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Everything posted by Blind side johnny
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Scrum half or stand off? I saw a short video clip of the Giants A team against London and he seems to prefer playing a little wider, so stand off would probably be best. Maybe with Hookem at hooker as well. Looking at the 21 that has been listed Dale will have some interesting decisions to make.
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Dewsbury Giants v Batley Bulldogs
Blind side johnny replied to Batley Bob's topic in Batley Bulldogs
Whilst Cas have loaned players elsewhere. Why do you think that is? I trust that you aren't objecting to loan players are you? -
Supper for me after the match - silk dressing gown and slippers, naturally.
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The joys of retirement.
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Thanks. Brain fog - post now amended.
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Let's hope that the Dogs left it all on the pitch on Saturday and are slow to recover. Rams 19 - 16 Dogs Att: 1250, but will we ever know? FTS: Rush MoM: Bibby
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Fev not paying staff
Blind side johnny replied to RigbyLuger's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Evidence of my "perpetual whingeing" please. Disagreeing with you doesn't count by the way. -
Fev not paying staff
Blind side johnny replied to RigbyLuger's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Mostly abbreviated so little to learn from them. -
Fev not paying staff
Blind side johnny replied to RigbyLuger's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Of course. But when operational rules read as if nobody has accountability within the organisation they are almost worthless, other than as self-protection. -
Fev not paying staff
Blind side johnny replied to RigbyLuger's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Its a business with, I assume, an experienced accountant. Cashflow problems don't come out of the blue and the fixtures were known about for a long time. Cashflow projections for the year, and even longer would have been prepared. Whoever is managing the business would have known about these issues well in advance. -
Fev not paying staff
Blind side johnny replied to RigbyLuger's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Does anyone else read "operational rules" and interpret that as "nothing to do with us - move along now"? -
He is returning from an injury, remember, so may not have been fully fit. It is a change though to be discussing which of our various options we should select. I believe there is still a discussion around the forwards and whether our veteran goalkicker is worthy of selection and, if so, where.
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I think it is. I assume that the broadcasting contracts will be with the RFL and the distribution will be of a sum nett of other costs, including RFL and RFLCom. Some folk, when deriding the distribution formula are being very simplistic in assuming this just applies to the proposed deal. As I understand it, it applies to all broadcasting income to RFL. Notwithstanding current deals it should also apply to any future ones, ensuring that the lower level clubs don't get squeezed out of those by the SL mob. It is actually there to protect the interests of non-SL clubs, in my opinion.
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Good Friday RL triple header
Blind side johnny replied to Gerrumonside ref's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
None, don't have Sky Sports. I will be at the Dewsbury v Batley game at 5.00pm though. -
My understanding is that these deals are with the RFL and the distribution from the broadcast deals as a whole is 78:13:9. In addition the speculation is that the SL clubs would look askance at Championship clubs rejecting the deal yet continuing to want to benefit from the Sky package despite not having any of their games broadcast. I can understand both viewpoints.
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A nice tribute to a great player. RIP Phil.
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Well, Campbell is leaving Fev.
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I hope it succeeds. Is there any sort of timescale?
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I was also at the game, as a neutral I must add. From the screen at the ground, of which I had an obscured view, it wasn't obvious what had happened. On watching it later on TV it was clear that Halsall was holding the ball clear on the tackle but in one hand and he simply dropped it. It was clearly a try. What is less clear is why HKR were awarded the scrum in the first instance for a Giants knock-on when the player seemed to be clearly tackled in mid air. Those decisions notwithstanding HKR were clearly the superior side especially in the halfs and round the ruck. There is clearly a fair bit of disgruntlement with Watson's coaching and team selection.
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All good points. If we can get Rush on a long-term loan then we can certainly look to restructure the halfs. I believe that Graham will be out for a couple of weeks, otherwise I would like to see him back. We seem to lack a real leader on the pitch and Restall is worth a recall for his vocal abilities as well as backing up, which could have paid off yesterday. Is Turner a stand off though? Mind you I struggle to recall when we last had a proper stand off (and don't get me going about loose forwards!). Sykes should be used more as a utility nowadays, as you suggest. It will be tricky whittling the squad down to the best 17 when the time comes.