Re: 2017 Ins & Outs : Sat Oct 29, 2016 11:17 am  

Fully wrote:

You do realise Cas have a squad of 34, 26 of which are players eligible to play for British nations. Moreover, 15 of those came from Castleford's academy, plus Crooks and Patrick who are from this area. 11 of those have played a first team SL game with Westerman, Gill, Million and Sheehan the young kids so far not to.

Your comment would have more legs if you didn't pick on one of the sides outside of Wigan, Saints and Leeds who has a vested interested in youth progression and a credible record at doing so.

Great post. I think you have personally made a great signing

Re: 2017 Ins & Outs : Sat Oct 29, 2016 12:15 pm  

thepimp007 wrote:

Do you not think if the kids with enough quality were knocking about they would be knocking on the door at the Tigers? The cream will rise to the top without any handouts or favours because they are local lads. Thats not fair on the players if they arent good enough or with promotion and relegation now the clubs need to guarantee they can compete. There arent that many amateur sides in Cas at the moment with the full structure down to the juniors. With Cas Panthers having all sorts of problems, Lock Lane are the premier team in Cas at the moment.

Yes he didnt play much this year but wasnt just a fring NRL player at Manly, and push come to shove the queensland/NSW cup competitions are not too far off being SL standard over here. The standard of SL compared to 10-15 years ago is very much so down for me, and if kids arent coming through with an inferior competition the problem runs deeper than the clubs it stems down to junior coaches at amateur clubs and the practices that are/are not being implemented.

I'm not having this view about english players not getting a chance. Look at the international side now 10 years ago the England/GB side would have been predicted months before. We now have genuine competition for places in a lot of positions. We have more options for longer than i can ever remember.

This isnt just a signing that is a panic buy or anything, Daryl Powell is a very astute coach who will have researched every inch of the player to fit in with the playing side and culture of the club

Loch lane always been the premier side in castlford and surrounding area. Open age rugby going to summer as done the game no favours.

Re: 2017 Ins & Outs : Sat Oct 29, 2016 1:17 pm  

Today's Hull FC rumours: Frank Pritchard out and Albert Kelly in.

Re: 2017 Ins & Outs : Sat Oct 29, 2016 3:32 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

Today's Hull FC rumours: Frank Pritchard out and Albert Kelly in.

Hope so.

Re: 2017 Ins & Outs : Sat Oct 29, 2016 8:51 pm  

Fully wrote:

You do realise Cas have a squad of 34, 26 of which are players eligible to play for British nations. Moreover, 15 of those came from Castleford's academy, plus Crooks and Patrick who are from this area. 11 of those have played a first team SL game with Westerman, Gill, Million and Sheehan the young kids so far not to.

Your comment would have more legs if you didn't pick on one of the sides outside of Wigan, Saints and Leeds who has a vested interested in youth progression and a credible record at doing so.

Shhh, everyone knows that only Saints, Leeds and Wigan produce young lads of any note. Being a Bradford fan, I know this for a fact. I mean, it's not like you'll see an England side that has nearly a third of it's players as ones who came through the ranks at Odsal

Re: 2017 Ins & Outs : Sat Oct 29, 2016 10:51 pm  

scarrie wrote:

There is (or was) a lad in our academy called Zeus Silk.

I was just about to put that myself. I'm not sure if we've announced which academy players are getting first team contracts yet but he may well be one of them.

Re: 2017 Ins & Outs : Sun Oct 30, 2016 8:40 am  

roversmad wrote:

Hope so.

Why do you hope so? It makes no sense but then again you never do.....

Re: 2017 Ins & Outs : Sun Oct 30, 2016 9:26 am  

easthull fc fan wrote:

Why do you hope so? It makes no sense but then again you never do.....

More sense than you've been making on the Rovers board lately. Made yourself look a right tool haven't you

Re: 2017 Ins & Outs : Sun Oct 30, 2016 9:33 am  

roversmad wrote:

More sense than you've been making on the Rovers board lately. Made yourself look a right tool haven't you

When you say more sense, can you explain please? Because Pritchard has nothing to do with you or your club, neither does Kelly, has he was sacked a while back now, so can you explain why you hope so?

Re: 2017 Ins & Outs : Sun Oct 30, 2016 10:17 am  

easthull fc fan wrote:

When you say more sense, can you explain please? Because Pritchard has nothing to do with you or your club, neither does Kelly, has he was sacked a while back now, so can you explain why you hope so?

I don't need to explain anything to you.