Ashurst : Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:14 am  

Rumours he maybe coming to Salford, Is he any good? And is there any truth in it????

Re: Ashurst : Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:19 am  

KMT wrote:

Rumours he maybe coming to Salford, Is he any good? And is there any truth in it????

I rate him personally, works hard when he plays and would be disappointed if we let him go. Think there could be a chance that he will be leaving though as next season will have Soliola, Wilkin, Flannery, Flanagan, Dixon and hopefully Scott Moore all in front of him in pecking order for back row so might find first team opportunities limited, would like to see him loaned out for a year but keep him long term

Re: Ashurst : Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:30 am  

KMT wrote:

Rumours he maybe coming to Salford, Is he any good? And is there any truth in it????

He's steady and that's about it really.

Re: Ashurst : Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:38 am  

Is He Any relation To Bill Ashurst

Re: Ashurst : Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:54 am  

Could be truth in it. He's 'solid' but unspectacular so far. He's looked more lively recently but has never made an impact with the ball, but has always looked strong defensively.

Re: Ashurst : Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:55 am  

Saddened! wrote:

Could be truth in it. He's 'solid' but unspectacular so far. He's looked more lively recently but has never made an impact with the ball, but has always looked strong defensively.

It's a strange one, when he has struggled for game time he has looked decent. But earlier in the year when we had some 2nd row places up for grabs and regular appearances for our academy 2nd rowers, the ease of getting a spot seamed to reduce the performance level.

I'm not making this up either, I think Ashurst put a piece on the Saints website saying how he needed to up his game.

So a pitty if he does not make it at Saints but on current form, not a huge loss.

Re: Ashurst : Thu Aug 18, 2011 11:37 am  

But if both him and Moore leave as is being rumoured it puts us into a position where we've got far too few first team players again.

Re: Ashurst : Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:06 pm  

Matty if you want a lift i'll drop you off free of charge

Re: Ashurst : Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:18 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

But if both him and Moore leave as is being rumoured it puts us into a position where we've got far too few first team players again.

Its a fine balance between quality or quantity I guess. Does Ashurst offer more to the team than someone like Hale, who we can presume will get more chances next year? Is it worth keeping someone who we know isnt good enough, at the expense of someone who may develop into a top player?

Re: Ashurst : Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:05 pm  

EHW wrote:

Its a fine balance between quality or quantity I guess. Does Ashurst offer more to the team than someone like Hale, who we can presume will get more chances next year? Is it worth keeping someone who we know isnt good enough, at the expense of someone who may develop into a top player?

No it's not. But there is also the balance of depth. Teams like Wigan, Wire and the Giants have more first team players than we do. In this situation they would sign Ashurst up for another two years and put him out on dual reg if he wasn't going to get into the side.