I think any neutral watching that today would say we are short on recruitment. I’m not sure what the marketing ploy was other than showing the core players with gaps.



The gaps are around 10 players missing to even stand a chance of hitting top 5. I hope there is a part two in place or we are in trouble.



Very poor marketing which should be building up to season tickets and shirts/merchandise.



Quite damaging for the club in my eyes.

I agree a outsider looking in surely must be chuckling away to themselves build up this countdown scenario to the big display and then the biggest anti climax ever known I for one was disappointed yesterday even though I knew not to expect anyone bigger than Addy

Agreed. Unless there are some decent signings to come, top 5 will be a difficult slog,never mind promotion.

Assuming they are clever enough, the whole point of yesterday was to profile the core squad. Assuming they have done it right the attention seeking signings will come at the point of ST/shirt release - which would be a basic but sensible marketing strategy



If yesterday was the best we’ve got, then yes it was not very impressive at all

Sadly, I was disappointed, given the huge build up. Yet, I'm pleased at the lads we have retained so far, and the newcomers, such as Addy, Wildie, Ince, Mason, and Hellewell, are good acquisitions, and probably improvements, at this level. (I don't know anything about Glohe and Field)



So, why should I be disappointed? Well, the countdown definitely suggested something extra special was going to happen, plus my expectations, given some of the names we/the media (not the club) have been banding about, have led me to think that there were going to be some 'top class' arrivals. Four of those arrivals - Addy, Wildie, Mason and Ince have been reported, by the media, for some time now, so they weren't surprises. Maybe that has led me to believe that some of the other names featuring in the media, (e.g. Wallace, Sammut, Ellis) might be about to provide the element of class/something special, that the current named squad is lacking?



As we appear to have only one half back, no fullback and maybe four props, there have to be further announcements, so here's hoping they provide the class we will need to challenge for top two, never mind Super League.



And finally, when are the next announcements likely to be? "That's all for today, but stay tuned for more soon" is pretty vague, after the big build up, isn't it?

They waiting on a couple of players accepting offers so they can announce some more resigning on for another year. We have a good core but need a few players in there than can get us around the park effortlessly

.....plus/including the class that can provide something extra, in a tight game. We didn't have that last season, so here's hoping we can this time around.

Our next Signing......

Very disappointed with those signings.



Gregg McNally needs to resign for me, we aren't half the attacking threat without him, similar player to Gareth Obrien in that he runs the same arc, commits defenders and can pass like a half.



Most teams play to the edges now and need a good final pass which he provides aswell as being solid under a high ball.



We will get hammered down the middle Toulouse, Sheffield & Fev have recruited better so far.

Mitch Cox signed for Swinton.

It’s interesting that our props Spencer and Brooks weren’t getting in the team regularly last season !

Sammutt accepted his today didn’t he?

Heard him and Ellis could be back on as riddy turned down another contract offer I hope it’s true them two be good gether

Need a captain and a goal kicker or two

I take it that Gigot rumour was someone's wet dream then ?

No that was also true ste he was at the club for talks maybe we will do a advent calendar countdown now

It doesnt matter what halfbacks we get if our forwards arent big and rough enough to boss the park - which, sadly, they arent. Unless we get a couple of big units we arent going anywhere.

Well Mason and Spencer are no lightweights - but we are deffo short of the “bully”, need a couple of them from somewhere

I tend to think DR is on the cards.Possibly Wigan.

Struggle to see how that works with SL reserves teams - surely the fringe players would play in that

Quote ColD="ColD"Struggle to see how that works with SL reserves teams - surely the fringe players would play in that'" Looks like the D/R system is very much alive & kicking in 2020 Col. https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/sport/ ... 1-10088996 In the above interview with Simon Grix, Cas are in D/R with York, and 'Fax are looking for a deal with someone else in SL, as well as Hunslet, in the other direction. A few points come to mind from that interview:- - Grix talks about having a squad of 28/29 players. I wonder how many we are going with? - If you are looking for D/R with SL, but your squad is so big that you are having to loan out players, to League 1, why do you need to bring D/R's in from SL?! - How seriously will the SL teams be taking the reserves competition? - 'Fax were in partnership with Cas last season, but Cas's injury problems limited their ability to send players to 'Fax. The SL clubs' attitude to DR, was one of the things that did for us, at the end of last season, when Saints wanted all their squad for cover in the play-offs.

Quote ColD="ColD"Struggle to see how that works with SL reserves teams - surely the fringe players would play in that'" Looks like the D/R system is very much alive & kicking in 2020 Col. https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/sport/ ... 1-10088996 In the above interview with Simon Grix, Cas are in D/R with York, and 'Fax are looking for a deal with someone else in SL, as well as Hunslet, in the other direction. A few points come to mind from that interview:- - Grix talks about having a squad of 28/29 players. I wonder how many we are going with? - If you are looking for D/R with SL, but your squad is so big that you are having to loan out players, to League 1, why do you need to bring D/R's in from SL?! - How seriously will the SL teams be taking the reserves competition? - 'Fax were in partnership with Cas last season, but Cas's injury problems limited their ability to send players to 'Fax. The SL clubs' attitude to DR, was one of the things that did for us, at the end of last season, when Saints wanted all their squad for cover in the play-offs.

Looks like another of our possible rumours quashed:- https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/wi ... s-reports/

Looks like another of our possible rumours quashed:- https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/wi ... s-reports/

As I've commented many times around TotalRL forums, the return of reserves isn't going to bring DR to an end. The U19s have been replaced by U18s, and I'd expect to see plenty of last year's U19s, plus those players who would have been eligible for the U19s this year but not the U18s, making up reserve teams. For example, the likes of Callum McLelland, if they don't make the Leeds 1st team, are much more likely to be made available to Fev than asked to play in front of 150 people for the reserves (just as McLelland played for Fev last season rather than Leeds academy).

Quote Alan="Alan"Looks like another of our possible rumours quashed:- https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/wi ... s-reports/'" Only for it to be replaced by the Manfredi rumour......

Quote Alan="Alan"Looks like another of our possible rumours quashed:- https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/wi ... s-reports/'" Only for it to be replaced by the Manfredi rumour......

In some ways I could see the logic of that, as he's coming back from a serious injury, and has probably slipped down the pecking order at Wigan. However, we only recently signed Adam Higson and Ryan Ince. Now, if Wigan had a spare scrum half - like say, Sammut, for instance (

) that would be better!