Re: Michael Ostick : Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:45 pm  

Chris Dalton wrote:

We offered him a reduced contract. Did you read V4E's post? He said he would go well for you.

Yeah, I think he'll go ok.

IMO he started last season like a house on fire, but his form over the season was up and down. That could have just been due to the fact he is/was young and inexperienced at 1st team level. At Widnes last year, for a lot of the time he was playing in a weak pack, which wasn't ideal and he should have also matured a little more from last year. There's is no reason why he can't make a go of it, but I guess there still must be a question mark over his size and consistancy to perform at this level. He will probably turn out to be a decent player in a few years but from what we saw last year, he either won't make it because of his size or may just take him a few more seasons before he's fully matured. Who knows at this stage?

Would I have him here now? Yes of course. Would I have wanted him if we Had Pickersgill, Haggerty, Kavanagh, Houghton and Davies all fit? Not especially. Decent signing, but probably won't much difference to the Fax squad - I suppose at the very least he gives competition for places, which maybe what the Fax squad needs the most.

Re: Michael Ostick : Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:05 am  

vikings 4 ever wrote:

Yeah, I think he'll go ok.

IMO he started last season like a house on fire, but his form over the season was up and down. That could have just been due to the fact he is/was young and inexperienced at 1st team level. At Widnes last year, for a lot of the time he was playing in a weak pack, which wasn't ideal and he should have also matured a little more from last year. There's is no reason why he can't make a go of it, but I guess there still must be a question mark over his size and consistancy to perform at this level. He will probably turn out to be a decent player in a few years but from what we saw last year, he either won't make it because of his size or may just take him a few more seasons before he's fully matured. Who knows at this stage?

Would I have him here now? Yes of course. Would I have wanted him if we Had Pickersgill, Haggerty, Kavanagh, Houghton and Davies all fit? Not especially. Decent signing, but probably won't much difference to the Fax squad - I suppose at the very least he gives competition for places, which maybe what the Fax squad needs the most.

I agree with what you are saying, but looking at the props at fax,he is no better than what they have got.He showed promise but never hardly broke the line and is not a big prop.He will do ok for fax and wish him luck.But not luck against Widnes.What i can not understand is he is living in Widnes, and is travelling a distance.Unless he is fulltime now?

Re: Michael Ostick : Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:12 am  

Fax is only an hour away, most players at this level travel across the pennines for their clubs, Fax only train 3 times a week it was said as well so hardly worth packing bags for as this will be at night also and guess his job will be around here!

I don't think there are any full time players anymore in this league tbh (well officially), only thing close is those employed by their clubs in the community department!

Re: Michael Ostick : Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:04 pm  

[quote="OFFTHECUFF"]I agree with what you are saying, but looking at the props at fax,he is no better than what they have got.quote]


He is a lot more mobile than any of the props they currently have though. I always thought he was quite quick for a prop and given his size he could always hit the floor and get a quick play the ball away which would work great with the likes of Penkywicz and Gleeson running off.

I do honestly think he will go well there. I think the size issue came into play for us more last year because he was played too much and asked to do much work over the course of the year given the limited number and size of our props.

His form at the start of last year certainly shows there is a good player in there and given that he will be going in there alongside quite an experienced pack I think he will be protected more than what we where able to do whilst he was here.

Re: Michael Ostick : Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:41 pm  

He's decent, but I wonder what effect the last six months has had on his game.

Re: Michael Ostick : Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:45 pm  

With players like Aizue and Wrench around him though, he should be able to pick up some things.

Re: Michael Ostick : Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:33 am  

he went really well for us last night much more mobile and more inrested than half the pensioners in the team hope we loose the two games next week so they is some changes at our club

Re: Michael Ostick : Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:19 am  

Good player , but I'd see him as a second row more than prop . His pace and size are more suited to it more the prop. Will do well at Fax.

The Vicar

Re: Michael Ostick : Sat Apr 03, 2010 3:26 pm  

World beater.

Re: Michael Ostick : Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:47 pm  

Ozzie’s OK. He does give 100%, and I’m sure you’ll appreciate his on-the-field effort. However, he had some off-the-field issues last season
and his form went out of the window.

As has been pointed out already, he isn’t big enough for a prop and would be much better if played in the back row.