Re: Pre Season - 2025 : Tue Oct 29, 2024 3:37 pm  

Armavinit wrote:

Jason Abdul will be the gauge, hope it goes well for him, I for one think a fit and slimmed down version of him will do the team a power of good in what promises to be e very interesting spine.

Is he another new signing?

Re: Pre Season - 2025 : Tue Oct 29, 2024 3:40 pm  

mwindass wrote:

I'd like to see Balmforth share the 13 role when Asiata comes off for a breather.

We could run with 2 hookers on the pitch for 20/30minutes

I think i have seen that tactic before somewhere

Re: Pre Season - 2025 : Tue Oct 29, 2024 4:05 pm  

bonaire wrote:

Is he another new signing?

jordan's thinner brother

Re: Pre Season - 2025 : Tue Oct 29, 2024 4:47 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

jordan's thinner brother

Bloody predictive text

Re: Pre Season - 2025 : Tue Oct 29, 2024 5:05 pm  

HU8HFC wrote:

He certainly looked trimmer when I saw him a couple weeks back

Saw him last week at Total Fitness putting a shift in.

Re: Pre Season - 2025 : Tue Oct 29, 2024 5:31 pm  

Thing with Abdul is he might come back with an attitude to right a few wrongs? Hopefully he’s in a better headspace and he can prove the doubters wrong.

Will be an asset if he can get himself to something like full fitness.

Re: Pre Season - 2025 : Tue Oct 29, 2024 6:24 pm  

I won't comment too much on Abdull's fitness until I see him next year.
Can fully understand why people are sceptical over the signing. His conditioning last season was terrible and way below par. However that doesn't mean he's going to be in the same condition next season when he runs out for us. Or if he is in that condition, im fairly confident he won't be running out for us.
If he can get his body right, I think he will do well for us. Possibly very well. But certainly an improvement over anything we had in the halves this season. Might be in the minority but I have faith he will put the work in and look the part next season.

Re: Pre Season - 2025 : Thu Oct 31, 2024 5:01 pm  

Jon Clarke here for the first 2 weeks of pre season before flying back to Australia.
There is another new S@C coach also who will be working alongside Tom Bennett.

Re: Pre Season - 2025 : Thu Oct 31, 2024 9:44 pm  

Have we had any confirmation yet of what Gaz Ellis' role is now? Could it be he's moving into strength and conditioning?

Re: Pre Season - 2025 : Thu Oct 31, 2024 11:36 pm  

RockNRolla wrote:

Jon Clarke here for the first 2 weeks of pre season before flying back to Australia.
There is another new S@C coach also who will be working alongside Tom Bennett.

Thats great news, as Tom Bennett is still unqualified....
Pearson's decision last November, to only employ one fitness trainer (who isnt qualified) meant the squad could not physically compete in SL. , this created more injuries, unfortunately , we only had trainee physiotherapists from Hull university ....