Re: Marquee players : Fri Sep 27, 2019 5:56 am  

KaeruJim wrote:

I’d hope Stephens or Tindall might be knocking on the door by 2021. We do lack outright pace across the team really. We do have some first class footwork though between Walker, Newman and young Stephens coming through.

Agreed. And you dont win major trophies without strike from long rang

Re: Marquee players : Fri Sep 27, 2019 6:16 am  

Tindall wont make it at Leeds i dont think. Stephens has a decent chance.

Re: Marquee players : Fri Sep 27, 2019 12:39 pm  

Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! wrote:

Tindall wont make it at Leeds i dont think. Stephens has a decent chance.

Stephens could be Jason-Robinson-esque perhaps. Tindall is a good metre-maker - we’ll see. There are a couple on the wings who have some improvement left in them.

Edgell might give us a headache in a year or two with Walker at 1.

Re: Marquee players : Sun Sep 29, 2019 12:35 pm  

Given current rumours about Trent, if he goes do people think we should get another marquee player in?

Re: Marquee players : Sun Sep 29, 2019 1:24 pm  

Fallon wrote:

Given current rumours about Trent, if he goes do people think we should get another marquee player in?

Without a doubt. We need someone with real presence in the pack. Merrin was a leader and a winner.

Re: Marquee players : Sun Sep 29, 2019 2:02 pm  

Fallon wrote:

Given current rumours about Trent, if he goes do people think we should get another marquee player in?

Yep. Either a prop or a hooker.
We don’t need to replace Merrin with a backrower. We’ve got plenty.

Re: Marquee players : Sun Sep 29, 2019 4:13 pm  

Him wrote:

Yep. Either a prop or a hooker.
We don’t need to replace Merrin with a backrower. We’ve got plenty.

Agree with this. Prop would be my preference.

Re: Marquee players : Mon Sep 30, 2019 9:31 am  

Toss up between prop and hooker for me. Think I'd go with hooker if I was given a straight choice. Will touch the ball more than any other player on the pitch- as we've seen this year we need some proper structure from 9. I'd be worried if we went into 2020 with just Dwyer as our 9. Can't see Lunt getting another deal given his lack of minutes.

Re: Marquee players : Mon Sep 30, 2019 11:25 am  

Isaac Luke and Sam Burgess

Re: Marquee players : Mon Sep 30, 2019 11:31 am  

carnegiedweller wrote:

Toss up between prop and hooker for me. Think I'd go with hooker if I was given a straight choice. Will touch the ball more than any other player on the pitch- as we've seen this year we need some proper structure from 9. I'd be worried if we went into 2020 with just Dwyer as our 9. Can't see Lunt getting another deal given his lack of minutes.

Johnson is the hooker-incumbent coming through so we do have some cover in the squad. For me if we were to recruit a hooker we need to let Dwyer go, and we're back into dealing with players already under contract.