Re: Rumours thread : Wed Nov 08, 2023 10:20 am  

Trojan Horse wrote:

Fev making so good signings too with Bussey and Bowes.

Going to be some scrap with them. Despite claims they’re cutting budgets their signings suggest anything but.

Still confident in Wakefield Trinity thought to do the job next season.

Fev currently have only have 11 players announced for next year and at least 17 from last year's squad have left. Amongst those that have gone are just about all the players widely regarded as big earners (Leilua, Kheirallah, Ford, Taylor, Moors etc), and unlike previous years Fev won't be trying to outbid all comers, with automatic promotion and relegation gone it will be a rebuilding year for Fev on a much lower budget with the aim to make the top six and try to be competitive in the play-offs from there. That's not to say it won't still be a competitive team though.

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Re: Rumours thread : Wed Nov 08, 2023 10:47 am  

The Phantom Horseman wrote:

Fev currently have only have 11 players announced for next year and at least 17 from last year's squad have left. Amongst those that have gone are just about all the players widely regarded as big earners (Leilua, Kheirallah, Ford, Taylor, Moors etc), and unlike previous years Fev won't be trying to outbid all comers, with automatic promotion and relegation gone it will be a rebuilding year for Fev on a much lower budget with the aim to make the top six and try to be competitive in the play-offs from there. That's not to say it won't still be a competitive team though.

The way the IMG scoring works, you really only have to make the playoffs. The final standing for the league is calculated by where you ended up in the playoffs.

So if you finish 5th but make it to the final but lose, you are regarded as second......so effectively 14th overall.

Re: Rumours thread : Wed Nov 08, 2023 11:31 am  

PopTart wrote:

The way the IMG scoring works, you really only have to make the playoffs. The final standing for the league is calculated by where you ended up in the playoffs.

So if you finish 5th but make it to the final but lose, you are regarded as second......so effectively 14th overall.

Trust me, as a Fev fan you don't need to tell me how irrelevant the regular season is!

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Re: Rumours thread : Wed Nov 08, 2023 11:55 am  

The Phantom Horseman wrote:

Trust me, as a Fev fan you don't need to tell me how irrelevant the regular season is!

Sorry. That was for everyone else too.
This is our first time. I appreciate you can tell us a few things about the Championship.

Re: Rumours thread : Wed Nov 08, 2023 2:11 pm  

PopTart wrote:

This is our first time.

We'll be gentle with you.

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Re: Rumours thread : Wed Nov 08, 2023 2:43 pm  

The Phantom Horseman wrote:

We'll be gentle with you.

I think it will be an interesting ride.
Looking forward to our local Derby.

If we can get Jonny Thompson playing for that one, and maybe Paul Mallinder we'll be on it.
(Depends how old you are to get that one)

Re: Rumours thread : Wed Nov 08, 2023 2:54 pm  

PopTart wrote:

I think it will be an interesting ride.
Looking forward to our local Derby.

If we can get Jonny Thompson playing for that one, and maybe Paul Mallinder we'll be on it.
(Depends how old you are to get that one)

Not sure I quite get the reference, even though I'm old enough to remember Jimmy Thompson let alone Jonny.

Yes, it will be good from our POV to have a Derby back. Suspect you will be a fair bit stronger than us this year, but we'll see.

Re: Rumours thread : Wed Nov 08, 2023 4:37 pm  

The Phantom Horseman wrote:

We'll be gentle with you.

How kind.

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Re: Rumours thread : Wed Nov 08, 2023 4:51 pm  

The Phantom Horseman wrote:

Not sure I quite get the reference, even though I'm old enough to remember Jimmy Thompson let alone Jonny.

Yes, it will be good from our POV to have a Derby back. Suspect you will be a fair bit stronger than us this year, but we'll see.

I can understand why it wouldn't register for a fev fan but in 88 we had a decent team with Mark Graham and Steve Ella. We won some big games but it all fell apart and we had a long losing run.
Mark Graham went home and left us in the learch. Toppo decided to put a lot of local lads in, like Jonny and Paul Malinder who weren't world beaters but bled red white and blue.
With that new found Trinity spirit, led by Ella, we beat a pretty good Fev side that day and got the season back on track.
Nothing game to anyone else but it's a signpost to many about the need for passion for the team and work ethic over skillful players out for themselves.

Re: Rumours thread : Thu Nov 09, 2023 11:44 am  

PopTart wrote: I can understand why it wouldn't register for a fev fan but in 88 we had a decent team with Mark Graham and Steve Ella. We won some big games but it all fell apart and we had a long losing run. Mark Graham went home and left us in the learch. Toppo decided to put a lot of local lads in, like Jonny and Paul Malinder who weren't world beaters but bled red white and blue. With that new found Trinity spirit, led by Ella, we beat a pretty good Fev side that day and got the season back on track. Nothing game to anyone else but it's a signpost to many about the need for passion for the team and work ethic over skillful players out for themselves. Ah ok. Think you beat us twice in 5 days over the Xmas holidays? Here's a link to the programme from the Post Office Road game (from the superb Fevarchive website, a great resource if you ever want to check back on past games against Fev). https://www.fevarchive.co.uk/programmes ... mber-1988/ Page 2 on today's game indeed talks about the "crippling injury list" at Belle Vue and Graham's recent departure. Later in the programme there's a long piece about Wakefield's "golden years".

PopTart wrote: I can understand why it wouldn't register for a fev fan but in 88 we had a decent team with Mark Graham and Steve Ella. We won some big games but it all fell apart and we had a long losing run. Mark Graham went home and left us in the learch. Toppo decided to put a lot of local lads in, like Jonny and Paul Malinder who weren't world beaters but bled red white and blue. With that new found Trinity spirit, led by Ella, we beat a pretty good Fev side that day and got the season back on track. Nothing game to anyone else but it's a signpost to many about the need for passion for the team and work ethic over skillful players out for themselves. Ah ok. Think you beat us twice in 5 days over the Xmas holidays? Here's a link to the programme from the Post Office Road game (from the superb Fevarchive website, a great resource if you ever want to check back on past games against Fev). https://www.fevarchive.co.uk/programmes ... mber-1988/ Page 2 on today's game indeed talks about the "crippling injury list" at Belle Vue and Graham's recent departure. Later in the programme there's a long piece about Wakefield's "golden years".