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Steve Slater

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  • Birthday 18/02/1952

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  1. Over the time I was doing match reports for League Express the announcement of the attendance has dropped off in recent years, but I had a good working relationship with the media guys, Joe Crabtree being my grandson, and I would chase them up after the game. Up until I had to take a step back due to family illness Jac Davies would txt me with the attendance, and if this was after I had submitted my report I would phone it through in retrospect. I am largely unable to do Sunday games for the time being but hope to be available on Good Friday if they still want me!
  2. I heartily agree with you on everything apart from the likely finishing position. Apart from Wakefield, Bradford, and possibly Halifax, I don't see any other clubs that will be yards ahead of us and it should be a cracking competition for the lower play-off places, and whoever can strengthen in mid to late season will have a good chance of progressing to the final. Home advantage always seems to be a poisoned chalice in my book. In the case of Rovers, the current smaller squad gives a lot of opportunity for the virtually unknowns to make a name for themselves, and by mid season we should know where the strengths and weaknesses are, and in which positions to bring in some proven quality if any cash is available (maybe we could all put a bit more into the Squad Builder?). Maybe if we'd not started with a loan half-back who was susceptle to recall at any time, Tommy Lacans might have established himself and been an automatic choice in the semi against London?
  3. So you're judging Fev on one performance and disregarding the poor showings from Widnes and Sheffield?
  4. Bussey for me. In the past he was a real bad boy with a poor disciplinary record but he seems to have turned his game around, and the extra responsibility would help him mature even further.
  5. My grandson Joe Crabtree wrote an excellent piece on Ken for Rugby League World in the Challenge Cup Final edition of 2017. I'll have a dig about to see if I can find it anywhere. I'm sorry to hear that Kenny's not well, I usually push my wife in her wheelchair around Freeport (Junction 32) most afternoons, and we would often bump into Kenny and Beryl (I think that's his wife's name?), but I've not seen him for a while and that explains it. Get well soon Kenny.
  6. Recruitment progressing nicely, but I don't believe we need to go overboard as long as we look good enoug h to compete for the Top 6! Hold some money back for mid to late season recruitment, every year there seems to be at least one top player who comes available and stands out in the play-offs - Let's make sure we get him this time (just like London did with Corey Norman)! The French Elite finishes in late May and there's always one or two quality players there! Last year we were over paid flat pitch bullies who were having it so easy they didn't know how to deal with a side that competes on level terms.
  7. Sorry Mark, I was under the impression that admission prices were VAT taxable.
  8. Crowd sizes should be paying customers only, verified by the VAT returns. Any club wishing to inflate the figures would then have to pay extra VAT or risk the wrath of the taxman, and possible penalties from the RFL!
  9. Virtual Reality is the thing these days, so if we must go with some kind of grading wouldn't it be fairer to have two tables, the actual results table plus a virtual hybrid table that decides P&R? The hybrid table could combine results and grading, and would also do away with the MPG and discount the Summer Bash/Magic Weekend, so that the top and bottom clubs of the respective divisions would be automatically promoted and relegated!
  10. Which ever team we put out should be good enough to win both games, for me the biggest danger is the unexpected, such as getting a player sent off or injury to a key player, such as when we lost Jono early on in the home game against Toulouse. That's why I'd like to see Bussey in the 17, because he can play edge or middle, or even playmaker in an emergency. He could even do a 10 minute spell at hooker if Connor or Matty were having to do a full 80. Jack might not be 100% fit however,so leaving him out could be understandable. Same with Hau, if Fordy intended to play him he would have been in the 17 against Widnes.
  11. Fax beat us twice this year but are very inconsistent. Seemed to be able to raise their game on the big occasion and their speedy backs were too quick for ours who rely more on size and power.
  12. Might be worthwhile trying Lacans at hooker with Wildie, and trying Jones at centre for a full game? Maybe not tonight though! Win tonight and next week then it's all about preparation for the play-offs, and Jones may be needed to move to centre if one of the backs gets injured during the game. An injury or suspension in a play-off game could tip the balance away from the favourites, and Rovers need to be prepared for this kind of eventuality, so they could ride the storm.
  13. Taking a rest before the run-in through to October, while Fax will be going away on holiday come the end of September.
  14. Taylor - Read my report in League Express for the reason why Hau Hankinson
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