[Jimmythecuckoo]

Re: 2018 Squad ins and outs : Fri Nov 03, 2017 9:43 am  

Fearful that he came from a relegated side of course, but I like to think that somewhere behind the scenes Trent Robinson is still pulling some strings with his Roosters connections.

[John_D]

Re: 2018 Squad ins and outs : Fri Nov 03, 2017 10:02 am  

Well McNamara obviously has his Roosters connections as well. I dunno - it's not a marquee name, but they just don't come to Super League any more.

Re: 2018 Squad ins and outs : Fri Nov 03, 2017 11:50 am  

Langi has played 12 club games in 5 years. He did look very good when playing for Leigh against us,but we were at that time the worst team in superleague.I do not think that Inu deserved his fate and the squad continues to look worse than at the beginning of last year.Does Anderson still class as an overseas player?

Re: 2018 Squad ins and outs : Sat Nov 04, 2017 1:54 am  

I am quite optimistic for next season having seen how well some of the younger players are developing. This World Cup is going to do wonders for Thibault Margaret, Nabil Djaout & Belmas.
A return to fitness for Simon & Maria will give the squad much more depth imo.

Re: 2018 Squad ins and outs : Sat Nov 04, 2017 7:15 pm  

I fear that the world cup has exposed the dire state of French rugby league.

[John_D]

Re: 2018 Squad ins and outs : Mon Nov 06, 2017 9:05 am  

It's certainly exposed the lack of depth. And the flaws in a coach who hasn't had experience outside of LER - I mean, the defensive set-up is appalling and invites pressure on.
But, fundamentally, we need more players to pick from. Without that, you could have a wheel of camembert as coach and achieve the same results.

Re: 2018 Squad ins and outs : Mon Nov 06, 2017 12:51 pm  

There are also of course some experienced players-Casty ,Bosc ,Gigot from last time who are missing.Nonetheless there is a presumption amongst too many of our supporters that we should immediately use more French players ,who play with passion and emotion-unlike L'etrangers who play with reasoned calculation-. We used a large number of French players during our darkest hours last summer and got slaughtered.In the longer term our u19 team may gradually begin to solve the problem.Meanwhile Pelissier has shown just why he should never be allowed back.

[John_D]

Re: 2018 Squad ins and outs : Wed Nov 08, 2017 4:04 pm  

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Re: 2018 Squad ins and outs : Fri Nov 10, 2017 12:42 pm  

only 7 players back training for the first day of pre season, i no we have alot at the world cup but still.. signs of why our fitness is so bad right there.

[John_D]

Re: 2018 Squad ins and outs : Fri Nov 10, 2017 1:25 pm  

UKcats wrote:

only 7 players back training for the first day of pre season, i no we have alot at the world cup but still.. signs of why our fitness is so bad right there.

We have more players at the World Cup than any other club!