Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Tue May 03, 2022 11:30 am  

Barrie’s Glass Eye wrote:

Is James Harrison getting much of a look in at wire. He’s got the size and awkward shape that we are generally missing even amongst our actual props. Granted he’s a bit more of a project than Mulhern.

We’ve had enough projects….

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed May 04, 2022 11:46 am  

Only concern is that Smith unlikely knows anything about the large majority of our team so will need to see them play a few times before making a decision on whether he wants to retain them or not.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed May 04, 2022 2:46 pm  

rugbyleague88 wrote:

Only concern is that Smith unlikely knows anything about the large majority of our team so will need to see them play a few times before making a decision on whether he wants to retain them or not.

I understand he has been sent videos of all this seasons games.
I wouldn`t be surprised if he`s done his homework and watched a few from last season too.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed May 04, 2022 2:59 pm  

From what I've seen so far, I get the impression Smith is (like his Dad and Uncle Tony) a detail man. This means he already has seen enough and heard enough to have put the players into 3 categories "keeper", "maybe" and "going". I'd say there's a few in the "maybe" category but that will work itself out over the next few weeks based on what he sees in training (skills, application and attitude) and on matchdays (ability to perform under pressure).

I think we've all got our own mental lists, it'll be interesting to see how they align with the new man's lists over time...

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed May 04, 2022 8:34 pm  

New three year deals for briscoe and Bodene it is...

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed May 04, 2022 8:51 pm  

Jesus no

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed May 04, 2022 10:39 pm  

Some players will react differently to the new man in charge. So hopefully some who obviously didn’t buy into Agar might be totally different with Smith. Although Agar came across as a nice guy who knows what his man management skills were really like. So hopefully Rohan can get more out of the squad and continue the upward curve started by JJB.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu May 05, 2022 6:45 am  

Steves wrote:

Although Agar came across as a nice guy who knows what his man management skills were really like..

Not good by the account of someone very close

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu May 05, 2022 8:15 am  

It’s fair to say he used to share things with people he shouldn’t have as well. For me to know some things which I won’t repeat about what he said about certain players just shows that it was a leaky ship.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu May 05, 2022 8:22 am  

Seth wrote:

Not good by the account of someone very close

That surprises me, are you able to elaborate. It always seems like the players liked him, although I was surprised there were no social media posts acknowledging his contribution or wishing him all the best (not that I saw anyway).

I imagine for a lot of coach/player relationships, they will get on with certain players and not others (Agar and Gale, McDermott and anyone outside the 14 players he used), so could be possible your contact has an axe to grind?