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Post by Carnster on Dec 18, 2020 21:31:49 GMT
Now now. Let's give Marshall a chance. Judging him before a ball is kicked... ...I'm sure after he's bedded-in after six games or so we'll get to see a higher class of moaning and whinging than what we've been used to. This is by no means a dig at Marshall, a dig at Powell with his miserable face every week they played bemoaning the fact some of his players were isolating (possibly) I was trying to be lighthearted, the written word sometimes lacks nuance...
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Post by Carnster on Dec 18, 2020 18:07:08 GMT
We needed a bent tester for Covid and totally miserable moaning coach as per Cas Now now. Let's give Marshall a chance. Judging him before a ball is kicked... ...I'm sure after he's bedded-in after six games or so we'll get to see a higher class of moaning and whinging than what we've been used to.
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Post by Carnster on Dec 18, 2020 18:05:10 GMT
We should all be pretty used to our special treatment from the RFL by now surely? This can't be that much of a surprise...
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Post by Carnster on Dec 18, 2020 17:19:51 GMT
Don’t think it will be quiet now that the RFL have fined us £15k for not fulfilling a fixture. Yet Leeds are able to pull out of a fixture and nothing is done. Statement from Leeds Rhinos "There's one law for the rich and another one for the poor!" Uncle Gary being Uncle Gary. We all just have to live with it.
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Post by Carnster on Dec 18, 2020 15:33:16 GMT
Good read that.
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Post by Carnster on Dec 17, 2020 8:18:10 GMT
Gary Carter says that it's news to Salford about Danny Levi.
Could be our usual tactics of being super secretive with deals?
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Post by Carnster on Dec 16, 2020 15:48:00 GMT
Just played golf with a couple of hardened Leigh supporters (sorry I didn't know ehen we started) and they assured me Addy had left and signed for us. They also said they rated him as their best player. So we'll see We're going to have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to young and talented back-row forwards. I'm okay with this.
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Post by Carnster on Dec 16, 2020 11:08:57 GMT
I think the modern game is going further and further away from the need for a 'grizzly prop' some teams still have them but it seems the modern game is more suited to the small more mobile forward with people like yates and knowles flourishing. This for sure. The game is only getting quicker, and the ball in play for much longer. No surprises that Bateman was rated one of the best in the world in his time in the NRL, and players like Yates who can play 80 and put in a full shift are seeing their stock rise. There are a few exceptions to the big prop idea, Papali being the prime example of a massive human who can do the work of Yates, but they are rare beasts at the moment.The teams that adapt their forwards will always succeed. The teams stuck in the past with regards to positional attributes struggle. Just look at Hull. We seem to be collecting a group of younger fitter forwards which suggests we are adapting to the quicker style the game's evolving into.
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Post by Carnster on Dec 16, 2020 10:14:43 GMT
That profit roughly tallies with what I think the grand final run was worth to us. Leeds were finishing their stadium renovations so that should account for their loss. Seems fair. I'm wondering how Hudds has come out on top? The two teams with the smallest crowds post the largest profits. That's bound to wind-up a few opposition fans!
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Post by Carnster on Dec 16, 2020 9:55:10 GMT
Seen this image on social media. Thoughts?
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Post by Carnster on Dec 16, 2020 9:42:31 GMT
Some very decent young signings we're making. Very encouraging. Especially knowing that Marshall likes to promote youth and develop young lads. We're slowly building a pretty decent looking squad.
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Post by Carnster on Dec 16, 2020 7:41:40 GMT
Yes unfortunately SL is a props market at the moment. The current list of props out of contract in Australia has no real stand-out names. Will be surprising if we get anyone of note to be honest.
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Post by Carnster on Dec 14, 2020 15:51:19 GMT
Next season is about consolidation.
Our game was thrown into the creek with Toronto pulling out, then Covid, then furlough. The competition was already in a precarious position before that. We just managed to scrape through the contractual requirements from SKY. It's all very well talking of expansion and trans-atlantic teams, EU teams etc but even the die hard expansionists have to see that SL needs a season or two to get back on its feet before it can start casting an eye elsewhere. Expansion takes time, effort, and money. At the moment no expansionist team has all three and it would be chancing another repeat of the Toronto farce at some point in the future. Where would that leave SL once again? We have to be realistic. We have a great product and it's great because of where its come from as well as where it wants to go. Yes we are a parochial sport. But we're a parochial sport that birthed the NRL, and become the National sport of PNG. We have a rich history in the south of France, and our showcase excitement, athleticism, and envied sportsmanship was born out of decisions and hard work of those Lancashire and Yorkshire men and women that have helped make it what it is today.
It seems that too many RL fans forget their sporting history or seem to be embarrassed of our working northern roots. We can get to where we want to be as a sport, but we wont get there by abandoning everything that makes RL what it is. Expansion can still happen. The door isn't closed and that's the end of it. Let's just hold onto what we have this season coming, take a breath, then look to the future.
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Post by Carnster on Dec 14, 2020 15:34:27 GMT
That does it, now I know you're all in this together! Maybe something to do with your security settings on whatever device you're viewing on.
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Post by Carnster on Dec 14, 2020 14:41:39 GMT
Nothing solid, just this from Moley... All I have here is a place holder Carnster I'm sure it's supposed to say more than Your tweet will appear here after you post? Don't know mate. It shows for me. Anyone else just seeing a placeholder?
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