Oliver Russell : Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:57 pm  

Since I heard that we are rumoured to be signing him for next season I have made a point of watching him play and I have to say that I don't know why ??
He looks very average at best as he doesn't seem to create very much at all, either with ball in hand, or with his kicking game, or am I missing something ??
Surely if we are aiming for Super League top 6 then we can do a lot better than him ??

Re: Oliver Russell : Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:16 pm  

FIL wrote:

Since I heard that we are rumoured to be signing him for next season I have made a point of watching him play and I have to say that I don't know why ??
He looks very average at best as he doesn't seem to create very much at all, either with ball in hand, or with his kicking game, or am I missing something ??
Surely if we are aiming for Super League top 6 then we can do a lot better than him ??

Top 6 is a journey, its not happening immediately, unless we have a Leigh type season. Slowly improve positions to get to a point where you have good enough depth to compete in the top half regularly.

Re: Oliver Russell : Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:37 pm  

FIL wrote:

Since I heard that we are rumoured to be signing him for next season I have made a point of watching him play and I have to say that I don't know why ??
He looks very average at best as he doesn't seem to create very much at all, either with ball in hand, or with his kicking game, or am I missing something ??
Surely if we are aiming for Super League top 6 then we can do a lot better than him ??

I must admit, he's OK from what I've seen but nothing special.

Didnt Ellis say when he first came, he'd like to be in a position to bring in maequee players.

Personally, if we were, I'd like to see us bring in a real top quality half.

Only time will tell.

Re: Oliver Russell : Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:32 pm  

All the shuds team are underperforming.

Re: Oliver Russell : Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:56 pm  

Russel was much better last year so maybe the comments came during pre season. Not many Shudds guys have shone yet this year but they have managed a couple of wins. Be interesting to see how they fair next week v Hull FC in t'cup.
Hull looked inept today v Leigh. Very sad to see.