Re: gareth carvell : Sun Feb 09, 2014 8:49 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Although on second thoughts he says we need another prop, ie Mason. Implies Carvell deal off then? Paea, Feka, Carvell, Green, Watts and Bowden would be enough.

He tweeted in reply to somebody else saying something along the lines of, "Carvell in, Watts out for 6 weeks, think still one prop short".

"Carvell in" sounds like deal has been done. Also he retweeted something about a Bradford paper having back page news tomorrow about one of the players. Obviously Carvell, hopefully saying he has now left.

Not too bothered about either Gale or Mason. Would rather have Miller, and would rather give game time to BTW before jumping in and signing Mason as if we give him some games it may turn out we had enough props all along.

Re: gareth carvell : Sun Feb 09, 2014 8:50 pm  

Terrible off season planning, changing 3 players, one is a really key position, 4 days before the season starts if this us all true.

Re: gareth carvell : Sun Feb 09, 2014 8:54 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Be disappointed if signing Mason means Bowden, Green and BTW don't get the get valuable game time.

Mason is 32 and average, superleague site has him down as retired.

Not convinced by Radfords recruitment at all.

Don't think Bowden is going to ever be good enough unfortunately, a victim of a lack of investment during the Agar/Hetherington reign. Green's crocked and BTW is still very young, although I do reckon he'll be in front of Mason by midway through the year.

Re: gareth carvell : Sun Feb 09, 2014 8:57 pm  

*1865* wrote:

Don't think Bowden is going to ever be good enough unfortunately, a victim of a lack of investment during the Agar/Hetherington reign. Green's crocked and BTW is still very young, although I do reckon he'll be in front of Mason by midway through the year.

We will never find out about players like Bowden if we don't give a chance, signing an average prop like Mason won't help. People said crooks wasn't ready, but as soon as he got the chance he showed how good he was.

Also Green us expected to be fit for Friday.

Re: gareth carvell : Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:01 pm  

roger daly wrote:

If the players hadn't been getting paid we would of heard,yes it's been paid late in the last few months but still got it.Carvells contract with the Bulls would of started on 1st December 2013 so only 2 pay days since then and as far as we know they have been paid

SL contracts are usually from 1 November.

Bradford's players have been getting paid, just not by BB 2014

Re: gareth carvell : Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:11 pm  

Not sure about Mason but continue to hope that Carvell will be our player next week. As regards the young props it's really tricky - I worry about both Green and Bowden making it but on the other hand I think it's the toughest position of the lot to be a young player in. It's really hard playing at prop at this level and I reckon you need a few years under your belt to really mix it with the senior pros, with the odd outstanding exception. I guess we're on the lookout as a result of injuries but also the coaching staff will know the performance of the squad in training and maybe some are struggling to hack it. If we get Mason I hope it would be a cheap deal.

Re: gareth carvell : Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:13 pm  

*1865* wrote:

Don't think Bowden is going to ever be good enough unfortunately, a victim of a lack of investment during the Agar/Hetherington reign. Green's crocked and BTW is still very young, although I do reckon he'll be in front of Mason by midway through the year.

A fair summary.

Re: gareth carvell : Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:24 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

We will never find out about players like Bowden if we don't give a chance, signing an average prop like Mason won't help. People said crooks wasn't ready, but as soon as he got the chance he showed how good he was.

Also Green us expected to be fit for Friday.

I've heard conflicting reports on Green. Heard he's had an op and won't feature for at least 8 weeks.

Re: gareth carvell : Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:10 pm  

How far have we sunk when the potential signings of luke gales and keith mason 5 days before the season starts are being received positively

Re: gareth carvell : Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:17 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Also Green us expected to be fit for Friday.

Green being assessed on a week by week basis but won't feature on Friday