Re: More Rumours!! : Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:44 am  

SirBlighty wrote:

Be no Leeds players coming in a mile of this club.

The ones we could use won't be leaving either.

Re: More Rumours!! : Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:54 am  

TommysDad wrote:

There are no playing positions in Rugby League called 'Utility'.

Agreed but maybe Utility should be changed to Average.

I was a supportere of Rich but the more I go through games been and gone I realise how average he is.

We are so used to average that we give Rich the time of day.,

Re: More Rumours!! : Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:57 am  

GEvans75 wrote:

Agreed but maybe Utility should be changed to Average.

I was a supportere of Rich but the more I go through games been and gone I realise how average he is.

We are so used to average that we give Rich the time of day.,

The most ridiculous statement of the day goes to...

Re: More Rumours!! : Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:58 am  

GEvans75 wrote:

We are so used to average that we give Rich the time of day.,

Re: More Rumours!! : Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:02 am  

tommyfromhull wrote:

The most ridiculous statement of the day goes to...

Whiting is that good he's classed as a utility (average) player because we can't pin point his starting position because he's that good he can play everywhere.

Re: More Rumours!! : Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:52 am  

Greavsie wrote:

i read that has additions to the coaching team not the playing squad.

Never thought of it that way tbh, could mean either, suppose we'll know soon enough

[Mild Rover]

Re: More Rumours!! : Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:08 am  

Dave K. wrote:

Do we now need 2 more fowards with Radford retiring, pack as it stands

Moa
Lynch
O Meley
O Carroll
Bowden
Westerman
Tickle
Manu
Green
Cunningham
Kent

With only four with first-grade experience, you definately need a prop, I reckon.
We have 9 now (Clinton, O'Hara, Netherton, Wheeldon, Paea, Lovegrove, Taylor, Watts, Beaumont), which is probably a bit excessive in fairness. Though a couple can play 2nd row and we may well go with a prop at LF.
Would you want Wheeldon back? He'd still count as club trained for you. Not that I want shot, he's pretty decent, but he might have more chances to play at Hull, as things stand.

Re: More Rumours!! : Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:13 am  

Mild Rover wrote:

With only four with first-grade experience, you definately need a prop, I reckon.
We have 9 now (Clinton, O'Hara, Netherton, Wheeldon, Paea, Lovegrove, Taylor, Watts, Beaumont), which is probably a bit excessive in fairness. Though a couple can play 2nd row and we may well go with a prop at LF.
Would you want Wheeldon back? He'd still count as club trained for you. Not that I want shot, he's pretty decent, but he might have more chances to play at Hull, as things stand.

We need either a prop or a 2nd row. I'd rather us sign a 2nd row and shift Tickle up to prop when needed.

Re: More Rumours!! : Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:42 pm  

TommysDad wrote:

There are no playing positions in Rugby League called 'Utility'.

Ah right, so you don't grasp that rugby league is a squad game these days then? Fair enough!

Re: More Rumours!! : Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:52 pm  

GEvans75 wrote:

Whiting is that good he's classed as a utility (average) player because we can't pin point his starting position because he's that good he can play everywhere.

That's the biggest mistake people make about Whiting's role.

Whatever you think of Whiting's abilities in different positions, the fact that he can do a 6/7 out of 10 job in so many positions is a massive asset in itself, and means that his value to the squad is far from 'average'.

I can't understand why a lot of people seem so hell-bent on the idea that Whiting simply must nail down a position- he performs an invaluable role for the side as it is, and there's no reason he can't continue to do so.