Re: Squad for 2015 building nicely : Wed Jul 09, 2014 5:23 pm  

markrammond wrote:

Think this is what has been confirmed so far...

Fullback: Iliess MACANI
Right wing: Harvey BURNETT
Right centre: James WOODBURN-HALL
Left centre: Ben FARRAR
Left wing:
Stand off half: Liam FORAN
Scrum half: Joe KEYES
Openside Prop: Nick SLYNEY
Hooker: Ray NASSO
Blindside Prop: Toby EVERETT
Second Row: Jon WALLACE
Second Row:
Lock Forward:

Interchange
Hooker: Joel WICKS

I hope JWH doesn't end up at centre, he's a half back. About a year ago I saw an Aussie junior coach on another website talking about English juniors being signed by NRL clubs and he reckoned JWH was the one he'd go for.

Re: Squad for 2015 building nicely : Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:58 pm  

Halfdan of t'wide embrace wrote:

It seems to be changing to five next season. Frankly the whole promotion thing is a bit half hearted given the salary cap difference. If you restrict the second tier to one import and then expect the top four to play SL clubs, well I suspect it would be a fiasco.

Same cap and same overseas allowance for all 24 teams would be the only fair way to approach it

Re: Squad for 2015 building nicely : Wed Jul 09, 2014 9:31 pm  

Honkytonk wrote:

Coming on nicely. Should be a competitive side in the Championship. Am I right in thinking that it is top 4 who Qualify??

Yep. The top 4 Championship clubs will play the bottom 4 SL clubs in a mini league of 7 games. The top 3 of this mini-league automatically stay/are promoted to SL. Then 4th will play 5th for the final SL spot.

Re: Squad for 2015 building nicely : Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:58 pm  

Just despair as this is what we have come to!

Re: Squad for 2015 building nicely : Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:08 pm  

Paddock Punter wrote:

Just despair as this is what we have come to!

But he's an international player paddock!!!!!

Re: Squad for 2015 building nicely : Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:21 am  

Yep, here we are after 20 years back in the same spot before we got gangbanged by BB,RFL,SKY and SLE!

What a waste of money, we coulda built our own stadium with all that dosh!

Still, thanks TC for a great SL campaign or two (and the Canberra game), thanks DS for the Wembley appearance, thanks TR & RB for giving my Mum a lift up Wembley Way. Thanks SE for signing my boy's programme on his 1st B'day (Wow, he was 16 this April, how time flies).

Its been a slow downhill slide since those heady days ofcourse, but we still have a club , just.

Re: Squad for 2015 building nicely : Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:32 am  

Paddock Punter wrote:

Just despair as this is what we have come to!

On the bright side, we now have a squad mainly made up of London-produced youngsters with several other London-produced players running around Super League. That seemed unimaginable just a decade ago.

As I've said a few times, I'm looking forward to 2015.

Re: Squad for 2015 building nicely : Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:43 am  

gutterfax wrote:

Same cap and same overseas allowance for all 24 teams would be the only fair way to approach it

I agree its a bit like saying we're not stopping you trying to get in super league but we have fixed it so you have no realistic chance

Re: Squad for 2015 building nicely : Thu Jul 10, 2014 11:05 am  

I watched the under 19 team play Wigan on Wigan TV and i was impressed by Dan Igbindion.
He is a bit of a tearaway back rower, only 19 and very raw but he could develop into a good player.

Re: Squad for 2015 building nicely : Fri Jul 11, 2014 4:12 pm  

you have a lot of youngsters that need to develop outside of super league and I'm really looking forward to see how you go next season, Grima strikes me as a coach who has a lot of pride and will give you 100 percent.

This season was always going to be rock bottom.