Re: Players Joining and Staying Thread... : Fri Dec 06, 2019 10:50 am  

I've always disliked him because of his 5hithousery but I'd rather have him on our side than against us because his tactics ALWAYS work against us and we get sucked in. If it makes the opposition tread a little lighter when he's out on the park then fine just don't have him and Flanagan on the park at the same time...

fight club it is....

Just remember Bradford had a fine tradition of turning 'troubled players' into gems...

[Pumpetypump]

Re: Players Joining and Staying Thread... : Fri Dec 06, 2019 11:01 am  

I don’t see it as barrel scraping to be honest. I see it is a pragmatic signing that acknowledges how susceptible to being bullied we are with our skinny squad. I agree that Sam Barlow as an opponent is really unlikeable, but perhaps he’s what we need right at this moment.

Re: Players Joining and Staying Thread... : Fri Dec 06, 2019 11:31 am  

Wonder what his brother Josh is doing ?

Re: Players Joining and Staying Thread... : Fri Dec 06, 2019 12:54 pm  

On his day Sam is a very, very good player who should have had a long career in SL. His failure to just get on with the job and not believe his own hype has left him where he is. Regarding comments about fighting, he's not really your enforcer type player more comedy villain as it may be his cheap shot that starts the fight but he will be quickly out of the way when it kicks off. Rugby wise though good footwork and a really good offload game and his body hasn't been hammered in a tough competition for nearly 4 years now although if he had put in the work up to his comeback he certainly wouldnt have been left with Bradford as his only option. I hope for Sam's sake that John Kear can get some sense in to him and get the best out of him but don't be surprised if after 1 good game he is going round telling people Leeds are in for him.

Re: Players Joining and Staying Thread... : Fri Dec 06, 2019 6:01 pm  

Well predicted Roger. I did a quick check of the Fax site yesterday to see if there was any further comment after the end of October announcement in TotalRL/fax site he was training with them, nothing so it seemed you were right.

Re: Players Joining and Staying Thread... : Fri Dec 06, 2019 6:09 pm  

It is a good pragmatic signing for us. I trust Kear to get the best out of him, even if it takes a few games. Thats the easy to get forward, does that mean Sammut is the easy to get back? No pun intended. Any thoughts Mick?

Re: Players Joining and Staying Thread... : Fri Dec 06, 2019 6:25 pm  

martinwildbull wrote:

It is a good pragmatic signing for us. I trust Kear to get the best out of him, even if it takes a few games. Thats the easy to get forward, does that mean Sammut is the easy to get back? No pun intended. Any thoughts Mick?

He signed for Leigh earlier this week.......

Re: Players Joining and Staying Thread... : Fri Dec 06, 2019 8:00 pm  

thanks Mr Dog, I take no notice of other clubs. It only leads to jealousy. Not so easy to get back then!

Re: Players Joining and Staying Thread... : Fri Dec 06, 2019 8:39 pm  

Bulls4 wrote:

So I finally believe I may be joining the elites and I finally qualify as being ‘in the know’.

I’ve always wanted to say this but ‘my source tells me’ that we’ve got 2 new lads training with us which I assume are signed or at least look likely to sign or why would they be training with us. I assume one is definitely signable for us but the other may be on loan or DR potentially.

Greg Worthington?

Re: Players Joining and Staying Thread... : Fri Dec 06, 2019 8:46 pm  

martinwildbull wrote:

Greg Worthington?

Signed on loan at Fev....