Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun May 05, 2024 2:48 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

Their youth policy is to sign anyone they can who came through our academy. Been told they are sniffing around quite a few of our younger players throwing daft oney around. Hopefully our new investment will help us fend the off

Think anyone in our academy would be daft to go there. The chances that they'd actually get any game time are very slim. At least we have now proven over the last couple of years that we will give a chance to the ones believed to be good enough, even if it is only down to injuries, at least they're getting a game.
What Rovers have done with Corey Hall should warn off any of our players. Sign him as the next big thing and then as soo as someone else comes along (Broadbent) just ship him straight back out again.
I think Rovers will win something in the next couple of years, and genuinely good for them if they do, but like us in 2016/17 (and the Warrington of a few years ago) they will soon slide back down the league table because they don't have a good enough youth setup to mix it at the top of the table for a sustained period. Splashing money about can get short term success but it's not sustainable. Agents and players soon realise you're ready to spend and will start negotiating for bigger wages which will then cause squad size to shrink.
We are very much in the same boat. Our youth set up isn't as good as Wigan and Saints but we are working very hard to get there and in a couple of years I think we will have a great core of homegrown players, with people like Moy, Charles, Hodgson, Armstrong, Staveley, Jebson. We just need to sign somebody older, experienced players to help guide them, and Asiata is exactly in the right mould.

[Mild Rover]

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun May 05, 2024 2:52 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Once you are reconciled with the fact they will win at least the Challenge Cup this year you can relax. I have

I’d be a bit more convinced if you’d changed your avatar!

Dave K. wrote:

Wigan will beat them in the semi, wint get a better chance than last year, Schneider finds touch they win in.

Do Rovers have a long term plan with youth, as not one term has won the GF without a decent youth set up and it's essential for long term success.

Already see possible effects of tighter salary cap with Storton and King going.

More success means higher wages, so you have to recycle players internally.

Long-term success, ruddy Nora! That box was locked long ago. And the key for it was locked in another box. SL is broken as a competition. That’s a fact I’m reconciled with. Europe is full of uncompetitive sports leagues, just gotta look for the interesting stories under the surface.

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun May 05, 2024 4:38 pm  

What's with the the big love in the Dobbins. Jeez I hope there win nowt. Zero zilch.

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun May 05, 2024 5:35 pm  

hull2524 wrote:

What's with the the big love in the Dobbins. Jeez I hope there win nowt. Zero zilch.

I don't wish to see Rovers break their long trophy drought either however I think it's OK to acknowledge that they are playing very well and have made some very good signings in recent seasons, especially in the last year or so. Way, way better than us.

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun May 05, 2024 6:29 pm  

Hasbag wrote:

Think anyone in our academy would be daft to go there. The chances that they'd actually get any game time are very slim. At least we have now proven over the last couple of years that we will give a chance to the ones believed to be good enough, even if it is only down to injuries, at least they're getting a game.
What Rovers have done with Corey Hall should warn off any of our players. Sign him as the next big thing and then as soo as someone else comes along (Broadbent) just ship him straight back out again.
I think Rovers will win something in the next couple of years, and genuinely good for them if they do, but like us in 2016/17 (and the Warrington of a few years ago) they will soon slide back down the league table because they don't have a good enough youth setup to mix it at the top of the table for a sustained period. Splashing money about can get short term success but it's not sustainable. Agents and players soon realise you're ready to spend and will start negotiating for bigger wages which will then cause squad size to shrink.
We are very much in the same boat. Our youth set up isn't as good as Wigan and Saints but we are working very hard to get there and in a couple of years I think we will have a great core of homegrown players, with people like Moy, Charles, Hodgson, Armstrong, Staveley, Jebson. We just need to sign somebody older, experienced players to help guide them, and Asiata is exactly in the right mould.

Scholars unbeaten

Building a full 4g/leisure complex for the academy

4 starters in the featherstone team

Academy going really well

Partnered with png team

But yeah keep clutching onto ‘they have no youth’ you don’t play the kids through merit you play them because James Clark messed up

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun May 05, 2024 6:40 pm  

Theeaststander1 wrote:

Scholars unbeaten

Building a full 4g/leisure complex for the academy

4 starters in the featherstone team

Academy going really well

Partnered with png team

But yeah keep clutching onto ‘they have no youth’ you don’t play the kids through merit you play them because James Clark messed up

Wow….going that well….so you won’t have to make any signings like Reynolds,Burgess,Broadbent will you Or Davies and a 35yr old prop for next season.Can you polish a turd as good as what you spoute.

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun May 05, 2024 6:42 pm  

My god…the Man City wannabes are getting very twitchy aren’t they.

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun May 05, 2024 6:50 pm  

The games afoot wrote:

Wow….going that well….so you won’t have to make any signings like Reynolds,Burgess,Broadbent will you Or Davies and a 35yr old prop for next season.Can you polish a turd as good as what you spoute.

Are you that dense you don’t realise teams have to make those signings and ‘that 35 year old’ is averaging 100+ metres in the nrl


Honestly after what degsy said about big John I’d be worried about him playing next year

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun May 05, 2024 7:04 pm  

Theeaststander1 wrote:

Scholars unbeaten

Building a full 4g/leisure complex for the academy

4 starters in the featherstone team

Academy going really well

Partnered with png team

But yeah keep clutching onto ‘they have no youth’ you don’t play the kids through merit you play them because James Clark messed up

3g, they're cheaper

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun May 05, 2024 8:20 pm  

Theeaststander1 wrote:

Are you that dense you don’t realise teams have to make those signings and ‘that 35 year old’ is averaging 100+ metres in the nrl


Honestly after what degsy said about big John I’d be worried about him playing next year

Who you calling dense….wow teams have to buy players do they but your banging on about your youth set up but signing Reynolds who is bang average and going to takeaway the chance of any half-back….as for “degsy”…sour grapes or what.Put it this way…if Jai field became available,would any team not sign him because of 2 bad hamstring injuries and as for him saying the know something about his injuries and saying it is a breach of his personal welfare and shows you what type of person he is.