Re: Aspirations for the remainder of the season : Sun Apr 10, 2016 7:53 pm  

Grimsby Red wrote:

Question; why do people criticise Kelly for being injured but do not criticise Mantellato?

Aspirations for this season keep watching our young recruits and team progress and gain experience (Marsh, Minns, Shaw, Mulhern, Lawler Greenwood, Green and Thornley are only 23 years old or younger). Have a good cup run once our experienced players return (Campese, Kelly, Larroyer and Mantellato). IMO this is our 5 year plan, build this group of young prospects into a team, some signings are going to work and some not.

Next year we will have a top class coach, he may wish to move Sio to full back and get another good experienced FB or winger. Let Tilse go after his contract finishes ( I think it's after this year) and get a powerful prop or possibly two and move Allgood to second row. Hopefully we will be able to give some more youngsters (Oakes, Wardill and Moran) some more game time.

If you look at us with a full compliment of players now, we only need a prop and a FB/winger. We're not far off being a good team, but then again there are another 11 teams that would say the same.

Josh has a broken wrist albert returned unfit and disinterested you can't really compare the two josh gives everything every game

Re: Aspirations for the remainder of the season : Sun Apr 10, 2016 7:58 pm  

Kelly has been playing with injuries, that makes him less effective not disinterested. He'll come good when he has recovered just like Campo and Josh.

Re: Aspirations for the remainder of the season : Sun Apr 10, 2016 8:39 pm  

spegs wrote:

Takes one....

Re: Aspirations for the remainder of the season : Sun Apr 10, 2016 9:29 pm  

I think I prefer Sio at wing to fullback. I'm okay with Cockayne seeing out the season as our fullback I think, he's "okay" there, he doesn't do a bad job and is solid enough. For me Sio is a natual try scorer and I think him and Mantellato on the wings is the best combination we have got.

Re: Aspirations for the remainder of the season : Mon Apr 11, 2016 5:22 am  

Captain Charisma wrote:

I think I prefer Sio at wing to fullback. I'm okay with Cockayne seeing out the season as our fullback I think, he's "okay" there, he doesn't do a bad job and is solid enough. For me Sio is a natual try scorer and I think him and Mantellato on the wings is the best combination we have got.

I agree, we just need to tell our half backs to kick to him. Our most effective weapon and we hardly use it.

Re: Aspirations for the remainder of the season : Mon Apr 11, 2016 9:38 am  

My aspirations at the start of the season are the same as now,hope were still in superleague.We looked a shoo in to be in the bottom 2/4 and so it seems it will be what happens.Campese was a calculated risk,which hasn't worked out,kelly after a brilliant start has slowly gone backwards,and the injury situation has been the major factor in our struggles.The 62-0 thrashing of wigan by wakey shows what injuries do to any team and we have had more bad luck than most.Hopefully we can secure our place in superleague next season and have a big clearout as we have several young players showing some promise for the future,mulhearn,greenwood,minns,shaw,oakes and walker who is still only young and the best years should still be in front of them.