Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:02 pm  

I thought there was supposed to be a 'medium' announcement from the club today?

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:03 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

They went after LMS and Fielden didn't they?

yeh i dont think our major problem is the props but going forward and if we are serious about being a top team then we need to be more ambitious and replace players like dowes and radders with better players

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:04 pm  

monkeyshoes wrote:

I thought there was supposed to be a 'medium' announcement from the club today?

agar signed a new 3 year deal

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:07 pm  

Sheldon wrote:

What do you know bb?

See PM...

You know me still Chasing the rumours

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:08 pm  

berrigans bitch wrote:

Or by any signings we make

Not so sure anyone will come before the season starts.

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:09 pm  

monkeyshoes wrote:

I thought there was supposed to be a 'medium' announcement from the club today?

Was the Tansey piece in the HDM, another page filler nothing story.

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:12 pm  

HFC Boy wrote:

Not so sure anyone will come before the season starts.

Who knows...maybe building up to it for a final push on season pass sales and all that

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:13 pm  

Standee wrote:

It doesn't matter if we had 4 tackle busting, offloading props, when we don't have runners (dummy and live) then they could be capable of juggling whilst whistling dixie in the front row and it would make no odds.
FC's season will, yet again, be defined by injuries to our 6 and 7.

Agree totally, just not sure why people are saying that our props aren't good enough, least of our problems, moan about the backs and HB's.

I would hope that if we make no halfback signings that Nicklas is given 80 minutes at halfback in both friendlies.

[Mild Rover]

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:19 pm  

arliebird wrote:

yeh i dont think our major problem is the props but going forward and if we are serious about being a top team then we need to be more ambitious and replace players like dowes and radders with better players

Until you are established as a team that are regularly winning trophies, the cap makes it a difficult proposition. You might be tempted to chuck Warrington at me and tbh I'd have to shrug and agree. Ignoring their precedent, developing your own players and having kids punching above their wage is the way to go. We don't have that yet and your production line seems to have stuttered slightly. Hull and Rovers are capable of winning a trophy (probably the CCup) with a fair wind, if they peak at the right moment. To do what Bradford and Saints, and then Leeds have done and what Wigan have maybe now started, it needs to be bottom up, IMO.

I don't think you lack ambition in the transfer market - I'm not even sure you lack success. It is a very competitive market is all.

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:22 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Agree totally, just not sure why people are saying that our props aren't good enough, least of our problems, moan about the backs and HB's.

I would hope that if we make no halfback signings that Nicklas is given 80 minutes at halfback in both friendlies.

Think he will as RH wont be playing for a while,