Re: What now? : Fri Oct 08, 2021 2:52 pm  

Irregular Hoops wrote:

https://mobile.twitter.com/RugbyLeagueITK?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Can’t see us signing another back?

Agree. Mcintosh and Swift will be our 1st choice wingers next season

Re: What now? : Fri Oct 08, 2021 2:55 pm  

Riderofthepalehorse wrote:

I want Ligi announcement, staying I hope

The sponsor of Ligi is on here ask him he will know

Re: What now? : Fri Oct 08, 2021 2:59 pm  

bonaire wrote:

The sponsor of Ligi is on here ask him he will know

I'd like to think we have retained Ligi.

He's best mates with Satae, plus I wouldn't see signing Evans and releasing Ligi as an improvement

Re: What now? : Fri Oct 08, 2021 3:01 pm  

#announceligi

Re: What now? : Fri Oct 08, 2021 3:02 pm  

Irregular Hoops wrote:

Don’t think they’re happy with him, judging by the statement!

Good luck to him, but he as past his sell by date at the FC. Adam fell out with him big style after he was dropped for disciplinary reasons after being selected in the 21 man squad for a recent game. He was always off after that. Good bit of business for us although it will have cost Adam too.

Nevertheless, great memories of some great great times but it was a vanity move to get him back by Radford, who was intent on getting his old pal back despite the Club saying that their business was already finished at the start of 2020. He arrived in town believed his own publicity and the rest is history, never got over the hype or delivered on it which perhaps goes back to the old adage that you shouldn't go back to the scene of past glories.

As Billy Joel once said, "The king and the queen went back to the green, but you can never go back there again!"

Re: What now? : Fri Oct 08, 2021 3:07 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

As for Kane Evans, well I'm willing to give him a chance. The NZW fans may be bagging him but that happens when a player leaves a club.

A one year contract with an option in the club's favour for another year would be good business. I know he's had disciplinary issues recently but he'll come knowing that as a thirty year old any more problems and that's the end of his professional career. Before the Warriors he played NRL for seven years and is a regular for Fiji so he presumably can play a bit.

reporting that his ban carries on into S/L
So he would miss 5 games at the start of the season
Not good if on a one year contract

Re: What now? : Fri Oct 08, 2021 3:12 pm  

The Dentist Wilf wrote:

Good luck to him, but he as past his sell by date at the FC. Adam fell out with him big style after he was dropped for disciplinary reasons after being selected in the 21 man squad for a recent game. He was always off after that. Good bit of business for us although it will have cost Adam too.

Nevertheless, great memories of some great great times but it was a vanity move to get him back by Radford, who was intent on getting his old pal back despite the Club saying that their business was already finished at the start of 2020. He arrived in town believed his own publicity and the rest is history, never got over the hype or delivered on it which perhaps goes back to the old adage that you shouldn't go back to the scene of past glories.

As Billy Joel once said, "The king and the queen went back to the green, but you can never go back there again!"

Thanks for that. Got “Scenes from an italian restaurant” stuck in my head now.

Re: What now? : Fri Oct 08, 2021 3:16 pm  

bonaire wrote:

reporting that his ban carries on into S/L
So he would miss 5 games at the start of the season
Not good if on a one year contract

Does this normally happen? I thought it just applied to NRL games.

Re: What now? : Fri Oct 08, 2021 3:25 pm  

All I can find in relation to NRL bans being enforced by Super League is a quote refering to Ben Barba (although that was for an off field offence)

Thr RFL wrote:

We will always uphold any ban imposed by the NRL (subject to the right of appeal to our own operational rules tribunal), under a reciprocal agreement between the RFL and the NRL.

So theoretically the ban would carry over but Hull could appeal.

[Chris71]

Re: What now? : Fri Oct 08, 2021 3:39 pm  

The Dentist Wilf wrote:

Good luck to him, but he as past his sell by date at the FC. Adam fell out with him big style after he was dropped for disciplinary reasons after being selected in the 21 man squad for a recent game. He was always off after that. Good bit of business for us although it will have cost Adam too.

Nevertheless, great memories of some great great times but it was a vanity move to get him back by Radford, who was intent on getting his old pal back despite the Club saying that their business was already finished at the start of 2020. He arrived in town believed his own publicity and the rest is history, never got over the hype or delivered on it which perhaps goes back to the old adage that you shouldn't go back to the scene of past glories.

As Billy Joel once said, "The king and the queen went back to the green, but you can never go back there again!"

Think he'll always be remembered for his exploits in the 2016 & 2017 and rightly so but can't help but feel he's tarnished that a little with his second stint and not so much because it didnt work out more so the manner and apparent attitude.

Sadly he never looked any where close to the player that left us and can't honestly see him getting back there. I don't remember many if any at all who said him resigning was a good decision as think most thought it was wrong especially as we needed a forward not another back. Radford certainly doesn't seem to have learnt any lessons so far and taken arguably 2 of the biggest but slowest backs off our hands.

AP deserves a lot of credit as he has not just given lip service to his statement that he wasn't accepting the failure of this season and changes would be made as he has been good on his word and made the decisions.
The fact that Fonua has gone will hopefully give the remaining squad a wake up call in that it doesn't matter who you are if you do not perform or meet the standards expected at the club you will be moved on. This hopefully will put an end to the cozy club feel that some players seemed to have.

Good luck to Fonua and Cas as think they're going to need it.