Re: Brough is back : Sun Oct 28, 2018 9:47 am  

This is one of the strangest signings I can remember. Normally it would be heralded in order to boost ticket sales. However it may be kept secret for a while in order not to depress sales

My guess is that it is true and if so it one hell of a gamble by the person who decided to sign him. But if it pays off it could be a master stroke and take us to the next level.
However its a big IF !

Re: Brough is back : Sun Oct 28, 2018 10:06 am  

Prince Buster wrote:

This is one of the strangest signings I can remember. Normally it would be heralded in order to boost ticket sales. However it may be kept secret for a while in order not to depress sales

My guess is that it is true and if so it one hell of a gamble by the person who decided to sign him. But if it pays off it could be a master stroke and take us to the next level.
However its a big IF !

If true I don’t like it but what I don’t get is signing Reynolds and retaining Hampshire - as you say if true a very strange signing.

Re: Brough is back : Sun Oct 28, 2018 10:14 am  

It is a strange one if it still has any legs on it following the Reynolds signing, if the story had any legs at all.

That is, unless of course, we are also looking at the full back position. Like Hampshire, Reynolds can also play full back. Maybe Chessie seeing one of those as full back, with the other as back up to Miller and Brough.

Can't realistically see it myself though

Re: Brough is back : Sun Oct 28, 2018 11:30 am  

Think Brough is a cracking signing looks like Hampshire will be at FB then. Brough behind our pack will be fantastic, still one of the best half backs in SL for me.

Re: Brough is back : Sun Oct 28, 2018 11:30 am  

vastman wrote:

If true I don’t like it but what I don’t get is signing Reynolds and retaining Hampshire - as you say if true a very strange signing.

Agree, once Reynolds was signed I honestly thought that was the end of the Brough rumor, but no it's still going. Like you say what have we signed Renoylds for, where is Hampshire going to play, if he plays FB, what are we going to do with Jowitt and Hooley, that's presuming Grix is going. That is going to take some serious man management to keep everyone even remotely happy and I honestly don't know how it would work. With Halfbacks & FB's not getting hurt that often, there's potential for players to hardly get a game in that lot. Obviously, CC knows more than me so I'll let him get on with it if it happens and hopefully the risk pays off.

Re: Brough is back : Sun Oct 28, 2018 12:38 pm  

Maybe we are going to push a reserve team a bit more ?

Re: Brough is back : Sun Oct 28, 2018 12:46 pm  

Maybe going down the good squad depth route, a good first 17 and another 10 good players below them. The team then isn't noticeably weaker when a few are injured.

Re: Brough is back : Sun Oct 28, 2018 1:40 pm  

I don't like the idea of Hampshire at FB. Not giving the right message to Jowitt and Hooley.
I don't like the idea of signing Broughy but the club will get my support if he does join us.

Re: Brough is back : Sun Oct 28, 2018 4:00 pm  

For the last time....... brough IS coming, now can we talk about something else

Re: Brough is back : Sun Oct 28, 2018 5:34 pm  

Some of us want to cling onto the hope that this isn't true.