have massively messed the cap up. We must have so many average players on overs. Plus most of our 'top tier' players are sooo inconsistent or past their peak.

We've top loaded the squad, but if we get a few injuries we don't have the strength in depth to cope.

If we break down the squad, you can see the real lack of quality back ups.

Fullback - Connor, Shaul, Wynne
Wing - Faraimo, Swift, Mitch
Centre - Griffin, Carlos, Scott, Fonua
Half - Sneyd, Reynolds, McNamara
Prop - Taylor, Satae, Sao, Fash, Bowden, Brown
Back row - Mau, Savelio, Cator, Lane
Hooker - Houghton, JJ

It also points out a lack any real spark or a game changer apart from Connor. We didn't have anyone last night to swing momentum back in our favour, Cas did a good job on Connor, but equally we couldn't get him into any space (apart from Swifts try) or have another outlet. It'd be nice to have a Parcell/McShane/Clark or be able to bring on a Kasiano type middle.

If allowed I’m sure Hodgson could mould us into a decent team. I hope he is given the same backing that Radford was afforded

A lot of this is fantasy rugby, and would involve us being able to shift Fonua but we could begin a rebuild next season:

Ins: Siliva Havili (Canberra), Tom Amone (Wests), Tyrone Peachey (GC), Ryan Hampshire (Wakey), Alex Foster (Cas)

Havili, Peachey & Hampshire would give us a creative outlet. Amone wouldn't leave us short of a bigger middle and Foster would add some versatility.

Connor, McIntosh, Carlos, Griffin, Swift, Reynold, Sneyd, Satae, Havili, Sao, Peachey, Savelio, Lane

Cator, Taylor, Amone, Hampshire

Shaul, Wynne, Mitch, Scott, Foster, McNamara, Fash, Brown, Bowden, Houghton

I don't see us bringing in 5/6 players for next season though to compete for a top 4 spot.

I'd keep Ma'u dont see much point in releasing him to sign another overseas player ho might not be as good.

Definitely need a hooker, would also like a 7 go can pass, run and create but that's unlikely to happen until end of 2022.