: Wed May 06, 2009 6:28 pm  

redeverready wrote:

If Myler arrived you might as well just tell young Liam Kay sorry son we don't think your good enough.

How has he been coming on?

: Wed May 06, 2009 6:30 pm  

redeverready wrote:

If Myler arrived you might as well just tell young Liam Kay sorry son we don't think your good enough.

how far off first team is kay? going by fact he didnt even get named in squad during deacs absence suggests coaching staff dont thinks he ready yet.

: Wed May 06, 2009 6:32 pm  

mat wrote:

how far off first team is kay? going by fact he didnt even get named in squad during deacs absence suggests coaching staff dont thinks he ready yet.

We've still got Deacon for another 18 months. So Kay isn't needed for the now is he.

: Wed May 06, 2009 6:37 pm  

redeverready wrote:

We've still got Deacon for another 18 months. So Kay isn't needed for the now is he.

deacons increasingly injury prone though. hopefully we'll retain jeffries next year but we cant go into next season with just deacon and jeffries as available halves unless we're pretty confident that academy lads are at stage that we can rely on them to step up if injuries strike. tbh cant see deacon being anything more than injury cover next year. Has been a great player for us but he's losing his pace rapidly and his kicking game ( conversions apart) is deteriorating- probably due to recurring injuries.

: Wed May 06, 2009 6:43 pm  

mat wrote:

deacons increasingly injury prone though. hopefully we'll retain jeffries next year but we cant go into next season with just deacon and jeffries as available halves unless we're pretty confident that academy lads are at stage that we can rely on them to step up if injuries strike. tbh cant see deacon being anything more than injury cover next year. Has been a great player for us but he's losing his pace rapidly and his kicking game ( conversions apart) is deteriorating- probably due to recurring injuries.

So you think Myler would come in to be a back up here.

: Wed May 06, 2009 7:06 pm  

redeverready wrote:

So you think Myler would come in to be a back up here.

nope myler would be coming as first choice with deacs as backup and jeffries at standoff. although if you read posts I never said anything about wanting myler. I just said when his salford deal ran out in response to someone elses question.

my personal preference would be to retain jeffries but move him to halfback, where I feel he plays a lot better, and sign an out and out standoff on a longish deal. retain deacon as backup for a year (but only because 50k of his deal doesnt count on cap). Jeffries is thirty next year so he wont be blocking kays path for more than a year or two. with hopefully kay filling in for injuries in 2010 season and then gradually being filtered in during 2011 season.

: Wed May 06, 2009 7:12 pm  

redeverready wrote:

Sorry but that point is a little confusing. Hasn't today shown that he is an automatic selection. After all he was brought straight back in to the side after the side had played well the week before. IMO it would have been a fair call if he'd been at the top of his game before his injury but he wasn't.

Deacon will now lead us onto more glory & cups in 2009 !!

: Wed May 06, 2009 8:17 pm  

His pace is rapidly disappearing? He must have been Usain Bolt in his earlier years judging by the pace he showed on some of his breaks on Saturday.

: Wed May 06, 2009 8:19 pm  

harigeorgeson wrote:

Deacon will now lead us onto more glory & cups in 2009 !!

Amen to that brother.
Was ever and still is a class act. Back to full fitness he's a certaintity to play.

: Wed May 06, 2009 8:20 pm  

bobsmyuncle wrote:

:thumb: Amen to that brother.
Was ever and still is a class act. Back to full fitness he's a certaintity to play.

And where does form come into this? Agreed he played very well for his first game back, but when he's off form he makes some terrible mistakes.