[Bullseye]

Re: Round 5: Swinton : Fri May 07, 2021 10:33 am  

M@islebugs wrote:

Little bits are leaking out about the pre-season which whilst a bit disappointing suggests we have a ton of improvement in us.

What have you heard?

Re: Round 5: Swinton : Fri May 07, 2021 10:37 am  

Bullseye wrote:

What have you heard?

Brough said post Dewsbury the pre-season wasn't great and Wood said they weren't able to train together prior to Sheffield.

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Re: Round 5: Swinton : Fri May 07, 2021 10:43 am  

M@islebugs wrote:

Brough said post Dewsbury the pre-season wasn't great and Wood said they weren't able to train together prior to Sheffield.

Interesting. Explains things a bit without going into the reasons why. Hopefully that's all behind us now.

Looking at the injuries if Fleming and Scurr are fit it makes a big difference. Without them both and England it's a completely different matter and we all know how the quality dips when you lose a few.

I'm not sure if we have any cash, I suspect Anthony England's retirement didn't come out of the blue and some of his money may have been directed at the Ben Evans signing. I agree we could do with another forward. Olbison would be a great signing if he's available.

Re: Round 5: Swinton : Fri May 07, 2021 10:45 am  

M@islebugs wrote:

Brough said post Dewsbury the pre-season wasn't great and Wood said they weren't able to train together prior to Sheffield.

Every club had the same guidelines to follow though. Not sure why it would detriment us more than anyone else.

Re: Round 5: Swinton : Fri May 07, 2021 11:19 am  

RagingBull wrote:

Every club had the same guidelines to follow though. Not sure why it would detriment us more than anyone else.

Depends how closely followed those guidelines were by each club.

Some will have followed them to the letter, others I have my doubts. Wasn't really possible for the RFL to monitor everyone's training was it.

Re: Round 5: Swinton : Fri May 07, 2021 11:50 am  

Bullseye wrote:

Interesting. Explains things a bit without going into the reasons why. Hopefully that's all behind us now.

Looking at the injuries if Fleming and Scurr are fit it makes a big difference. Without them both and England it's a completely different matter and we all know how the quality dips when you lose a few.

I'm not sure if we have any cash, I suspect Anthony England's retirement didn't come out of the blue and some of his money may have been directed at the Ben Evans signing. I agree we could do with another forward. Olbison would be a great signing if he's available.

That'd be a shame because I don't think we're far off if we keep improving/get fit. A prop, centre, hooker on loan would really throw us in the mix. Toulouse might have trouble with the fixtures and Fev are still Fev.

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Re: Round 5: Swinton : Fri May 07, 2021 12:07 pm  

M@islebugs wrote:

That'd be a shame because I don't think we're far off if we keep improving/get fit. A prop, centre, hooker on loan would really throw us in the mix. Toulouse might have trouble with the fixtures and Fev are still Fev.

I don't know for sure but we were either outbid or didn't bid for Tangata or Keyes who would've improved the squad and could've helped fill a couple of those positions

On the fitness front clearly some clubs were much better prepared than us at the beginning of the season. It'd be interesting to know how they did it if all were following the rules in place.

Re: Round 5: Swinton : Fri May 07, 2021 12:36 pm  

We did bid for Tangata but as I understand he always wanted to go back to Fax

Re: Round 5: Swinton : Fri May 07, 2021 1:35 pm  

I'd be surprised if Keyes even considered coming back to us, even on loan, considering the missed pension payments under Chalmers. We all know who was pulling Chalmers strings in background and would imagine for all players affected it would be a case of once bitten twice shy.

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Re: Round 5: Swinton : Fri May 07, 2021 1:41 pm  

mat wrote:

I'd be surprised if Keyes even considered coming back to us, even on loan, considering the missed pension payments under Chalmers. We all know who was pulling Chalmers strings in background and would imagine for all players affected it would be a case of once bitten twice shy.

Good point. Given that players talk to each other it may have put others off too. We did well to get anyone.