Re: Rumours Ad Infinitum : Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:20 pm  

Rupert Pupkin wrote:

He must be s**t then, damn, another huge boob by the board and CS.

I suppose Pitts, Arundal and Watts have wetted your fans appetitie to be finaly back up with the big boys for next season.

Dont know how they will go but Pitts has looked good and the other 2 will have to wait and see wont we but our recruitment isnt over as more to come in.As for the big boys...who have they signed..Wigan are losing 4,warrington arent as good when players out..Leeds creaking and a average Sts team..Hudds lost a pivotial player and coach...Catalans will be main contenders next season...oh yes...hardly any signings been made by them to wet their fans appetites has there.

[Kosh]

Re: Rumours Ad Infinitum : Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:29 pm  

Good to see Pumpkin back down to his usual low standards. For a while there his position as Most Pathetic And Obvious Rovers Troll Ever was under serious threat.

Re: Rumours Ad Infinitum : Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:30 pm  

Rupert Pupkin wrote:

Correct

Lets make this simple. AP said your signings would be top class, in the same mould as Ellis. Out of your 3 signings so far, this is only true on one occasion.

Losing Manu and replacing him with Ellis IMO is not a step forward, more of a like for like. Manu has consistantly been your top attacking player and a player teams fear.

Again signing Arundal is more a like for like after losing Turner, but how Arundal goes, nobody is really sure. He looked good in his debut season but has spent the majority of this season injured.

Watts as most of us Rovers fans know he has the potential but as for applying that well, lets just say he has shown very little of it in his last two seasons. An improvement, who knows!

With the rumours surrounding the club regarding players wanting out, the running of the club been a shamble, it could well be a different FC side we see out next season. AP has alot of work to do regarding ingoing and outgoing players, I suppose we will see what true ambition he has in the next signings brought in.

The problem is that whatever pearson does, we still have the 2 limiting factors of salary cap and players actually available. If we can address a few small fundamental weaknesses then we can significantly improve. A half back with a kicking game who doesn't spend most of the season injured would be a start. A couple of decent props and good full back who doesn't feck off 1/3 of the way into the season and I think we'll be firmly in the group of teams behind wigan. Looks like plenty of teams will likely be weaker next season anyway

Re: Rumours Ad Infinitum : Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:31 pm  

Kosh wrote:

Good to see Pumpkin back down to his usual low standards. For a while there his position as Most Pathetic And Obvious Rovers Troll Ever was under serious threat.

Funny how he went quiet when i questioned Dobsons NRL career...well,lack of it.

Re: Rumours Ad Infinitum : Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:36 pm  

fc baldy wrote:

Dont know how they will go but Pitts has looked good and the other 2 will have to wait and see wont we but our recruitment isnt over as more to come in.As for the big boys...who have they signed..Wigan are losing 4,warrington arent as good when players out..Leeds creaking and a average Sts team..Hudds lost a pivotial player and coach...Catalans will be main contenders next season...oh yes...hardly any signings been made by them to wet their fans appetites has there.

pitts is average

rupert is on her blob week by the looks of it

Re: Rumours Ad Infinitum : Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:39 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

pitts is average

rupert is on her blob week by the looks of it

Pitts can improve but he isnt a prop...needs serious bulking up if he does.

Re: Rumours Ad Infinitum : Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:04 pm  

All the announced signings are upgrades over the players they replace, some more than others. Arundel is an England Knight already and has the potential to be a star player in our league. Watts has fallen by the wayside but possesses the physical talents to be another good player in our league.

If our signing of Crookes is true he is another upgrade on Sharp, young, pacey and certainly showed Rovers he knows where the try line is at Caravan Park this year. I like that we are signing young but experienced English players as full England international very rarely change clubs at the peak of their careers. As already noted signing establish NRL's stars is likely to become a think of the past.

Re: Rumours Ad Infinitum : Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:14 pm  

Holdsworth played well last night. Would be a good addition IMO.

Re: Rumours Ad Infinitum : Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:21 pm  

I just hope we get a group of players who actually have the desire to match their ability.

Re: Rumours Ad Infinitum : Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:34 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

I just hope we get a group of players who actually have the desire to match their ability.

Gentle alluded to that in a interview...wants players that can be coached and want to be coached.....sounds like a few of them arent listening so bye bye.