Re: Recruitment 2016 Rumours & Signings.. : Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:48 am  

Bulliac wrote:

I like Baile to be fair, and was delighted when he came on board, but he's not really been up to his standard of old. Maybe he's not had a long enough run or it's just the 'in and out' nature of his appearances so far, but, for me, his form hasn't exactly screamed "pick me", to the coach.

True, although he was mainly deployed as the centre/second row bench option waaaay back when we were doing ok, especially with Lenny Henry scoring quite a few tries, but I can't imagine Baile would have contributed to the first half Fev blitz the way Lenny did for example. I think this is just another case of Lowes' stubborn lack of rotation.

Re: Recruitment 2016 Rumours & Signings.. : Wed Jul 15, 2015 12:09 pm  

Bulliac wrote:

I like Baile to be fair, and was delighted when he came on board, but he's not really been up to his standard of old. Maybe he's not had a long enough run or it's just the 'in and out' nature of his appearances so far, but, for me, his form hasn't exactly screamed "pick me", to the coach.

This. Baille that played for Catalans would strengthened our back line options quite a bit, unfortunately we appear to have signed his injury prone disinterested twin brother. Was one of our best signing on paper but has been biggest disappointment IMO.

Re: Recruitment 2016 Rumours & Signings.. : Wed Jul 15, 2015 12:12 pm  

Sensei-Bull wrote:

I stand corrected,but I'm going on memory. I'm pretty sure that I heard it described as a parachute payment shortly after being relegated. May have been by other championship teams who didn't get as much.

Most of media was lazy and described it as a parachute payment but it was just amount allocated to top placed team. Point is we aren't going to get significantly less next year.

Re: Recruitment 2016 Rumours & Signings.. : Wed Jul 15, 2015 2:24 pm  

mat wrote:

Most of media was lazy and described it as a parachute payment but it was just amount allocated to top placed team. Point is we aren't going to get significantly less next year.

And just as an add on to the money thing, the club have just announced a 5 figure sponsorship with a local crane company today so that'll help top up the income.

Re: Recruitment 2016 Rumours & Signings.. : Wed Jul 15, 2015 3:28 pm  

I should think that the four home games in the main event should provide a nice little earner and I assume that the crowd numbers and receipts have exceeded expectations.We have had a close look at the other Championship clubs so we should know a bit more about who we want to cherry pick.

Re: Recruitment 2016 Rumours & Signings.. : Wed Jul 15, 2015 3:53 pm  

When Jimmy was asked lately about Davies he very bluntly said "no comment". I wouldn't be surprised to hear there is a disagreement at the top of the club about how we build a big squad and some just haven't been used.
We do have a decent squad and many good players but players need to play to keep or build form. Baille doesn't turn into a bad player overnight but he can do over a season if he isn't picked. That goes for most players.
If you were an up and coming player would you sign for Jimmy unless you knew you were a favourite of his?
I fully expect Jimmy to see out his second year next season but I see supporters starting to seriously doubt him because people feel that team management has not been right this year.

Re: Recruitment 2016 Rumours & Signings.. : Wed Jul 15, 2015 8:12 pm  

woolly07 wrote:

When Jimmy was asked lately about Davies he very bluntly said "no comment". I wouldn't be surprised to hear there is a disagreement at the top of the club about how we build a big squad and some just haven't been used.
We do have a decent squad and many good players but players need to play to keep or build form. Baille doesn't turn into a bad player overnight but he can do over a season if he isn't picked. That goes for most players.
If you were an up and coming player would you sign for Jimmy unless you knew you were a favourite of his?
I fully expect Jimmy to see out his second year next season but I see supporters starting to seriously doubt him because people feel that team management has not been right this year.

I have to say I already doubt that Lowes can get us promotion.

Re: Recruitment 2016 Rumours & Signings.. : Wed Jul 15, 2015 8:20 pm  

jammle wrote:

Not sure if this has been mentioned before but ...
rumour is a winger/full back signed from Batley.

The more I read this post the more I think it will be true. I'm sure we all agree we need a winger/full back from Batley, not a play making half back

Re: Recruitment 2016 Rumours & Signings.. : Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:24 pm  

Who are the wingers/full backs from Batley?

Ulugia back from them?

Re: Recruitment 2016 Rumours & Signings.. : Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:56 pm  

Wonder what that Ainscough's like?