Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed May 17, 2023 2:55 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Balmforth hardly got any minutes, Hodgson choose to play Johnstone instead which was criminal.

Not sure any fans critised Hodgson for playing the young kids, of anything it was quiet the opposite, main criticism was playing more experience players, no way would Hodgson would have dropped Evans or a big player like Savelio.

Hodgson make too many errors, like above and probably the worst recruitment since we have been in SL.

i agree about his recruitment for the club.
His bench selection and rotation was inept

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed May 17, 2023 3:06 pm  

Irregular Hoops wrote:

Don’t think IMG will be the saviours of the game, unless they can magic up a few hundred million £.

Union is in the same boat, no one can compete with Premier League Football.

I agree with you about IMG.They are all Bull crap
Taking away promotion and relegation is the most ridiculous part of their strategy.
Rugby league needs Private equity funding and marketing not IMG

[Mild Rover]

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed May 17, 2023 4:54 pm  

bonaire wrote:

Rugby league needs Private equity funding

I strongly disagree with that.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed May 17, 2023 5:51 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

I strongly disagree with that.

As rugby union found out

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed May 17, 2023 7:36 pm  

Steve0 wrote:

As rugby union found out

but its still miles ahead of R/L in both investment and marketing

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed May 17, 2023 7:57 pm  

Just think people bang on about IMG, and I’m yet to be convinced at all. Just rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic.

Rather than insist on every club having an Academy and a reserve team, they’ll probably give us a nines tournament.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed May 17, 2023 7:58 pm  

fosdyke99 wrote:

hodgson made some bad signings,but he also made some good ones.hoy,clifford,dwyer and sutcliffe.

Tony Smith made these signings. As soon as he left Rovers he was told to sort FC out and Hodgson was told he was on his bike. He had a gig almost straight away as defence coach for RFL.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed May 17, 2023 7:59 pm  

That Franklin Pele rumour doing the rounds on Twitter. I'm sure Josh Reynolds can put in a good word for us

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed May 17, 2023 8:39 pm  

another good signing of hodgsons was jake trueman..he made some good and bad signings. more good than bad i think.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed May 17, 2023 10:05 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Balmforth hardly got any minutes, Hodgson choose to play Johnstone instead which was criminal.

Not sure any fans critised Hodgson for playing the young kids, of anything it was quiet the opposite, main criticism was playing more experience players, no way would Hodgson would have dropped Evans or a big player like Savelio.

Hodgson make too many errors, like above and probably the worst recruitment since we have been in SL.

But our "main" hooker Houghton isn't close to top super league 9s even now

Let alone all time

Roby
Clark
Powell
Mcilorum
Mcshane
Parcell
Ackers

Yet we some of our fans still see him as God cause of tackle 52

Madness

Only when he leaves will fans see how average he was in the grand schemes