: Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:38 pm  

Tony Soprano wrote:

You will have to explain it to me in laymans terms because I could read that 100 times and still have no idea how all those players came through at once, if it can be done then every club in the world of sport would pour every resource they had into doing it.

We might see it happening more often now, due to no relegation.

Clubs were reluctant to put their faith in juniors previously, now they dont have something hanging over them. Lets see what happens.

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:13 pm  

no, these guys aren't probably going to be ready for 1st X3 action next year. But we will still have Peacock, Leulaui, Burgess & Bailey in the front row. 2011 will be the cruncher, as we'll lose Peacock & Kyle, probably together.

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:21 pm  

Tyke's/Rhinos No. 1 Fan wrote:

no, these guys aren't probably going to be ready for 1st X3 action next year. But we will still have Peacock, Leulaui, Burgess & Bailey in the front row. 2011 will be the cruncher, as we'll lose Peacock & Kyle, probably together.

Peacock will be able to do kylie minutes till he is about 36 maybe longer if he wants!

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:28 pm  

sgtwilko wrote:

Peacock will be able to do kylie minutes till he is about 36 maybe longer if he wants!

That's a bit harsh wilko.
Kylie is stepping up his workrate and he did very well against the giants when we didn't have peacock and lost bailey.

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:42 pm  

rhinoms wrote:

:lol:
That's a bit harsh wilko.
Kylie is stepping up his workrate and he did very well against the giants when we didn't have peacock and lost bailey.

I was been serious mate and not having a pop at kylie!! Peacock could do a big 40 to 50 minutes for a long time to come. The bloke is a machine!!

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:59 pm  

Gary Hetherington wrote:

"Bringing in quality young players will boost our squad. There's no doubt we have been running light, particularly with our forward options this year."

You see, finally, even the esteemed CEO can acknowledge the true pack situation this season.

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:07 pm  

sgtwilko wrote:

I was been serious mate and not having a pop at kylie!! Peacock could do a big 40 to 50 minutes for a long time to come. The bloke is a machine!!

Sorry mate mis-read yer post as having a bit of sarcasm in it!
I agree though about peacock going on for a lot longer yet as long as we don't try to squeeze 70+ minutes per game out of him.

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:57 pm  

I suspect when Kylie/Peacock leave at least one will be replaced by a big name signing.

I've said for a while that the batch of youngsters that currently form the backbone of our side (plus the ones who have left like Mathers, Calders, Ward, Scruton, Walker) formed a truly exceptional group of similar age. If we're being honest, the 'production line' of real talent hasn't been that productive for some time.

Lee Smith, Ryan Hall, Ablett and Burgess are about the only regular first teamers to have come through since 2003. You could probably add Watkins to that list and hopefully Jones-Bishop, so its not too shabby, but there tends to be abit of a holier-than-thou attitude with respect to other clubs' youth development, when over time I'd say Sts for example have been at least as good.

The fact that Leeds signed Ambler, and now Pitts and Amor says a lot about the young forwards knocking around the place IMO. I just hope that we don't end up with lots of depth and not enough quality.

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:01 pm  

BrisbaneRhino wrote:

The fact that Leeds signed Ambler, and now Pitts and Amor says a lot about the young forwards knocking around the place IMO. I just hope that we don't end up with lots of depth and not enough quality.

You mean like Bradford. Actually they don't have the depth...

: Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:20 am  

You can definitely end up with too many average players. Unless someone other than Smith is leaving we'll get maybe one more signing and that'll be it for next year.