Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:09 pm  

mwindass wrote:

Charlie Staines is still without a club for next season. Moved to Wests to try and cement a full back spot

Not for me, if we are using our last quota spot on a FB, it has be to be one with a creative passing game

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:10 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

The question is would

Perham (or similar standard)
Hoy
Truman

or
Hoy
Trueman
John's (or similar)

Be better?

Don't think we've seen enough of Hoy at 6 to make a fair assessment, but with the lack in quality of 7 in both comps you can see the appeal of option 1

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:17 pm  

It's looking increasingly likely that it'll take more than one off season to sort the squad out.
We've probably let more go than we're bringing in as so many were out of contract at the same time and most don't want to accept 1 year deals and we don't want to offer more than that.
I do wonder if there is a more long term plan at work here with half an eye on being able to replace internally in 2025.
That is a strategy fraught with risk though as there is no guarantee young players step up and how long the fanbases patience with a transitional year will hold up after so many poor seasons is open to question.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:21 pm  

mwindass wrote:

Don't think we've seen enough of Hoy at 6 to make a fair assessment, but with the lack in quality of 7 in both comps you can see the appeal of option 1

Fair points on both.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:22 pm  

scarrie wrote:

It's looking increasingly likely that it'll take more than one off season to sort the squad out.
We've probably let more go than we're bringing in as so many were out of contract at the same time and most don't want to accept 1 year deals and we don't want to offer more than that.
I do wonder if there is a more long term plan at work here with half an eye on being able to replace internally in 2025.
That is a strategy fraught with risk though as there is no guarantee young players step up and how long the fanbases patience with a transitional year will hold up after so many poor seasons is open to question.

Blows my mind that people thought it would take 1 off season to sort the squad out tbh.

Still don't see us as a play off team next season.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:25 pm  

Just had a thought. Mason Lino would be available if Wakey get relegated. I liked him at The Knights, maybe behind that pack he'd be an option?

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:34 pm  

Was always going to take 2/3 years to sort out the squad, such was the mess and inbalance.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:37 pm  

GrahamBray wrote:

Just had a thought. Mason Lino would be available if Wakey get relegated. I liked him at The Knights, maybe behind that pack he'd be an option?

No, poor player, had a couple of good games a couple of years ago, be a poor signing, probably the worst defense is SL too. Wakey prefer Gale to him, which says it all.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:42 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

No, poor player, had a couple of good games a couple of years ago, be a poor signing, probably the worst defense is SL too. Wakey prefer Gale to him, which says it all.

Fair point, but surely better than the Halifax player, some have mentioned. I liked him, when he got in at Newcastle, he is a good kicker, too, and at 29, he's not a young player and could handle the pressure.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:49 pm  

mwindass wrote:

Blows my mind that people thought it would take 1 off season to sort the squad out tbh.

Still don't see us as a play off team next season.

Yeah it was a big ask, but not impossible, given the club's perceived standing and fanbase. Look at Leigh, everyone , on most RL platforms had them bottom two. They're proof that a high turnover of players can change fortunes. They do have to be the right players though.

I do think Brett Hodgson set us back at least two seasons, though and was a very poor appointment, given the amount of money he spent, unwisely.