I'll have to take your word for it, I know nothing of the bloke other than what I've seen on the pitch and read regarding his recent ban. I would of thought Kear would have enough friends in the game to gauge whether Barlow was worth a punt on.

Says in the mirror its an Incentive based contract.

didn't we have a dual reg with Toronto a few years back and if memory serves we basically got nothing

Squad depth is now the issue. Our 4 starting props would probably be Crossley, England, Barlow & Kirk. Which is pretty good for championship. But injuries & suspensions will probably bite.

But surely if we DR with Toronto they won’t have a big enough squad to commit players out on minimum 28 day loan periods so to keep them fit they will to DR them out a week at a time to keep them match fit? If they haven’t got reserves what else will they do?

what i can see (even though we are grunting our front row) and others have mentioned is ... our creativity ... last year we started with 4 halves?? and all got injured. Looks like we have 2 Lilley and (on loan) Milnes. with these 2 fit we arnt gonna create nothing. With the Dews pitch being so constaint, it will be straight up the middle where halves are not gonna be an issue. Survival only this season (and i will be banging the drum from afar) so bring on 2021

agreed ... from last time we got nowt ... D/Reg with T i feel is not a good fit ... i can only post on these things just on opinion but any Duel Reg has to be with a SL club with a big squad

Last time I don’t think we got anything as we weren’t that bothered. Surely DR with a super league large squad will mean these players play in a reserve side and not out on DR? A DR with a ream with no reserves and no where else to play seems a better option to me?...

TBH thats what i was alluding to

Not necessarily.

It would depend on how the coaches value the different competitions and the particular players involved. Maybe the Championship would be a better fit to bring on certain 'fringe' players than the reserve league? In any case, isn't a reserve side compulsory in SL this season, or have I got that wrong?

I aren’t sure it’s complusory for TW

It's not. And I don't think it is for Catalans either although they effectively run a reserve side in the French league. Expansion teams don't have to follow same rules as the member clubs.

.... but don’t (in the case of Toronto) get any Sky money either

RL, and in particular SL, is a messy mish-mash in the way it's set up, by the look of it...

Dual reg has nothing to do with minimum 28 day loan. That is for loans, dual reg is week to week.

Which is what I said, small squad unlikely to tie them up on loans with a minimum commitment of 28 d so DR arrangement is perfect for SL teams with small squads as they can send them out for a week and know they will be available for week after if required with some game time behind them. The point I was disagreeing about was with the people saying a DR link up with a small squad in SL is pointless as they won’t send anyone out, I think the opposite could happen unless they get ravaged by injuries

Apparently we have signed Adam Rooks from KR on loan. Don't know anything about this 19 year old but he has played a handful of 1st team games last season.

Wondernif thats whos getting announced this evening

Now confirmed by the club

Could we not just have Storton back? Looking at HKR's squad for next year, I don't think that many of the players who they've signed from us are going to get much game time next year. Which will be a shame for guys like Ryan and Mincella who deserve their chance

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As HKR look to have such a big squad they could still be available for loan spells

Yep, let Storton and Minchella go to HKR and get someone not as good in return. Ambitious.

(Yes I know we need the money and I’m guessing they didn’t want to stay either but just venting my frustrations!)

Look where ambition got us though, with a squad we couldn’t afford

and arguably didn’t perform