Tyler Dupree : Tue Feb 22, 2022 1:41 pm  

Looks a great young prospect, considering props tend to come on more in their late 20's definitely one the club should be looking at now.

Also Dan Norman and James Harrison at Warrington getting nowhere near the side.

Wont be long and the May signing day will be here.

Re: Tyler Dupree : Tue Feb 22, 2022 5:25 pm  

Binosh wrote:

Looks a great young prospect, considering props tend to come on more in their late 20's definitely one the club should be looking at now.

Also Dan Norman and James Harrison at Warrington getting nowhere near the side.

Wont be long and the May signing day will be here.

"May signing day" will be for next year, and the better Championship players will be being eyed up by SL clubs. It's an opportunity for SL clubs to snap up Championship talent rather than the other way around. Given Derek Beaumont has stated that he signed players to one-year contracts this year the concern will be keeping SL clubs away from the Nene McDonalds etc (and the same for the likes of Dupree, Joey Leilua etc).

Harrison is still recovering from a serious injury he suffered last season and I'm sure is a big part of Warrington's long-term plans.

Re: Tyler Dupree : Tue Feb 22, 2022 10:14 pm  

We'll probably get a look at Dupree next Monday as well as at Adam Lawton who is being lauded elsewhere on RLFans . If our pack (barring Green, obviously) are available, albeit in a cup game, we'll be better able to judge whether the early season leaders are merely flattering to deceive.

Re: Tyler Dupree : Tue Feb 22, 2022 10:49 pm  

Bent&Bongser wrote:

We'll probably get a look at Dupree next Monday as well as at Adam Lawton who is being lauded elsewhere on RLFans . If our pack (barring Green, obviously) are available, albeit in a cup game, we'll be better able to judge whether the early season leaders are merely flattering to deceive.

Bongser as you know I don’t disrespect any team , but Widnes don’t convince me , they have beaten a poor Newcastle team , struggled to beat Fax , and beat Dewsbury last night , granted with ease , however ,man for man I would say none of their team would get into the Leigh team , both their wingers are ex Leigh players who failed to make any impact , Ince and Holroyd , Marty Smith is not as good as Mellor , and Tyrer can’t match anything near Nene McDonald , their pack isn’t anywhere near ours , I’m predicting a Leigh win by around 16 on Monday , yeah Dupree has promise and Lawton is a big bloke , but we will be far to strong and faster .

Re: Tyler Dupree : Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:07 am  

The Charlie Caroli wrote:

Bongser as you know I don’t disrespect any team , but Widnes don’t convince me , they have beaten a poor Newcastle team , struggled to beat Fax , and beat Dewsbury last night , granted with ease , however ,man for man I would say none of their team would get into the Leigh team , both their wingers are ex Leigh players who failed to make any impact , Ince and Holroyd , Marty Smith is not as good as Mellor , and Tyrer can’t match anything near Nene McDonald , their pack isn’t anywhere near ours , I’m predicting a Leigh win by around 16 on Monday , yeah Dupree has promise and Lawton is a big bloke , but we will be far to strong and faster .

Craven was missing and I hope he is Monday at his best he might get in our team.The right centre & winger from Dews also impressed
Holroyd looked bigger stronger more confident. Dupree decent Lawton and lad on loan from dire also featured.Great to see other teams watching as a neutral.
Its a cup tie chemics will give us a game

Re: Tyler Dupree : Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:06 am  

satanicmills wrote:

Craven was missing and I hope he is Monday at his best he might get in our team.The right centre & winger from Dews also impressed
Holroyd looked bigger stronger more confident. Dupree decent Lawton and lad on loan from dire also featured.Great to see other teams watching as a neutral.
Its a cup tie chemics will give us a game

I don’t doubt for a minute that Widnes will give us a game ,they are full of confidence at the moment , but so are we ,there are doubts about Craven for Monday , and we have better forwards than both Lawtonand Dupree.
I’m predicting a Leigh win ,the Dews pitch wasn’t up to much and Dews are a below average team , who had no subs left due to injury problems , after 50 minutes Leigh will still be running hard at Widnes , something Dews didn’t do .

Re: Tyler Dupree : Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:54 am  

The Charlie Caroli wrote:

Bongser as you know I don’t disrespect any team , but Widnes don’t convince me , they have beaten a poor Newcastle team , struggled to beat Fax , and beat Dewsbury last night , granted with ease , however ,man for man I would say none of their team would get into the Leigh team , both their wingers are ex Leigh players who failed to make any impact , Ince and Holroyd , Marty Smith is not as good as Mellor , and Tyrer can’t match anything near Nene McDonald , their pack isn’t anywhere near ours , I’m predicting a Leigh win by around 16 on Monday , yeah Dupree has promise and Lawton is a big bloke , but we will be far to strong and faster .

I find myself agreeing with you Charlie(I really should get the doctor to check my meds ) but yeah Widnes seem to be getting a lot of attention after their start but the reality is they have only beaten one team that will be around the top 6 at the end of the season. The other 3 teams will be in the relegation battle. Their form could count for a bit against Leigh but I really don't expect anything other than a comfortable Leigh win.

As for Dupree, he is another product of our local Siddal club and was available to anyone who wanted to talk to him this last summer but by the sounds of it there was not a load of interest and Im really disappointed that Fax didn't try to get a deal done for him as he looks a really good prospect and is the type of player we look to be missing.

Re: Tyler Dupree : Wed Feb 23, 2022 11:09 am  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

As for Dupree, he is another product of our local Siddal club and was available to anyone who wanted to talk to him this last summer but by the sounds of it there was not a load of interest and Im really disappointed that Fax didn't try to get a deal done for him as he looks a really good prospect and is the type of player we look to be missing.

Must admit I would have been happy to see Fev in for Dupree too having watched him a couple of times for Oldham where he stood out a mile. He looked promising when he played for us on DR a couple of years ago, he hadn't filled his frame then but is starting to strengthen up now.

I've seen posts on 3 or 4 different clubs' forums since Monday's game coveting Dupree, that ship has sailed for us Championship clubs now though I think, with the dearth of props especially British-born ones it seems inevitable SL clubs will be circling in May.

Re: Tyler Dupree : Wed Feb 23, 2022 2:09 pm  

Bent&Bongser wrote:

We'll probably get a look at Dupree next Monday as well as at Adam Lawton who is being lauded elsewhere on RLFans .

A few mentions of Lawton in this thread, he's a bit of an enigma. Absolutely massive unit who can and has caused real problems out wide at this level, but also has some definite weaknesses.

He was a handful and scored two tries in last season's 1895 semi final at Featherstone but then Fev put Ferres and John Davies gang-tackling him in the league game at Widnes and they totally got under his skin, I think he must have lost the ball four or five times in the first half alone. He can also be an iffy defender with a tendency to get wrong-footed and concede a high tackle.

He's kind of a back-row version of Keegan Hirst in some ways, but there's no doubt he can cause problems if not watched, and he definitely seems to have improved since his first spell earlier in his career before he went to Australia.

Re: Tyler Dupree : Wed Feb 23, 2022 6:03 pm  

Looking forward to this one. You lot clearly confident. Just like the fax fans were when we turned them over the other week on a horrible pitch

We look far fitter this year and brown and Davies have been tremendous in the pack. Having watched Mellor for numerous years at the stadium, I’d take matty smith any day. Chamberlain and Brand nothing to write home about either. Would I say I’m confident heading into this one ? Having looked at the Leigh squad this year in comparison to other years, there’s not much to fear IMO.

Going to be a tight game, and it could go either way so let the best team win. Our forwards have never been our strongpoint so to see the damage they’re doing this year up the middle is a blessing. Il be attending with quite a number of us. Glad the price has been knocked down to £20 too. The extra £5 doesn’t bother me but it’s principal for a lot. Monday night on tv, £25 encourages fans to stay away. “I’ve had the same dig at our own club and hope we accommodate and price is fairly on Monday night tv”. It’s the championship, hopefully there’ll be a good attendance.