www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/yorkci ... ts_exodus/ Heard this mentioned over the weekend as well. Thoughts if true anybody?

www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/yorkci ... ts_exodus/ Heard this mentioned over the weekend as well. Thoughts if true anybody?

Hope not to be honest, I'm hoping we haven't missed the boat on half backs again.

Was overheard before yesterdays game informing a few people he has, indeed, joined yourselves for 2014.

Could be a good signing.Remember Mark Aston been
upset when he left Sheffield.Im intriged as to who the
significant signings KH mentioned are now.

From memory this lad has a good kicking game but can't remember much else. Unless Charlie knows as he seems to know everything else!!!!!

I'm currently on holiday in turkey but catching up where I can, read the courier article entitled one in five, I mean seriously Karl, Fev and Sheffield favourites as finished 1st and 2nd and we are probably third favourites. You should have been a bookie, that should only read we are confident and full of confidence!!. No wonder the teams confidence hit the floor only a month back. It's player recruitment last year that's to blame and not getting playmakers in, that's your job, so FFS be confident get the fans confident in you as a coach and tell the world it's "our year" again, and for god sake lets recruit well for next year.

On recruitment in this weeks RL press KH just says that there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes but things take time and no need to panic.

A lot no doubt will become clearer once the season is finally over which for us hopefully will not be anytime soon.

Simon Brown is a very dangerous player with a good kicking game - he would be a good signing IMHO

decent kicking game yes, decent goal kicker yes...dangerous ? He does not take the line on at all in a game and in the last 3 years he has only scored 4 times which is a pretty poor return for any half back.
Whilst he will certainly offer a better kicking game than Thackery he certainly wont chip in with the 10-15 tries per season that Thackery has done consistently, and that in general most top championship half backs do....

Reeks of a panic buy. Theres got to be a young half back on the fringes in SL or even an Aussie who we could sign to do a better job hasnt there?

People thinking the play is boring this year wont be excited at the prospect of Brown and Mennell coming in to the team.

cant say I am impressed to be honest if true and looks like another poor recruitment. For me we need somebody with some speed and willing to take the line on and create. Simon Brown doesnt fit that criteria. He can kick but I certainly dont see him as a top Championship halfback and with the current Coaching staff I cant see him improving much. And whats he done at York? Nothing. Maybe I am being harsh but are we sure theres not better out there at SL or Australia if not in the Championship?

I was surprised when he went to York and it's not been a great move for him, has it ? He's got a great kicking game but, as you say, if you want someone to take the line on, you need sumbdy else.

If Brown and Mennell are our big signings for next year then, IMO, we wont be anywhere near the top 2/3 in the league; boring boring boring....

I suppose its early days in the recruitement process for next season but can't help feeling totally underwhelmed at the prospect of Brown & Mennell playing for the club. Need players with quick hands and real pace to break down the opposition. Considering next season is our most important for ten years and the best we can get is these two!

Murrell is the only decent signing that I can think has been made under Harrison so what is there to show we are suddenly going to start with a raft of what would be perceived as good signings?

If these rumoured signings are correct I remain seriously unimpressed as, I would imagine, will most Fax supporters. Our average attendance has gone down by almost 500 (over 20%) since last year and I can't really see signings of this calibre tempting them back or indeed attracting new supporters.
I really hate to appear negative and I hope the club have some more impressive signings in the pipeline as next year is MASSIVE!

What's with all the doom and gloom????

Lets wait and see what other signings are made before we all start going out and slashing our wrists, feck me this season isn't over yet

Time to get behind the lads in the play offs before we start worrying about next season

I for one think Brown would be a good signing, just need a specialist scrum half with good hands and feet, and a lively young hooker to complement him and Murrell!!

Id be quite happy with Kaye/Holden being our hooking options.
Need a pacy/attacking half back to compliment Brown.At a total
loss as to where Mennell fits in.

Well said. I also think brown is s good player. It's all rumers any way. Let's wait untill signings are confirmed and then when they are let's give them a chance before we start moaning. Some fax fans are so pesamistic they would find fault somewhere if we signed cooper cronke and Cameron smith.

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What's with all the doom and gloom????

Lets wait and see what other signings are made before we all start going out and slashing our wrists, feck me this season isn't over yet

Time to get behind the lads in the play offs before we start worrying about next season

I for one think Brown would be a good signing, just need a specialist scrum half with good hands and feet, and a lively young hooker to complement him and Murrell!!


Well said to both of you.

Great minds think a like. Oth of us lol . Can't understand all this pesamisam about next season when this season is not even over and we don't know who is coming as its all here say. Rubbish group they where

. Let's wait untill season is over which hopefully won't be untill the end of september before we think about next season and wait untill signings are confirmed and have played a few games for us before we start to criticise, which hopefully we won't need to. Got to give them a chance before we can decide if good signing or not

He`s not replacing Thackery, he is replacing Handforth. If you had given me a choice of any No.6 in our league last year I would have gone for him. Sheffield`s rise and final win last season was influenced by his performances. Don't really understand why he moved to York, unless it was the money. We need a good scrum half to compliment his play, but look around, who is there ?

Don't you mean he might be replacing tigger . As I keep saying dont believe untill confirmed by David March, sorry mean halifax




Or was it Paul March keep getting them mixed up. Both pillocks

I think it was Rodney Marsh.
O'h sheite gone off topic, wait till the killjoy squad see it.

Or was it rodney trotter