Keeping his cards close to his chest : Sun May 30, 2021 10:44 pm  

One thing I’ve noticed about BH is that he’s very measured in what he says, and doesn’t really give much away.
I’m pretty sure he knows where the squad is falling short, and where he’d like to change things. He’s pretty much playing with the hand he’s been dealt, but I’m sure he’ll address a few things as people come out of contract, and he can change things around a bit.
Even though he comes across as pretty affable, I also get the impression he won’t mess about and rely on sentiment.

I’ll be really interested to see where we are when he’s had chance to shape the squad.

In the meantime, he’ll keep playing with a straight bat I reckon.

Re: Keeping his cards close to his chest : Mon May 31, 2021 6:46 am  

Yes agreed, he does. Very interested in how he plays things squadwise in particular. It's a tough recruitment market if Fages and Toby King can command c200k though. Like you say he does seem measured in what he shares particularly after Radford who was more heart-on-sleeve.

Re: Keeping his cards close to his chest : Mon May 31, 2021 3:33 pm  

Hudds fans think that Darnell Macintosh has signed for fc.

Re: Keeping his cards close to his chest : Mon May 31, 2021 6:20 pm  

Boardwalkempire3 wrote:

Hudds fans think that Darnell Macintosh has signed for fc.

Good signing if true. I think he'd be an improvement.

Re: Keeping his cards close to his chest : Mon May 31, 2021 7:04 pm  

Boardwalkempire3 wrote:

Hudds fans think that Darnell Macintosh has signed for fc.

Where's this?

Re: Keeping his cards close to his chest : Mon May 31, 2021 10:21 pm  

Boardwalkempire3 wrote:

Hudds fans think that Darnell Macintosh has signed for fc.

Yep.

Re: Keeping his cards close to his chest : Mon May 31, 2021 11:03 pm  

Boardwalkempire3 wrote:

Hudds fans think that Darnell Macintosh has signed for fc.

Backline would look a lot quicker with him and Swift as wingers

Re: Keeping his cards close to his chest : Mon May 31, 2021 11:13 pm  

Wonder if the rule changes will change the direction in which some teams recruit?

The lack of scrums and six again has quickened the game up. I suppose it depends what happens to the rule changes going forward.

Re: Keeping his cards close to his chest : Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:16 am  

Irregular Hoops wrote:

Wonder if the rule changes will change the direction in which some teams recruit?

The lack of scrums and six again has quickened the game up. I suppose it depends what happens to the rule changes going forward.

Scrums back for me mate, it’s all right speeding the game up, but we seem to be perpetually defending, we berate ourselves for I’ll discipline, but every match they stick it to us.

Re: Keeping his cards close to his chest : Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:01 am  

Riderofthepalehorse wrote:

Scrums back for me mate, it’s all right speeding the game up, but we seem to be perpetually defending, we berate ourselves for I’ll discipline, but every match they stick it to us.

For me scrums in rugby league are a complete waste of time and make rugby league a joke to other sports looking in.

They are uncontested, with the ball fed in diagonally through the props legs. Teams then rarely have any imaginative moves. Can’t remember last time I saw a team score from a scrum. Most teams only know the different miss move combinations out wide on the attacking left edge in general play. Very little originality, although last weekend Warrington did try several little chips over the top, which can quite often come off and open play up.

Would love to see a team score a try again from a runaround move after winning a scrum against the head, ala the 1982 Challenge Cup Replay.

So for me, unless they are going to have them contested, or at least have the ball fed in straight and a hooker ‘hook’ the ball, we might as well carry on as we are.