Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:57 pm  

broadybull87 wrote:

Think its mason and sidlow we are linked with if i am right, if we sign Mason could we still swap Platt for Sidlow? As i noticed that was the rumour

If we could get both on 1 year deals then we'd at least have a pack that's capable of not being bullied off the park every week and we'd be in a position to look to build for 2014 which is really the season that FC should be judged on as a head coach.

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Sat Nov 24, 2012 1:05 pm  

Agreed roofaldo, lets hope we can sign them both.

[Bulliac]

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Sat Nov 24, 2012 1:14 pm  

Sometimes cutting costs/getting better value for money is often easier said than done though. One of the biggest problems, coming from a few years back when the number of clubs in SL was increased, was that in the UK we just didn't, and still don't, have enough 'top class', or if you wish to term it differently, genuine 'SL quality' players to fill the squads. The two extra clubs meant around 50 extra players registered for SL, most of whom, presumably, not thought of as good enough the year before.

This situation was made worse when with the rules affecting Aussie/NZ/Islands players were also made more stringent with the effect that fewer could work in Britain. When you then factor in the relative strength of the Aussie dollar v the pound [and IIRC a higher cap over there] it's no wonder that the value of 'lower end' British players has gone through the roof. At the end of the day a full time wage is a full time wage so it's pretty difficult to pare back all that much.

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Sat Nov 24, 2012 1:54 pm  

Bulliac wrote:

Sometimes cutting costs/getting better value for money is often easier said than done though. One of the biggest problems, coming from a few years back when the number of clubs in SL was increased, was that in the UK we just didn't, and still don't, have enough 'top class', or if you wish to term it differently, genuine 'SL quality' players to fill the squads. The two extra clubs meant around 50 extra players registered for SL, most of whom, presumably, not thought of as good enough the year before.

This situation was made worse when with the rules affecting Aussie/NZ/Islands players were also made more stringent with the effect that fewer could work in Britain. When you then factor in the relative strength of the Aussie dollar v the pound [and IIRC a higher cap over there] it's no wonder that the value of 'lower end' British players has gone through the roof. At the end of the day a full time wage is a full time wage so it's pretty difficult to pare back all that much.

Well yeah, it's was one of the worst ideas that the RFL/SL came up with. Increase the teams but decrease the talent pool?
How was that ever going to be a good thing?

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Mon Nov 26, 2012 4:43 pm  

Squad numbers to be announced tomorrow.

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Mon Nov 26, 2012 4:46 pm  

roofaldo2 wrote:

Well yeah, it's was one of the worst ideas that the RFL/SL came up with. Increase the teams but decrease the talent pool?
How was that ever going to be a good thing?

I think the argument goes something along the lines of our plucky boys not getting a chance due to the abundance of second rate Aussies.

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:28 pm  

tigertot wrote:

I think the argument goes something along the lines of our plucky boys not getting a chance due to the abundance of second rate Aussies.

Oh yes. I forgot about those 300 or so British supermen who were condemned to play in the reserves because of the overseas players flooding our game and how they've all sprung from the ground to fill out all the spots SL used to give to aussies and kiwis.

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Tue Nov 27, 2012 8:20 am  

roofaldo2 wrote:

Oh yes. I forgot about those 300 or so British supermen who were condemned to play in the reserves because of the overseas players flooding our game and how they've all sprung from the ground to fill out all the spots SL used to give to aussies and kiwis.

Don't worry, it's now the referee's fault for all our ills.

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Tue Nov 27, 2012 8:46 am  

The Squad in full is:

1 Brett Kearney, 2 Adrian Purtell, 3 Keith Lulia, 4 Matty Blythe, 5 Elliot Kear, 6 Jarrod Sammut, 7 Luke Gale, 8 Nick Scruton, 9 Heath L’Estrange, 10 Manase Manuokafoa, 11 John Bateman, 12 Elliott Whitehead, 13 Jamie Langley, 14 Matt Diskin, 15 Chev Walker, 16 Tom Olbison, 17 Jamie Foster, 18 Michael Platt, 19 Danny Addy, 20 Adam O’Brien , 21 James Donaldson , 22 Jobe Murphy , 23 Ben Evans, 24 Oliver Roberts, 25 Sam Wood, 26 Curtis Naughton.

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:10 am  

Dosent look to bad, another prop and we should be ok. Top 8 here we come