Re: Recruitment : Sat Nov 28, 2020 4:51 pm  

ninearches wrote:

Considering we seem to get blighted every season with imports who just come for the money ,i would throw the young lads in who will at least show some commitment. Let's have a s#!+ or bust season & seriously blood a few of our promising kids before they move elsewhere or get fed up altogether with the lack of opportunities within the game in general & lose interest in RL.

Hallelujah, brother.

After watching last night, when it comes to late season play off rugby, we're currently as close to winning the GF, as we were with Cullen in 03..

#### imports and using up our quota (as we seem obliged to do), blood the youngsters, or we'll lose them, without barely using them

Re: Recruitment : Sat Nov 28, 2020 8:36 pm  

[quote="ninearches"]Considering we seem to get blighted every season with imports who just come for the money ,i would throw the young lads in who will at least show some commitment. Let's have a s#!+ or bust season & seriously blood a few of our promising kids before they move elsewhere or get fed up altogether with the lack of opportunities within the game in general & lose interest in RL.[/quote]


You make an interesting point and the Salford game was a great opportunity for me to see the next generation in action. Based on that game, who you would you like to see blooded?

For me

Ellis Robson
Ellis Longstaff
Nathan (name escapes me, v tall lad played on the wing)
Josh Thewliss
Riley Dean
Eribe Doro

All seemed to me that they were ready for some game time. I may have missed a couple of other lads.
I guess for every Ben Currie there's a Sam Wilde, for every Joe Philbin there's a Ben Evans, but saints and Wigan seem to have faith in their production line, so why can't we?

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Recruitment : Sat Nov 28, 2020 8:52 pm  

Philth wrote:

You make an interesting point and the Salford game was a great opportunity for me to see the next generation in action. Based on that game, who you would you like to see blooded?

For me

Ellis Robson
Ellis Longstaff
Nathan (name escapes me, v tall lad played on the wing)
Josh Thewliss
Riley Dean
Eribe Doro

All seemed to me that they were ready for some game time. I may have missed a couple of other lads.
I guess for every Ben Currie there's a Sam Wilde, for every Joe Philbin there's a Ben Evans, but saints and Wigan seem to have faith in their production line, so why can't we?

Woah woah woah, Ben Evans was doing great before he got horribly injured by saints

Re: Recruitment : Sat Nov 28, 2020 8:54 pm  

Philth wrote:

You make an interesting point and the Salford game was a great opportunity for me to see the next generation in action. Based on that game, who you would you like to see blooded?

For me

Ellis Robson
Ellis Longstaff
Nathan (name escapes me, v tall lad played on the wing)
Josh Thewliss
Riley Dean
Eribe Doro

All seemed to me that they were ready for some game time. I may have missed a couple of other lads.
I guess for every Ben Currie there's a Sam Wilde, for every Joe Philbin there's a Ben Evans, but saints and Wigan seem to have faith in their production line, so why can't we?

They should all be penciled in for game time.

During the fixture congestion it was good to see a lot of games on sky and also with the build up sides using their younger players more. So how do we create that need to rotate 16 sides in the league but fit into the same timeframe as the current regular season ?? Would it not create more sky money as they could show a lot more games ??

Re: Recruitment : Sat Nov 28, 2020 9:04 pm  

[quote="Fantastic Mr Catpiss"]Woah woah woah, Ben Evans was doing great before he got horribly injured by saints[/quote]

Yep......and then faded, gone. Didn't retire, ended up in the championship. Matty Lees had a bad injury last year and won the GF. Simon Grix had more time off than on the pitch at one point but still made first team when fit.

Did Ben Evans drop in ability or did we just cast him off?

Re: Recruitment : Sat Nov 28, 2020 9:36 pm  

Philth wrote:

Yep......and then faded, gone. Didn't retire, ended up in the championship. Matty Lees had a bad injury last year and won the GF. Simon Grix had more time off than on the pitch at one point but still made first team when fit.

Did Ben Evans drop in ability or did we just cast him off?

From what i saw he just never really got the chance again, but before that he was playing really well. Shame really he just disappeared like Ben Harrison. Who was seemingly just quietly shoced out the club. It was very bizzarre.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Recruitment : Sat Nov 28, 2020 10:33 pm  

Philth wrote:

Yep......and then faded, gone. Didn't retire, ended up in the championship. Matty Lees had a bad injury last year and won the GF. Simon Grix had more time off than on the pitch at one point but still made first team when fit.

Did Ben Evans drop in ability or did we just cast him off?

He got that awful hamstring rip, when he got his leg pulled out in a tackle v saints, in 2015, I think it took forever and ever to heal, and eventually we let him go, he went to London and then maybe toulouse, ive lost track.

He was a real bright spark at the start of 2015, and as I've mentioned on here when its bee complained about, smith and the club were hoping he would be fit for 2016, he wasn't and thats why cox and Bailey were brought in as cheap reserves to fill a gap for him and also dodds.

Re: Recruitment : Sat Nov 28, 2020 10:38 pm  

ninearches wrote:

Let's have a s#!+ or bust season & seriously blood a few of our promising kids before they move elsewhere or get fed up altogether with the lack of opportunities within the game in general & lose interest in RL.

The problem with this is if we had a season where we played mostly young players and finished 10th, the fans would still say the same thing - Price is taking us nowhere, get rid of Price, Briers, KF, we need a clear out. Look how Price got panned for playing Ashton at fullback in the cup semi against Salford - which was a good example of showing faith in youth.

It's easy to say that you want to see young players given a chance, but after a few losses they get panned. Keanan Brand was written off after one game. Remember when Steve Anderson was here and guys like Steve Maden, Dave Alstead, Jon Hill were given a shot in the first team. They got slagged off along with everyone else when we were losing.

Re: Recruitment : Sat Nov 28, 2020 11:03 pm  

Philth wrote:

You make an interesting point and the Salford game was a great opportunity for me to see the next generation in action. Based on that game, who you would you like to see blooded?

For me

Ellis Robson
Ellis Longstaff
Nathan (name escapes me, v tall lad played on the wing)
Josh Thewliss
Riley Dean
Eribe Doro

All seemed to me that they were ready for some game time. I may have missed a couple of other lads.
I guess for every Ben Currie there's a Sam Wilde, for every Joe Philbin there's a Ben Evans, but saints and Wigan seem to have faith in their production line, so why can't we?

The point about Wigan having faith in their production line isn’t quite clear cut. I suspect they produce far more SL players than any other team, but they let an awful lot go. In recent times we have signed 2 that became internationals in K Brown and J Hughes as examples. Any we have let go have hardly come back to bite us.

Re: Recruitment : Sat Nov 28, 2020 11:39 pm  

ninearches wrote:

Considering we seem to get blighted every season with imports who just come for the money ,i would throw the young lads in who will at least show some commitment. Let's have a s#!+ or bust season & seriously blood a few of our promising kids before they move elsewhere or get fed up altogether with the lack of opportunities within the game in general & lose interest in RL.

I fear that a golden opportunity, for this particular ship to sail, has been totally missed during the 2020 season.