Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:31 am  

Durham Giant wrote:

If schofield has tipped trinity to finish bottom then they will be fine. His knowledge about RL ended the day he retired as a player

Tough one for me to accept is that

Look at his career and what he achieved? OK many other greats of the game did the same but Schofield has gone on to hold down a position as an analyst of and commentator on, the game. League express give him a whole page weekly, and I find it a quite interesting read week on week, moreso because he played at the very top.

With respect it's too too easy to bash players, Mike Stephenson used to get it big time, another absolute legend.

What's your choice for best ex-player commentator(s) on the game??

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:15 pm  

I do find it interesting how people can argue that a team can finish bottom or top 6 before a ball has been kicked.

This coming season is going to be interesting due to covid. I could be wrong but I’m sure I read that the league will be based on points percentages again. Could we have an issue if say Huddersfield (no offence giants fans - picked at random as a team that should be safe from relegation) ended up in danger of being relegated because they failed to play enough games due to covid?

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:44 pm  

Donnyman wrote:

Tough one for me to accept is that

Look at his career and what he achieved? OK many other greats of the game did the same but Schofield has gone on to hold down a position as an analyst of and commentator on, the game. League express give him a whole page weekly, and I find it a quite interesting read week on week, moreso because he played at the very top.

With respect it's too too easy to bash players, Mike Stephenson used to get it big time, another absolute legend.

What's your choice for best ex-player commentator(s) on the game??

Have you been living under a rock? Unfortunately as far as a rugby league "Pundit" goes, Schofield is the worst one out there by far that is given any sort of airtime.

He has become a joke, even amongst his own colleagues at 40/20 but more so amongst the wider rugby league community.

I am sure that some of the things he says must be to get a reaction.

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:00 pm  

homme vaste wrote:

Apart from Koppy and perhaps Navarette these players hardly stepped foot on the field for us, where we really needed to strengthen was at 7 and it looks like we have done that. I think we are missing a couple of bodies down the middle but we are still recruiting for a couple of props as the club has said.

Where we really have strengthened that no one seems to mention is off the field, bringing in Andy Last and Willie Poaching as assistants will provide Chester with the support he has lacked since Monaghan and Kear left the club.

Exactly this! The only one that could be argued a loss for me is Koppy but even so he didn’t break many pots at trinity.

We struggled through most of 2020 And end of 2019 with a number of our best players injured or benched due to Covid. Look what happened when we got a few bank last few games 3/4 wins.

We only needed a half and we have strengthened there. What’s point in replacing players who never played last year if you already have better options. The club want a prop and that’s all that’s needed.

From just Chester we have strengthened the back room considerably with Last and poching. Also we have added a trainer/nutritionist in a part time capacity so I believe there’s been significant bank room moves.

I’m happy for people to underestimate trinity but we were hit hard with injury and Covid. I’m not saying we will win the grand final but I wouldn’t rule us out if being anywhere from mid table and sneaking into the 6.

Of course nobody knows till the season gets in swing. Leigh for me on paper look really weak and so does Hull kr bank line (forwards on paper look better) but you just don’t know how it’ll go.

Covid makes it so unpredictable.

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:06 am  

homme vaste wrote:

Have you been living under a rock? Unfortunately as far as a rugby league "Pundit" goes, Schofield is the worst one out there by far that is given any sort of airtime. He has become a joke, even amongst his own colleagues at 40/20 but more so amongst the wider rugby league community. I am sure that some of the things he says must be to get a reaction.

It's OK if you don't like the fellow but somehow he manages to predict Saints, Wigan, Wire and Leeds top (is that contentious in your book?)

Wakey managed to finish above HKR last season, so I suspect he chooses Wakefield on the lack of any quality recruitment.

Seems fair enough to me?

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:13 am  

Trojan Horse wrote:

Exactly this! The only one that could be argued a loss for me is Koppy but even so he didn’t break many pots at trinity.

We struggled through most of 2020 And end of 2019 with a number of our best players injured or benched due to Covid. Look what happened when we got a few bank last few games 3/4 wins.

We only needed a half and we have strengthened there. What’s point in replacing players who never played last year if you already have better options. The club want a prop and that’s all that’s needed.

It's a good argument of course, that's all these things are. The lack of recruitment at Trinity may be seen as a blessing as continuity will prevail.

The wholesale changes in the playing squad at HKR may worsen their cohesion........Leigh may be awful.........

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:01 am  

Donnyman wrote:

CATALANS DRAGONS
INS: Gil Dudson (Salford Red Devils), Mike McMeeken (Castleford Tigers)
OUTS: Lucas Albert (Carcassonne), Remi Casty (Released), Antonia Maria (Lézignan), David Mead (Released), Sam Moa (Lézignan), Mickael Simon (Carcassonne), Lewis Tierney (Leigh Centruins), Gavin Marguerite (Villeneuve)

By the sound of it you can add Folau to the "outs" list.

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:17 pm  

Interesting.... as Folau signed a 12 month extension in Jul 20, is it a transfer rumour, or departure due to other circumstances? https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/07/03/folau-extends-deal-with-catalans-dragons/

Interesting.... as Folau signed a 12 month extension in Jul 20, is it a transfer rumour, or departure due to other circumstances? https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/07/03/folau-extends-deal-with-catalans-dragons/

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:28 pm  

Definitely between Leigh and Wakefield. Both have sub standard squads and a terrible coach. Could be an interesting battle at the bottom

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:39 pm  

Steph Curry wrote:

Definitely between Leigh and Wakefield. Both have sub standard squads and a terrible coach. Could be an interesting battle at the bottom

I think you are wrong on Chester and Wakey , they have had to put up with horendous injury lists in the last two years , when they have been anywhere near full strength they have been a match for most teams