Re: Squad for 2018 : Fri Sep 15, 2017 4:30 pm  

Salty mouse wrote:

Do we have any quota spots available? Wouldn't expect zdc to stay so that obviously clear up one but imagine we would sign more then one overseas player....

I'd release Clark and Quinlan

Re: Squad for 2018 : Fri Sep 15, 2017 5:40 pm  

fun time frankie wrote:

I'd release Clark and Quinlan

I thought clark was exempt? Raised in pontefract?

Re: Squad for 2018 : Fri Sep 15, 2017 6:02 pm  

Salty mouse wrote:

I thought clark was exempt? Raised in pontefract?

Not fed trained Iirc Doesn't matter where you were born and raised. Its where you were trained apparently

Re: Squad for 2018 : Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:57 pm  

LifeLongHKRFan wrote:

Not fed trained Iirc Doesn't matter where you were born and raised. Its where you were trained apparently

Sorry I am confused (suffering from man flu ) so is clark on the quota? I agree about quinlan although I have a feeling Tim trusts him to regain his form.

Re: Squad for 2018 : Fri Sep 15, 2017 8:03 pm  

Salty mouse wrote:

Sorry I am confused (suffering from man flu ) so is clark on the quota? I agree about quinlan although I have a feeling Tim trusts him to regain his form.

Forget the quota as its all about Fed and Non fed. You are allowed 7 non fed iirc. A fed trained player can be born and grow up anywhere in the world but if he came through the ranks of a club (amateur or Pro) in the RLEF(Europe) region then he is classed as fed trained. If the player was trained elsewhere in the world(Aus, NZ PNG etc.) then he is classed as non fed. Mitch Clark iirc was trained down under so he is classed as non fed.

Re: Squad for 2018 : Fri Sep 15, 2017 8:20 pm  

Thanks for clearing that up chief, then I would definitely offload clark, he's obviously not favored by Tim and he's not going to get a good run of games at sl level to prove him otherwise.

Re: Squad for 2018 : Sat Sep 16, 2017 7:28 am  

Salty mouse wrote:

Any whispers you have heard roopy? Someone on a rovers page on Facebook seems to think we're signing a centre/winger whose been released by manly....

You can have Sio back if you like.
He won't get a lot of game time in firstgrade next year - we have signed SKD from the Roosters, Moga from the Broncos, and Ponga from the cowboys for our back 5, so only a few injuries will get him a game next year.

Re: Squad for 2018 : Sat Sep 16, 2017 7:55 am  

roopy wrote:

You can have Sio back if you like.
He won't get a lot of game time in firstgrade next year - we have signed SKD from the Roosters, Moga from the Broncos, and Ponga from the cowboys for our back 5, so only a few injuries will get him a game next year.

I would take ken back any day although according to the ever reliable Wikipedia we gave signed Matthew Allwood from the warriors....

Re: Squad for 2018 : Sat Sep 16, 2017 8:22 am  

roopy wrote:

You can have Sio back if you like.
He won't get a lot of game time in firstgrade next year - we have signed SKD from the Roosters, Moga from the Broncos, and Ponga from the cowboys for our back 5, so only a few injuries will get him a game next year.

Any team in SL would take Sio given the chance, absolute quality, just a shame we didn't use him as much as we should've in his time here.

Re: Squad for 2018 : Sat Sep 16, 2017 10:56 am  

robinrovers10 wrote:

This is just my opinion and I doubt it will happen, I would get rid of

Horne
Cockayne ( I know he has already signed for York)
Quinlan
Jake Butler Fleming
Moran
Mitch Clark
Bobby Blair (providing we could find a far better oversees forward)

So that's 7 out for me, so if we could sign 5-6 better upgrades on the likes of Horne i think we could have a very strong Super League squad.

Cant agree about clark and blair,for me marsh has to go,how he gets hidden for 80mins is beyond me,atkin has plenty of talent and could prove to be a great signing,mulhearn is all passion and effort,but is he good enough im not sure.