Re: Rumours thread : Tue May 14, 2024 1:03 pm  

Just seen a picture of Corey Hall wearing a Cas shirt, hideous !. I'm off to disinfect my eyeballs

Re: Rumours thread : Tue May 14, 2024 1:39 pm  

Dr Dreadnought wrote:

Just seen a picture of Corey Hall wearing a Cas shirt, hideous !. I'm off to disinfect my eyeballs

He has been playing for them for 2 weeks

Re: Rumours thread : Tue May 14, 2024 2:23 pm  

financialtimes wrote:

He has been playing for them for 2 weeks

Yep I knew that but today was the first time I'd seen a picture of him in that shirt! Horrible!
I'm sure that if we sign him our medical team will be able to fully decontaminate him

Re: Rumours thread : Tue May 14, 2024 2:27 pm  

If we are looking to make an impact next year I’d like to think we are targeting players at a level above what Cas will be targeting.

I’ve nothing against Hall however I did feel he was somewhat overhyped after 1 admittedly impressive season.

He seems unable to settle anywhere for different reasons and is now in limbo regards his position being used as a secondrow and centre.

Obviously much depends on who else is available and his expectations but to be honest personally I wouldn’t lose any sleep if we missed out on him.

Re: Rumours thread : Tue May 14, 2024 2:39 pm  

jonh wrote:

If we are looking to make an impact next year I’d like to think we are targeting players at a level above what Cas will be targeting.

I’ve nothing against Hall however I did feel he was somewhat overhyped after 1 admittedly impressive season.

He seems unable to settle anywhere for different reasons and is now in limbo regards his position being used as a secondrow and centre.

Obviously much depends on who else is available and his expectations but to be honest personally I wouldn’t lose any sleep if we missed out on him.

Don't disagree, he is no world beater, no one is claiming he is, but with no overseas quota places available our options become more limited, there just aren't that many centres out of contract at the moment, I'm more than happy to leave the decision up to recruitment team they have done a fantastic job so far

Re: Rumours thread : Tue May 14, 2024 3:32 pm  

Let's not forget this is a squad game, not every player we sign will be with a view to them being a first choice 17 player.

Re: Rumours thread : Tue May 14, 2024 3:43 pm  

Shifty Cat wrote:

Not sure of the mystery, but the one rumour that I read a few times why we may have wanted to get rid of him, if it's the same one you're alluding to, is supposedly the club had concerns about his head knocks, but at the time I thought people could be reaching and just a rumour.

Who are they? I had a completely different opinion on TJ, he never had anything wrong with his defence, the only thing you could nitpick and it was when he first burst onto the scene was his positioning, which all wingers have to learn.

Part of it, but not the only reason. Appleyard definitely wanted Dagger, that's certainly the main reason, I wouldn't argue with that. Whether people like it or not Dagger was actually the best signing Mash ever made, and if we had of stopped up, he'd have been far more instrumental in our survival than Hall. The team did improve on his arrival as far as I'm concerned. We actually didn't want to lose Hall if we could avoid it, but we simply couldn't afford to sign Dagger and pay a fee, so a player swap was our only option, and Hall was one of the players they were willing to take, they had us over a barrel. Part of the justification for Hall was the head issue he supposedly had at the time, and it was a position we could cover better than FB, where we were really struggling. People can blame Mash and Carter all they like, but there were very few options at the time.

Re: Rumours thread : Tue May 14, 2024 3:48 pm  

Dr Dreadnought wrote:

Hull KR are reportedly on the look out for a hooker. We had better get Doyle and Smith tied into contracts before the Trawler Boys come calling again

Totally depends on promotion, can't see any player leaving a SL trinity out of choice anymore.

Re: Rumours thread : Tue May 14, 2024 5:18 pm  

Dr Dreadnought wrote:

Yep I knew that but today was the first time I'd seen a picture of him in that shirt! Horrible!
I'm sure that if we sign him our medical team will be able to fully decontaminate him

I thought it seemed weird too, even weirder when Eseh came on against St Helens.

Re: Rumours thread : Tue May 14, 2024 6:32 pm  

vastman wrote:

Part of it, but not the only reason. Appleyard definitely wanted Dagger, that's certainly the main reason, I wouldn't argue with that. Whether people like it or not Dagger was actually the best signing Mash ever made, and if we had of stopped up, he'd have been far more instrumental in our survival than Hall. The team did improve on his arrival as far as I'm concerned. We actually didn't want to lose Hall if we could avoid it, but we simply couldn't afford to sign Dagger and pay a fee, so a player swap was our only option, and Hall was one of the players they were willing to take, they had us over a barrel. Part of the justification for Hall was the head issue he supposedly had at the time, and it was a position we could cover better than FB, where we were really struggling. People can blame Mash and Carter all they like, but there were very few options at the time.

Yeah, it's what I said earlier. Hull KR had made enquiries about Hall at the start of the season I think it was, so the club knew that was the only real asset they could use to potentially make a deal for Dagger. Unfortunately, we were a skint club and we had no other choice at the time, but like you say even though we lost a prospect, Dagger really did come through for us.