Re: Squad 2024 : Tue Jun 04, 2024 8:40 pm  

Just been watching the opening 20 mins of carcassone vs albi the elite French championship final , decent prop is clement Boyer , think he’ll go well .

Re: Squad 2024 : Wed Jun 05, 2024 6:50 am  

Listenup94 wrote:

Just been watching the opening 20 mins of carcassone vs albi the elite French championship final , decent prop is clement Boyer , think he’ll go well .

Thought I recognised the name, just googled him and he played 2 matches for us back in 2015.

Re: Squad 2024 : Wed Jun 05, 2024 6:53 am  

Worryingly I can’t see the likes of jouffret n Keyes sticking round if we don’t pull our finger out , with lots of contracts ending this season might just end up with Brandon Douglas’ thumb .

Re: Squad 2024 : Wed Jun 05, 2024 6:59 am  

Sideshow Bob wrote:

Thought I recognised the name, just googled him and he played 2 matches for us back in 2015.

He will be match fit as well as the final wasn’t that long ago , high work rate and carries strong , his first stint is about 30 mins .

Re: Squad 2024 : Wed Jun 05, 2024 7:27 am  

Sideshow Bob wrote:

Thought I recognised the name, just googled him and he played 2 matches for us back in 2015.

I'm pretty certain Wiki has this wrong, he played more than 2 games for us the season that he were with us. I remember him as a regular in the line up and probably around the time we last had a pack that was really feared with Tangata, Cahalane, Richard Moore, and Dane Manning.

Edit: Decided to have a look on google and first 2 games I picked out he played in........then can't find him in others Old age memory playing tricks and maybe he did but ive checked games a couple either side and hes not in the line up.

Re: Squad 2024 : Wed Jun 05, 2024 8:47 am  

At least the BoD / club are trying to respond to our current League position but when finances are already tight if your having to spend more can only be adding extra pressure.

Be interesting to know how the books are balancing playing personnel wise when you weigh up the difference from between all the outgoing / incomings from this years original starting squad.

We started on a bigger budget even with a smaller squad and if they are having to spend more to fend off the threat of relegation it would be more like a avoiding doom and bust instead of the usual boom and bust scenario.

Re: Squad 2024 : Wed Jun 05, 2024 9:36 am  

Listenup94 wrote:

Worryingly I can’t see the likes of jouffret n Keyes sticking round if we don’t pull our finger out , with lots of contracts ending this season might just end up with Brandon Douglas’ thumb .

Jouffret wants to return home after this season.

Re: Squad 2024 : Wed Jun 05, 2024 9:52 am  

Faxlore wrote:

Jouffret wants to return home after this season.

I wonder if that’s why Maxime Rostang has been training with us , as his replacement

Re: Squad 2024 : Wed Jun 05, 2024 8:18 pm  

Faxlore wrote:

Jouffret wants to return home after this season.

If that's true would be really disappointed- think he's got better and better since he joined us and has probably been our most consistent player over last couple of seasons, one of the few who has the ability and pace to change a game.

Re: Squad 2024 : Thu Jun 06, 2024 8:30 am  

Ilkley Fax wrote:

If that's true would be really disappointed- think he's got better and better since he joined us and has probably been our most consistent player over last couple of seasons, one of the few who has the ability and pace to change a game.

May be that’s why we are getting so many French players signing up to make LJ feel at home. He has been playing in Britain for about 8 years now I think.