Re: 2020 Squad : Tue Nov 26, 2019 9:32 pm  

PC Plum wrote:

Source?

League Express or Weekly, can't remember which.

Said 2 props and an outside back.

Re: 2020 Squad : Wed Nov 27, 2019 4:33 pm  

So the jersey numbers are out.

It looks like a bit of a joke to be honest, the biggest laugh being Lovell in #4.

25 man squad of which 2 are the young halves promoted from academy. Them aside:

FB Bolt (1)
W Egodu (2) Dixon (5) Boafa (22)
C Armitage (3) Lovell (4) Ogden (19)
HB Aston (6) Smith (7) Meadows (17)
P Battye (8) Butler (10) Norman (18) Richards (15) Krasniqi (16)
H Pelissier (9) Fozzard (14) Davis (21)
LF Walters (11) Curran (12) Adibiyi (13) Hindmarsh (20) Williams (23)

I bet Leigh Toulouse Fev even Bradford are papping themselves.

Re: 2020 Squad : Wed Nov 27, 2019 4:41 pm  

Here's hoping but not sure why bookies have us favourite.

Re: 2020 Squad : Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:45 pm  

Horsman and Leland deserve their promotion to the first team squad - no’s 24 and 25

Re: 2020 Squad : Thu Nov 28, 2019 2:10 am  

PC Plum wrote:

25 man squad of which 2 are the young halves promoted from academy. Them aside:

I have no doubt that Wardy will have returned with a few new coaching tricks learnt from the GB tour, but making a silk purse out of that squad as it is looks a tall order. And remember what happened in 2015 when we tried to play SL style Rugby. 12/11 and 7th place.....also, Hughes interviewed on the club FB page said he was happy with the squad. He said something similar at the start of 2014 IIRC....

Re: 2020 Squad : Thu Nov 28, 2019 8:01 am  

On paper at least, that squad would need ladders to step up!

They could surprise us of course.

Re: 2020 Squad : Thu Nov 28, 2019 8:21 am  

This time last year I had great misgivings about our squad and look what happened there.

Re: 2020 Squad : Thu Nov 28, 2019 12:11 pm  

Bostwick wrote:

….. and look what happened there.

Ultimately we failed as we weren't good enough and were relegated.

This is the best chance we will have of getting back to SL for the foreseeable and we need to make the most of it.

We are so light in the backs its incredible, the full back having a legacy of lengthy spells on the physio couch. Lovell is not a second row never mind a centre. Experience in the halves is alarmingly missing. Fozzard is the only decent hooker. Plenty of average forwards to chose from.

We need some proven performers to make that squad look anywhere near decent.

Re: 2020 Squad : Thu Nov 28, 2019 1:18 pm  

Maybe as we moan, Ward & Langley are dusting off their boots.

Re: 2020 Squad : Thu Nov 28, 2019 1:37 pm  

Cameron King?