Re: Brandon Pickersgill : Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:56 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

When we're getting outbid by Fev it's a poor do.

To be fair Fev are probably the highest spenders in the league after Toulouse. Also we don't know what they've offered.

Like others have said, I like Pickersgill and would prefer to keep him, but he has a limit on what he's worth with his weaknesses. If Fev have offered silly money then it's right we've walked away or not tried and match it, particularly with us not knowing the central funding for next year.

Re: Brandon Pickersgill : Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:17 pm  

Maybe has ambitions of playing in SL? If thats the case no matter what the money is, who is his best chance of that happening with?

Re: Brandon Pickersgill : Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:22 pm  

As erstwhile Poachers of the cloth cutting world I am truly flummoxed at the size and quality of the Fev squad in this division. Do they have a minted backer?

Re: Brandon Pickersgill : Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:40 pm  

I know they’ve exceed their target of 200 squad booster members and are heading towards 500 and with minimum payment of £10 pm per person this brings in a considerable amount

Re: Brandon Pickersgill : Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:19 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Maybe has ambitions of playing in SL? If thats the case no matter what the money is, who is his best chance of that happening with?

Not sure if Salford offered him a deal but they were definitely enquiring.

Re: Brandon Pickersgill : Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:23 pm  

Where will he play at fev, Craig hall has atleast another season or 2 in him

Re: Brandon Pickersgill : Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:40 pm  

Scarey71 wrote:

As erstwhile Poachers of the cloth cutting world I am truly flummoxed at the size and quality of the Fev squad in this division. Do they have a minted backer?

Mark Campbell has put a lot of his own cash into Fev over the years, but the key in recent years has been improved income streams. Big sponsorship, Squad Builder, improved retail store, regular use of the clubhouse for functions (Covid permitting) etc. The club owns the ground and plenty of land around it, and instead of paying rent is actually making money from the ground and its facilities.

Re: Brandon Pickersgill : Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:10 pm  

I think he's a decent player at Championship level but I wouldn't see him stepping up to SL

And Fev have certainly got ambitions in that direction. Seems a bit of strange signing to be honest

Re: Brandon Pickersgill : Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:40 pm  

The Phantom Horseman wrote:

Mark Campbell has put a lot of his own cash into Fev over the years, but the key in recent years has been improved income streams. Big sponsorship, Squad Builder, improved retail store, regular use of the clubhouse for functions (Covid permitting) etc. The club owns the ground and plenty of land around it, and instead of paying rent is actually making money from the ground and its facilities.

Fev use the clubhouse whatever the rules....don't they?

Re: Brandon Pickersgill : Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:53 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

I think he's a decent player at Championship level but I wouldn't see him stepping up to SL

And Fev have certainly got ambitions in that direction. Seems a bit of strange signing to be honest

I don’t think he’s full time at the moment. So he’s a decent quality Championship player on P/T training. He’s deffo got more improvement in him if he was training F/T, just difficult to predict how much.

Our problem with our better academy products is they will want their best chance to get as good as they can, which generally needs a full time environment.