Re: OUT 2020 | Brett Ferres - Featherstone Rovers : Wed Nov 06, 2019 9:40 am  

The biggest issue with Ferres was that he never lived up to the expectations arising from his form at Huddersfield that led him to becoming an international quality player. We rarely saw any aggressive wide-running and off-loading at Leeds - was this about coaching, or the player suffering too many injuries or a simple decline in form, or something else?

Unfortunately a lot of the positive things he brought to the team on the field were offset by his tendency to be penalised in critical moments of games.

It's probably the right decision to let him go with the number of better back-rowers in the team.

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: OUT 2020 | Brett Ferres - Featherstone Rovers : Wed Nov 06, 2019 12:25 pm  

What we signed was not what we got.

That being harshly said, he's been dogged by injuries, playing in a poor, rudderless team and y'know... things just haven't worked out. He needs a new challenge and we need a clear out and rebuild.

Things happen.

Re: OUT 2020 | Brett Ferres - Featherstone Rovers : Wed Nov 06, 2019 12:39 pm  

Sometimes you have to let experienced players go to give youngsters an opportunity - that is 3 in him, JJB and Ablett.

Re: OUT 2020 | Brett Ferres - Featherstone Rovers : Wed Nov 06, 2019 1:15 pm  

Can count on one hand the number of decent games he had for us.
Good to see the clear out continue now to add some quality.

Re: OUT 2020 | Brett Ferres - Featherstone Rovers : Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:58 pm  

Think best move for all, but let’s not be disrespectful. Just didn’t work out at all. Injuries and bad timing robbed of us of a very good RL player.

Re: OUT 2020 | Brett Ferres - Featherstone Rovers : Wed Nov 06, 2019 3:04 pm  

Interesting to hear his Radio Leeds interview that it sounds like he's going part time. Said it's about the work life balance and it's got more difficult for him to be a parent to his kids with the aches and pains over the last few years. Suppose that puts into perspective some of the moaning that goes on about players as others have mentioned in this thread.

Says the club wanted to keep him but he couldn't wait around forever for an answer.

Re: OUT 2020 | Brett Ferres - Featherstone Rovers : Wed Nov 06, 2019 3:31 pm  

A signing that failed. Renewing his contract would have been an enormous mistake and was surely never a possibility notwithstanding any media spin.

Re: OUT 2020 | Brett Ferres - Featherstone Rovers : Wed Nov 06, 2019 5:39 pm  

A waste of talent thanks to his arrogance.

Re: OUT 2020 | Brett Ferres - Featherstone Rovers : Wed Nov 06, 2019 6:33 pm  

Good luck to him. There needs to be players in though.

Re: OUT 2020 | Brett Ferres - Featherstone Rovers : Wed Nov 06, 2019 7:50 pm  

Clearwing wrote:

Good luck to him. There needs to be players in though.

Not half. We look 3 short imo