RobLambert
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15 minutes ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
Indeed. I never thought he was quite as bad as painted by some but he did have a couple of high-profile incidents a few years ago.
He just seems quite alert to what's going on around the field, and he's pretty articulate, whether he'd have the confidence to take over the leadership role is the only question for me.
As an aside, can anyone remember who our two vice captains were, at least as appointed by Long at the start of the season? I looked it up and I would have got one right (Mattie Wildie) but would never have guessed the other - well done if you remembered that our other vice captain was Chris Hankinson.
I wonder if he knew
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10 hours ago, Monkeymagic22 said:
I’d like some youth/speed in the second row. Day and Bussey doesn’t really do it for me. Plus Hanks in the centre, and at least another prop, for interchange. It’s getting there though.
Just out of interest - and if you don't mind me asking - which of last years squad (who won the league by a record margin) did it for you ?
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1 hour ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
One thing I will say, a few years ago Luke was a devastating finisher at this level and if he got the ball 10 yards out it was nearly always a try. The tries have dried up in the last two years, whether you blame that on mediocre half back play on that side of the field, or Leilua's one-trick-pony centre play (sometimes effective admittedly), I'm not sure.
Bit of both for me. I think when he was scoring more tries it was more to do with better supply. I don't recall in the last couple of years him missing many chances / half chances.
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3 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
And Sam Smeaton...and Watson Boas...and Loui McConnell...and Brad Knowles...
Would it be wrong to start watching Donny next year ?.... I mean it will be more like watching Fev, than watching Fev....
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5 hours ago, Monkeymagic22 said:
Never been a big fan, makes far too many errors and isn’t great dealing with kicks. I can see how people liked his hard running.
4 hours ago, Catflap said:Knocked on far too much for me and at crucial moments during important games. He often slung the ball away in the tackle to get penalties but the refs see right through it and more often than not scrum goes the other way. Good luck at Donny.
Well it would be no good if we all thought the same and its good to see other peoples viewpoint but I'm struggling to find a middle ground with these comments. If Briscoes replacement is an improvement and he flops at Donny I'll come back with a humble apology....
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1 hour ago, marklaspalmas said:
Complaints about the departure of John Davies have been long and loud. I rated him.
But for me, the loss of Briscoe has been more puzzling and disappointing. Unless he was an especially high earner, which I doubt, I thought he'd been, inevitable odd error apart, and extremely useful and consistent performer since returning from Leeds.
I accept the 'new broom' concept, and I guess we all have players we'd rather have kept. Luke is one for mine.
Totally agree re both players. You could argue that Davies was a bit older and the stats suggest that he has played fewer games over the last couple of years / been more of an impact replacement when he has played. But Briscoe ? yeah he did have a wobble at the start of last season otherwise very solid and one of the very best strong running finishers at this level. Donny will love him.
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6 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
As an aside, anyone remember that gloating tweet an hour after we had lost against London claiming that players we had signed with SL in mind were already on at their agents to ditch Fev? Quite amusing that we've now announced 3 of those longtime well-publicised signings for SL (Addy, Minikin and Massey).
Yep. Wasn't Reynolds also mentioned prior to the London nightmare ?
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8 hours ago, Monkeymagic22 said:
It was a mixed bunch from Leeds, but we got Newman and Sutcliffe and they did play most weeks rather than being recalled.
We got lucky that year - bit of a golden generation. Handley / Golding and McLelland were also great for us.
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1 hour ago, Monkeymagic22 said:
Plus it was a squad of players who failed to get the job done. I’m glad we have moved on, and think we’ve made some really promising signings.
Yeah I just have a problem with that first bit. I don't think anyone would doubt that the squad did not fail for the first 95% of the season. So do we make scapegoats of half a dozen or so that did not perform when it mattered ? If so, well, we've already re-signed some of those..........
In terms of moving on I would have thought that a new coach would have been the best way to start. Whether or not Ford is the best man for the job or whether he had enough time to put his mark on things last year - I don't know.
However the overriding thing from last year for me will always be poor team selections and a reliance on playing a 'power' game week in week out which increasingly looked both predictable and beatable to other teams as it did to some of us.
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I'm genuinely not bothered one bit about missing out on Eden (If indeed it was the case that we had provisionally agreed terms). It was announced back in September that he would be leaving Cas. The statement at the time said....
'The difficult thing with Greg is that he plays 50% of the games because his body isn’t as robust has he was when he was 20'
Why would we have wanted him on that basis - whether we were playing in SL, Championship or the Conference ?
I'm more bothered that we let Briscoe go when I assume his demands would have been much lower.....
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14 minutes ago, Bullmania said:
Has been said - if Fev do finish top 6 what a achievement they’ve got 8 players is it and preseason starts what normally last week in November?
Quality not quantity at this stage
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45 minutes ago, Coralinejones said:
Fev look weaker now than last year
No #### Sherlock
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8 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
Which game does this throwback make you think of first? For me it's this game in the Regal Trophy from 1991. Losing 18-16 with half an hour left and down to 12 men...
https://www.facebook.com/FevRoversRLFC/videos/1354987111557168/I watched the full game a couple of months ago - it was on Scrumdown originally. I could not remember it at all - although I was probably there ! Unbelievable second half. Andy Fisher was correctly sent off but there was plenty more high stuff - probably typical of the time. As I recall Greg Austin got away with a shocking one.
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3 hours ago, Kirmonds pouch said:
He's young and will learn, think you had far more so called experienced chokers than him to worry about. I like the look of him to be honest, has some potential.
The arguing has started already
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12 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
Am sure Rob was saying that re-signing a high-calibre player like Aekins is a sign that we aren't just focussing on off-field activities from now on.
Yep. But also seems odd to me that we are still prepared to pay big money to some whist letting some proven / quality 'lower' earners go. Really can't guess how the rest of the recruitment will go. Will be interesting.
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5 minutes ago, Monkeymagic22 said:
Since when has any sporting team had to explain why players haven’t been retained?.For me, although both have done their best, they’ve for a record of being in teams which can’t get the job done. Not a popular opinion, but for me I’m happy that we’ve totally changed the squad. Last seasons players were once again losers, so why keep many of them.
Thats just ridiculous. 25/27 suggests they are not losers. Why we lose big games is a problem that needs looking at (although probably too late in the day for that) but are you seriously suggesting that man for man they can't handle the pressure ? At the very least that is just too much of a coincidence. Just take a step back and have a look at it. Most of the players we seem to be giving up on would be snapped up by most Championship clubs rather than being regarded as losers. You are believing what other supporters are saying about us as a club. In terms of an explanation ? - FFS - You tell me when in the last 40 years we have announced the departure of so many top class players in one day
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53 minutes ago, lingaro said:
It's really not hard, we are spending their salaries on IMG points nothing more nothing less. I am afraid Rugby on the field is sad second from now on. Absolutely ridiculous situation but true. Within 10 years we'll have some cracking facilities all with absolutely no players to play in them.
So why are we resigning the likes of Aekins
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5 hours ago, Daft old hooker said:
Apart from JD and Briscoe I don’t think there are many that I am overly concerned about. I think we need a younger more athletic side with a bit more pace.
They are the two that bother me the most. Both have always given 100% to the club and I'm sure that most other Championship clubs would have them. Plus it seems that they have been shown the door rather than being lured away. We have to have some faith with what the club is trying to do but sometimes an explanation is required.
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In my head I'd added Yei to the list of PNG players that played a few minutes for us and never returned. May be wrong
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Of course we relied heavily on DR in 2019....
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7 hours ago, Monkeymagic22 said:
No idea mate, just think that it’s time for a new era and a younger team.
Just don't get some of the comments about Briscoe. I don't imagine he's one of the higher earners ? - I may be wrong. But imo still one of the the best metre-eaters / finishers at this level. Always gives 100%. Local lad etc. Plus I don't get the age thing. We've already seen 6 ? 30+ players leave. He is still only 29. There's a shed load of wingers that were still playing in SL last year that are older than Luke. (McGillvary / Cudjoe, T. Briscoe, Eden, Charnley, R Hall, Makinson, Swift, Lineham etc)
Anyway he'll come back to haunt us
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The biggest surprise to me is London being so low. Although to be fair I have no interest in looking at the detail. If I printed the criteria out I wouldn't wipe my bottom with it. I get the idea as to what they are trying to do. Suffice to say that wherever London finish in SL next year - the rating will have miraculously shot up the charts as a new entry in the top 12 by the end of the season.
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11 minutes ago, marklaspalmas said:
And Dean Parata
Yeah thats £2 in gazza77's DID come back to haunt us pot. Or maybe £1m in Rovers DID come back to haunt us pot.
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