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Post by bandgeekmafia78 on Jul 4, 2017 8:03:57 GMT
This is the type of signing we should be making. Young, athletic, hungry and desperate to take such a huge opportunity with both hands . Those big name 30 odd year old's who've done it all have nothing to prove at a club like Salford and join simply to top up their retirement pots. I appreciate that you can occasionally get extremely lucky and sign the odd gem like a Dunemann or a Panapa but in general you don't often get value for money. The 'Dad's Army' tag is long gone. Well done!! +1 This lad has plied his trade at Dewsbury, Hemel and Newcastle before joining Salford, so he'll be chomping at the bit to prove he's got what it takes at the top level. |
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Post by russ on Jul 4, 2017 10:00:44 GMT
Never heard of him, but his highlights reel looks impressive. Hopefully we've got another Kris Brining MK2. Hope we have got another Chris Hesketh. Yeah, cos we got him from a lower club too! |
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Post by dixon13 on Jul 4, 2017 12:33:22 GMT
Hope we have got another Chris Hesketh. Yeah, cos we got him from a lower club too! All right friend lets hope we have another John Butler.Does That suit ya. |
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Post by JJR on Jul 4, 2017 15:43:08 GMT
Thought Chris Hesketh came from Wigan
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Post by osrd on Jul 4, 2017 16:04:16 GMT
Who are currently a lower club than us.  |
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Post by russ on Jul 5, 2017 6:56:16 GMT
Who are currently a lower club than us. Thank you, thank you, I'll be appearing all week at the Stella and am free to do wedding and other family occasions.
Very old reference there |
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Post by hillbillyred on Jul 5, 2017 15:13:56 GMT
"I'll be appearing all week on the Stella and am free to do wedding and other family occasions." updated for real meaning  by heck that was a blast from the past |
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Post by hammerlessnail on Jul 7, 2017 13:22:03 GMT
That's more like it! Great signing. Another young, hungry player with bags of potential. What a great squad we're building for next year! At 25, he's not that young. In fact, he's older than some of the what you might call "senior" members of the squad, like Niall Evalds, George Griffin and Logan Tomkins. Following the success of Kriss Brining (another relative oldie at 23), it raises questions about whether club academies are really working properly. Brining and Olpherts appear to be late developers, but there's no real scope in the academy system for such players. It makes you wonder whether some of the players discarded at academy level - and often lost to the game - could also have become something better if given the chance. |
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Post by Carnster on Jul 7, 2017 13:32:18 GMT
That's more like it! Great signing. Another young, hungry player with bags of potential. What a great squad we're building for next year! At 25, he's not that young. In fact, he's older than some of the what you might call "senior" members of the squad, like Niall Evalds, George Griffin and Logan Tomkins. Following the success of Kriss Brining (another relative oldie at 23), it raises questions about whether club academies are really working properly. Brining and Olpherts appear to be late developers, but there's no real scope in the academy system for such players. It makes you wonder whether some of the players discarded at academy level - and often lost to the game - could also have become something better if given the chance. Reserve grade teams in SL are a must. It bridges the gap between Academy and SL for this very reason. Some young lads can step-up reasonably quickly, but others need that extra bit of time. Currently, if your not the next big superstar then the chances are you'll drop out of RL. Some go on to lower clubs, but I think you're right about the ones that slip through the net. |
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Post by hammerlessnail on Jul 7, 2017 14:35:02 GMT
At 25, he's not that young. In fact, he's older than some of the what you might call "senior" members of the squad, like Niall Evalds, George Griffin and Logan Tomkins. Following the success of Kriss Brining (another relative oldie at 23), it raises questions about whether club academies are really working properly. Brining and Olpherts appear to be late developers, but there's no real scope in the academy system for such players. It makes you wonder whether some of the players discarded at academy level - and often lost to the game - could also have become something better if given the chance. Reserve grade teams in SL are a must. It bridges the gap between Academy and SL for this very reason. Some young lads can step-up reasonably quickly, but others need that extra bit of time. Currently, if your not the next big superstar then the chances are you'll drop out of RL. Some go on to lower clubs, but I think you're right about the ones that slip through the net. The RFL have tried to bring in a reserve grade of sorts, but it looks like a bit of a dog's dinner with only a handful of teams in it. Maybe the solution is that all SL clubs should be required to run a reserve team, playing in an expanded Championship 1, with the caveat that it can't be promoted above that division, nor play in the Challenge Cup. It opens up the possibility of double headers: Salford A v Oxford (say), followed by Salford v Leeds. |
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Post by russ on Jul 8, 2017 8:11:59 GMT
At 25, he's not that young. In fact, he's older than some of the what you might call "senior" members of the squad, like Niall Evalds, George Griffin and Logan Tomkins. Following the success of Kriss Brining (another relative oldie at 23), it raises questions about whether club academies are really working properly. Brining and Olpherts appear to be late developers, but there's no real scope in the academy system for such players. It makes you wonder whether some of the players discarded at academy level - and often lost to the game - could also have become something better if given the chance. Reserve grade teams in SL are a must. It bridges the gap between Academy and SL for this very reason. Some young lads can step-up reasonably quickly, but others need that extra bit of time. Currently, if your not the next big superstar then the chances are you'll drop out of RL. Some go on to lower clubs, but I think you're right about the ones that slip through the net. If ever you've ever been involved in coaching at all you'll have become very aware of the philosophy that is general and becomes stronger the higher up the food chain you go and is best summed up by our old friend Kevin Tamati when he said something like "He's not a play-maker and I haven't got time to make him into one!" The expectation of ready made, fully functioning players at certain levels is a real problem for developing talent. |
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