Re: Recruitment and retention : Mon Jun 26, 2017 7:16 pm  

Irregular Hoops wrote:

Good point made earlier. We've come a long way as a club when we just have to tweak things now and again.
We also now seem to be a club where players want to stay.

Agreed. Although replacing Ellis and Fonua in the same off season will be challenging to say the least. Good to have Kelly over the line already as the halfback offseason search saga has filled pretty much every one of the last 15 or so.

Re: Recruitment and retention : Mon Jun 26, 2017 7:22 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Agreed. Although replacing Ellis and Fonua in the same off season will be challenging to say the least. Good to have Kelly over the line already as the halfback offseason search saga has filled pretty much every one of the last 15 or so.

We can't not replace players of the quality of ellis and fonua with a similar calibre of player or we'll end up like wire with a squad full of average players

Re: Recruitment and retention : Mon Jun 26, 2017 7:29 pm  

Think we have proved we can survive without Ellis, players like Manu have really stepped up, we will miss him and won't get a good a player to replace him, but based on this season we can get a better value for money player, if Ta'ai is available I'd go for him.

Fonua will be harder to replace.

Re: Recruitment and retention : Mon Jun 26, 2017 7:44 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Think we have proved we can survive without Ellis, players like Manu have really stepped up, we will miss him and won't get a good a player to replace him, but based on this season we can get a better value for money player, if Ta'ai is available I'd go for him.

Fonua will be harder to replace.

Cant help thinking justin carney is a ready made replacement and will be wearing the black and white next season

Re: Recruitment and retention : Mon Jun 26, 2017 7:49 pm  

Tinkerman23 wrote:

Cant help thinking justin carney is a ready made replacement and will be wearing the black and white next season

Except he's contracted to rovers and the Hull players don't want him after he was banging thompson's sister (in law?)

Re: Recruitment and retention : Mon Jun 26, 2017 7:51 pm  

Tinkerman23 wrote:

Cant help thinking justin carney is a ready made replacement and will be wearing the black and white next season

*Dazzling*
Based on his average tenure at a club you could be right, although 13 games a season's not an amazing return.

Re: Recruitment and retention : Mon Jun 26, 2017 8:22 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Think we have proved we can survive without Ellis, players like Manu have really stepped up, we will miss him and won't get a good a player to replace him, but based on this season we can get a better value for money player, if Ta'ai is available I'd go for him.

Fonua will be harder to replace.

Been a big critic of Griffin but he could make the right wing spot his own for next season with a lot more effort and work on his defence.
I would use Griffin this season off the bench as an impact second row and get him used to work and tackling.

Re: Recruitment and retention : Mon Jun 26, 2017 8:34 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

Except he's contracted to rovers and the Hull players don't want him after he was banging thompson's sister (in law?)

Yeh I know all thst, just could see it happening

Re: Recruitment and retention : Mon Jun 26, 2017 9:42 pm  

Tinkerman23 wrote:

Yeh I know all thst, just could see it happening

So can I. He won't be at Rovers next season if they aren't in SL. I'll be amazed if there isn't a clause in his contract that releases him if a SL club comes calling.

Re: Recruitment and retention : Mon Jun 26, 2017 11:16 pm  

i wonder if radders is knocking at the rfls' door? http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/ru ... -1-8617051

i wonder if radders is knocking at the rfls' door? http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/ru ... -1-8617051