Is this possibly the worst squad : Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:40 pm  

We've had since the start of SL?
I'm struggling to think of a weaker one.
Ageing slow FB
3/4'S with very little pace or guille
HB pairing that has a SO who's had all the confidence he was building in 2001,knocked out if him by Rush in 2012,a SH who can only pass 1 way,and in reality is a FB.
A forward pack that is full of 2nd rowers,it says something when the only genuine TRUE prop we have is Josh Perry.
Recruitment has been awful for the last 3/4 years Perry,Hohihia,Turner and even Manu ffs he's in twilight of his career.
Admittedly if you look at the 2006 GF winning side replacing players of the calbre of that squad would be very very hard,but when you replace the likes of Gidley,Lyon and even Shenton with Turner jeez we have serious problems.I'd also love to know which plonker it was that signed Lance(jack of all trades certainly master of none)and the even bigger plonker that gave him a 4 year deal.
3 games in we've been totally blown of the park by Hudds,fortunate to beat a poor Widnes side(look at todays score against an average Bobbins side)we only scored when they were down to 11,and drawing to a Hull (missing a few of their star players)who in the last 15 minutes were far the better team.
Sorry to say this but top 4 i think will be out of our reach this season infact 6th might be the best we can hope for.

Hope i'm wrong btw COYS

Re: Is this possibly the worst squad : Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:00 am  

Just before the start of the season there was a lot of talk about how you had the best pack in superleague. Amazing how 3 games in it suddenly isn't good enough.

Re: Is this possibly the worst squad : Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:07 am  

You guys said this last year when you were poor at our ground and that was 7 games in. You picked up after that and finished 3rd. You'll be fine

Re: Is this possibly the worst squad : Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:51 am  

The squad of present players remind me of some of the team we had in the 80,s think we struggled for decent backs then and we ended up with a certain "Tricky Trindall". Looking more and more like a mid table team, we overachieved last year which covered the cracks.

Re: Is this possibly the worst squad : Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:45 am  

Judder Man wrote:

The squad of present players remind me of some of the team we had in the 80,s think we struggled for decent backs then and we ended up with a certain "Tricky Trindall". Looking more and more like a mid table team, we overachieved last year which covered the cracks.

Tricky Trindall played for us in either '99 or 2000.
He was also a very good player, just an great dude, a poor proffessional and a little injury prone.

I think we have some very good players in our squad. It could be better, but there's a salary cap these days.

Re: Is this possibly the worst squad : Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:48 am  

Sibbs Rhinos wrote:

Just before the start of the season there was a lot of talk about how you had the best pack in superleague. Amazing how 3 games in it suddenly isn't good enough.

Given he's only made 12 posts, I assume that wasn't from him.

We've got a pretty good squad. Once we got Brown on board, a few people (including myself) have fancied us to do well.
We've playe poorly so far, but have improved slightly each week. Only time will tell....

Re: Is this possibly the worst squad : Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:31 am  

Sibbs Rhinos wrote:

Just before the start of the season there was a lot of talk about how you had the best pack in superleague. Amazing how 3 games in it suddenly isn't good enough.

If packs played on paper we probably would have the best one in the league , sadly for us they need to man up on the field and justify the hype

Re: Is this possibly the worst squad : Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:46 am  

175179 wrote:

We've had since the start of SL?
I'm struggling to think of a weaker one.
Ageing slow FB
3/4'S with very little pace or guille
HB pairing that has a SO who's had all the confidence he was building in 2001,knocked out if him by Rush in 2012,a SH who can only pass 1 way,and in reality is a FB.
A forward pack that is full of 2nd rowers,it says something when the only genuine TRUE prop we have is Josh Perry.
Recruitment has been awful for the last 3/4 years Perry,Hohihia,Turner and even Manu ffs he's in twilight of his career.
Admittedly if you look at the 2006 GF winning side replacing players of the calbre of that squad would be very very hard,but when you replace the likes of Gidley,Lyon and even Shenton with Turner jeez we have serious problems.I'd also love to know which plonker it was that signed Lance(jack of all trades certainly master of none)and the even bigger plonker that gave him a 4 year deal.
3 games in we've been totally blown of the park by Hudds,fortunate to beat a poor Widnes side(look at todays score against an average Bobbins side)we only scored when they were down to 11,and drawing to a Hull (missing a few of their star players)who in the last 15 minutes were far the better team.
Sorry to say this but top 4 i think will be out of our reach this season infact 6th might be the best we can hope for.

Hope i'm wrong btw COYS

I feel your frustration but I think you have a couple of things wrong . Pace for starters , Wello is like a sloth in reverse but the rest can all shift, I do however agree we seem to lack guile , that could be resolved somewhat by replacing the sloth ...

I wouldnt be too harsh on Manu so early - he is a class player and one of the better recruits we've made in the last few years.

I think the plonker your looking for is Royce on the Lance signing, I believe that situation could be resolved somewhat though by playing in his best position of fullback - kills 2 birds with one stone

For me the squad isnt great but what we are really lacking more than anything is an experienced halfback who can get a grip of a game.. as many have said we've never replaced Long (Eastmond was still a work in progress). Lomax and Gaskell have alot of promise and potential but getting some experience in there to help them is a must for me.

Re: Is this possibly the worst squad : Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:40 am  

We had a worse squad last year.

Re: Is this possibly the worst squad : Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:42 pm  

I think it's just a matter of time. We have been slow starters since Anderson left and actually before he got here we where never off the mark at a million miles an hour.

I'm hoping to get to the Bradford game and see an improved performance again.

If we keep getting better week on week then, we will be in the mix at the right end of the season. I reckon we have 5-6 games to get some form and then people will be rightly asking whether we should try to re-sign Gaskell or let him go for someone else.

He needs time and I'm happy to wait, but with (rumours thread) Lance and TP possibly on the move, then that would leave some big cash available. Tim Smith prehaps???