Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Mon May 13, 2024 1:16 pm  

Captain Hook wrote:

No, but he has been all we could’ve wanted, slotted in wherever he was asked and always made a decent fist of it, possibly at the expense of his personal ambitions. I would hope every Wire fan would wish him well. A possible punditry role when he retires I would think.

He has been a great signing and clubman over a long period of his career, since starting originally at Salford.

I always thought that he would be the ideal type of player to move into coaching once his playing days ended.

Maybe offer him a role at Academy/Scholarship level as an assistant and see how he does?

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Mon May 13, 2024 4:24 pm  

Boss Hog wrote:

That`s exactly my stance on Yates..

Yes, he is a great defender, and in the modern game he gets in a team as a 13.

With Currie`s move to loose forward, I can`t see Yates displacing him there.

That leaves Yates playing at prop, , which I think he is too small for and no better than the props we currently have.

Lastly, Yates is a Quota Player, and it is a waste of a Quota Spot for him playing prop.

The best props I saw back in the day were around 5’7” to 5’10”.
I couldn’t believe how short Les Boyd and Kurt Sorenson were in off the pitch real life!

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Tue May 14, 2024 7:52 am  

I’ll be extremely pleased to see our recruitment slow down to picking up just one or two players if those players are good and fit the system. We’ve had ample opportunity to look over at St Helens and see how they do it and finally the penny is dropping. Saints IIRC very rarely have a big turnover at the end of the season - they go for continuity and promote from within and bar the odd inevitable mistake they have got their recruitment spot on.

Hull are currently behaving like us of old…..except even worse which is horrifying if you’re a Hull fan.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Tue May 14, 2024 8:58 am  

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Hull are currently behaving like us of old…..except even worse which is horrifying if you’re a Hull fan.[/quote]

More like Doc Marwan at Salford than Wire.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Tue May 14, 2024 1:50 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

The best props I saw back in the day were around 5’7” to 5’10”.
I couldn’t believe how short Les Boyd and Kurt Sorenson were in off the pitch real life!

dont forget Jim Mills he was a real short ar… actually he was quite big

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Tue May 14, 2024 4:28 pm  

Captain Hook wrote:

dont forget Jim Mills he was a real short ar… actually he was quite big

From my perspective Mills seemed to be the exception back then rather than the rule. His great adversary and our guy Mike Nicholas fits RD's Prop prototype from back in the day.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri May 17, 2024 7:27 am  

Heard a whisper that Cooper has been offered a deal. Still no decision made on his part.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri May 17, 2024 8:29 am  

Velcro Boots wrote:

Heard a whisper that Cooper has been offered a deal. Still no decision made on his part.

Time for Cooper to go full-time on his clothing business that was his main focus towards the end of his Wire career.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri May 17, 2024 9:08 am  

I did wonder a couple of days ago when Mago signed for another couple of years at Wigan whether Cooper would look to move elsewhere. With Vaughan, Harrison, Musgrove, Yates?, Philbin, Bullock, Crowther, Wood, Thomas, Okoro we seem well stocked?

Amone would be a great signing, would be a point of difference for us, but Cooper I’m not sure what that would achieve.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri May 17, 2024 10:35 am  

It would be a "No" from me....if I had any say whatsoever!