Yeah I had hoped Ellis would go to 9 with Leeming



What I mean about ignoring Brough is there were times last season when the ball always went to Brough when the play was obviously to go the other way



One thing Robbo was good at was over ruling Brough in the approach play

Wish we had kept wood really as he was good last season at hooker for us



leeming and hinchcliffe to swap hooking roles as it stands for 2017, injury then maybe brough will go in at hooker again! gaskell and brierley half backs!

Why the panick, if this were Wigan,Saints, Rhinos, even Cas etc, they would whistle down the tunnel, bring on some kid out of the Academy, enthusiasm often makes up for lack of expieriance, the afore mentioned teams have literally flooded their teams will youngsters in the not too distant passed. We have a coach who is reportedly a master with the young uns, yes we do need a couple of class players, but l would like to think that the likes of Dickinson, Johnson, McIntosh, Simpson, can step up and jion Leeming, Mason, Smith,and Roberts, in bulking out the squad.

When the going gets tough the tough get going, get behind the club.

Good post, says it all!

Spot on Boomer.

We do need to make more use of our young players i agree. I am not a fan of moving half the team around to get another player in, It's not necessary a lot of the time

That was definitely an Anderson fail



Shuffle around 6 player for one injury instead of just making one swap with a young player

No, it's his brother who has left

I'm looking forward to a quality young talent coming in for a centre who is unhappy at the club and has made no secret of his desire to leave for the NRL.



But you pose a good question regarding how this signing strengthens the squad. Surely the best one to answer this will be Rick Stone himself - perhaps you could drop him a line? If you do, would you be so kind as to relay his answer to us?

I'm with you on that one.

Nathan Brown and Paul Anderson were both guilty of it.



Jon Sharp, who's hand was pretty much forced on bringing in Cudjoe and Lawrence, due to our depth of squad really paid off. Give players enough experience and they can grow to be international class with a heart of claret and gold.

its ok bringing in the youngsters , but they cant all come in at the same time like last season due to injuries and having a small squad it didnt work and having to play too many games and losing is no good for the confidence



we need better luck with injuries next season, same for every club if the injuries hit they will struggle.. more so if you have a small squad like us

Yep. I'm hoping the likes of Wood and Macintosh can have a few back to back games during the season without it being because there is nobody else.



It would obviously be easier if we were getting some good results and not fighting to avoid the bottom 4!

they may get their chance in the two warm up games, their chance to impress!