anok4u Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 8 hours ago, Carlisle1921 said: 4 very good players too. Looks like its london going down with us unless they can pull something out of the bag as well How can this be there's no players available, unless Chris is still looking for small forwards to batter us up the pitch go **** yasell ya little **** gain NL1 then take ya **** out ya dads **** then speak proper rugby talk. you jameating little spotty ****...itchy waa waa 2008... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMB Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 5 hours ago, anok4u said: How can this be there's no players available, unless Chris is still looking for small forwards to batter us up the pitch At this time of the season it far to late to attract new players to any club, especially when your sitting at the bottom of the league, and in his comments last week he mentioned about training three times a week, so traveling that many times will put the majority of players off, he also said about nursing Riley back in to the game, should be giving him game time in spells to get him back up to match fitness quicker, in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
town4me Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 9 hours ago, anok4u said: How can this be there's no players available There is a far greater chance of getting them if you're yorkshire based. Players ain't gonna commute up and down to cumbria 3 0r 4 times a week. Our location means we are on a hiding to nothing attracting players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMB Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, town4me said: There is a far greater chance of getting them if you're yorkshire based. Players ain't gonna commute up and down to cumbria 3 0r 4 times a week. Our location means we are on a hiding to nothing attracting players. It's to late now to attract any new traveling players, one of the main priority should be getting Riley fit and on the pitch along with Stevie, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Town Army Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 20 minutes ago, JMB said: It's to late now to attract any new traveling players, one of the main priority should be getting Riley fit and on the pitch along with Stevie, Get Riley as fit as you want, I really don't see him making that much difference 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havenwarrior2021 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Riley has all the size in the world but has no heart. I think haven signing singleton in basically a swap deal was a massive steal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 7 minutes ago, Havenwarrior2021 said: Riley has all the size in the world but has no heart. I think haven signing singleton in basically a swap deal was a massive steal. Our whole recruitment and retention strategy since the end of last season has been a mystery 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulverstonian Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Riley wont help you. Was awful at Barrow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onreport Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 1 hour ago, DavidM said: Our whole recruitment and retention strategy since the end of last season has been a mystery Non existent as a strategy mate, sadly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromedome Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 2 hours ago, Havenwarrior2021 said: Riley has all the size in the world but has no heart. I think haven signing singleton in basically a swap deal was a massive steal. Yeah I'm a bargain for Jonty indeed........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromedome Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 7 minutes ago, Onreport said: Non existent as a strategy mate, sadly Maybe to do with £££££££££££££££££££££££'s..........???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromedome Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Ulverstonian said: Riley wont help you. Was awful at Barrow Hopefully he'll make you eat those words marra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromedome Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 3 hours ago, town4me said: There is a far greater chance of getting them if you're yorkshire based. Players ain't gonna commute up and down to cumbria 3 0r 4 times a week. Our location means we are on a hiding to nothing attracting players. And that's always been a major problem regarding player recruitment.........despite many excellent road improvements, and more reliable vehicles it is still a long. and soul searching. trek to our outpost for the travellers. Probably even more tedious if the squad you are part of is languishing at the bottom......So the overseas guys who are given local accommodation are the squads best fit. Although our Summers can be another deterrent to them......oh I give up. UTT. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havenhater Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share Posted June 24, 2022 The thing is however 2 French guys had no issues flying into whitehaven this week, A barrovian went down to West wales A rochdale guy to Cornwall 2 aussies on loan to dewsbury and we have a few names talked about but nothing added in the 21 as we head into another game which earlier this season we could have won with just a little something extra 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anok4u Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 13 minutes ago, havenhater said: The thing is however 2 French guys had no issues flying into whitehaven this week, A barrovian went down to West wales A rochdale guy to Cornwall 2 aussies on loan to dewsbury and we have a few names talked about but nothing added in the 21 as we head into another game which earlier this season we could have won with just a little something extra Exactly marra, that's the frustrating thing. We are athe weakest team and everyone around us is getting stronger, whatever slim hope we had is defo going down the pan. 2 go **** yasell ya little **** gain NL1 then take ya **** out ya dads **** then speak proper rugby talk. you jameating little spotty ****...itchy waa waa 2008... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onreport Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 1 hour ago, chromedome said: Maybe to do with £££££££££££££££££££££££'s..........???????? Can accept that and indeed fully understand, £ has always and will always be an issue given our fan base and geographical location but why does club keep saying money available, surely better to be honest with the loyal following Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
town4me Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 About 2 years ago I put on here that I think maintaining championship rugby would be difficult for cumbrian clubs and I got jumped on and was told you need to have ambition. Wheres as I agree it's difficult as sports all about money. In West Cumbria I think you need the best of the locals with a few quality travellers and some imports to stand a chance. Its tough. Maybe the new stadium will change things 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulverstonian Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 3 hours ago, chromedome said: Hopefully he'll make you eat those words marra. Hope so for you guys but very much doubt it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Town blue white Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 1 hour ago, town4me said: About 2 years ago I put on here that I think maintaining championship rugby would be difficult for cumbrian clubs and I got jumped on and was told you need to have ambition. Wheres as I agree it's difficult as sports all about money. In West Cumbria I think you need the best of the locals with a few quality travellers and some imports to stand a chance. Its tough. Maybe the new stadium will change things Very true. There will be no new stadium any time soon with a huge recession on the horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death to the Rah Rah's Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, town4me said: About 2 years ago I put on here that I think maintaining championship rugby would be difficult for cumbrian clubs and I got jumped on and was told you need to have ambition. Wheres as I agree it's difficult as sports all about money. In West Cumbria I think you need the best of the locals with a few quality travellers and some imports to stand a chance. Its tough. Maybe the new stadium will change things The problem for Town and Haven is that both clubs having to pay way over the odds for average travellers due to the distance and time involved in travelling for training and matches. That and the state of the local amateur game is the perfect storm as that doesn’t produce enough players good enough for the pro game. Not sure what the answer is either as Town would need a budget 50% higher than their closest rivals in order to compete for players and that money takes some finding Edited June 24, 2022 by Death to the Rah Rah's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Town utd Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Maybe better if town can't afford players,Chris might have to go part time coach,no point full time if players are only part time.need to recruit the best locals which I thought town were doing last year,and bring in few top class players to complete the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death to the Rah Rah's Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 There aren’t enough good locals to make the transition into the pro game unfortunately, and the lack of reserve rugby makes development pretty much impossible. The RFL mismanagement of the game over the last 20 odd years since taking over from BARLA have pretty much knackered semi-pro rugby below super league and I can’t understand why championship and league one clubs aren’t making a stand and challenging the RFL, as the other clubs must all be suffering in one way or another - but their problems aren’t quite as visible as they have the luxury of numbers along the M62 corridor where swopping players on short term loans seems to be quite commonplace 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Town utd Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Agree time for semi pro rugby to go alone,get there own sponsorship an tv deals and let lads work an play,instead of the rfl draining all the money to superleague. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMB Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Town utd said: Maybe better if town can't afford players,Chris might have to go part time coach,no point full time if players are only part time.need to recruit the best locals which I thought town were doing last year,and bring in few top class players to complete the squad. If town are demoted all the players are usually void, maybe the same with coach's, but all depends what is written in his contract, but I've never new a RL coach get a 5 year deal before, it struck me as strange when it was announced. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticklebricks Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Two frenchies coming next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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