Spine : Fri Jul 02, 2021 3:58 pm  

I can't see many options for hooker and half backs if O'Brien, Sezer, Cogger and Gaskell are long term injuries. Russell is too lightweight, Sam Wood is not a stand off, can we bring anyone in on loan?

Re: Spine : Fri Jul 02, 2021 5:07 pm  

I said right at the start of the season we didn’t have cover at hooker. Our most decent academy hooker decided to quit the game - Now it’s biting us in the aris as our best fullback is being moved there and we are without a hooker and now a decent fullback.
Poor planning.

Re: Spine : Sat Jul 03, 2021 1:47 pm  

Noto mention Cunningham is simply awful, not seen anything creative from him all year, he doesn't even scoot, worst signing for a long time

Re: Spine : Tue Jul 06, 2021 11:46 am  

Hangerman2 wrote:

Noto mention Cunningham is simply awful, not seen anything creative from him all year, he doesn't even scoot, worst signing for a long time

completely agree - he's not done much to impress.
poor poor planning, we send our back up hooker on a season long loan giving us no opportunity to recall, leaving us with just two.
then switch our best fullback to hooker. Should have played Edwards at hooker - he's stood in at Eels in the past, and we have plenty who can play 2nd row.
mind that's likely not an option now either!

Re: Spine : Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:20 pm  

Looks like Sezer going to Leeds for less money what hell is going on next year will be a new spine .
did we try to keep is this Bret Hodson all over again

Re: Spine : Thu Jul 08, 2021 9:08 am  

For what it's worth, Luke Yates played a little bit of hooker at Newcastle.
He played several short stints in reserve grade at hooker before getting a run as bench hooker in firstgrade, but was so bad they took him off after 5 minutes and never asked him to play hooker again.
I thought he wasn't too bad in reserve grade.

Re: Spine : Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:32 am  

Just read that we are trying to offload Cunnngham and Ashworth to Leigh for Peteru and Peats.

Re: Spine : Fri Jul 09, 2021 1:09 pm  

That's good if true, Jack Ashworth was great for us @ Leigh in the 2019 season, albeit in the championship.

Re: Spine : Sat Jul 10, 2021 8:40 am  

Yes apparently that then gives Leigh two quota spots which they are working to fill.

Re: Spine : Sat Jul 10, 2021 3:32 pm  

the stella kid wrote:

Just read that we are trying to offload Cunnngham and Ashworth to Leigh for Peteru and Peats.

3 of the players have completed their loan swaps, apart from Cunningham who won't be coming to lovely Leigh.