The Wolves 2011 Team Photoshoot and media day took place today with Tony Smith and his team of players and coaches on hand to meet the press and sponsors. bit.ly/gkhYnH

The Wolves 2011 Team Photoshoot and media day took place today with Tony Smith and his team of players and coaches on hand to meet the press and sponsors. bit.ly/gkhYnH

Anyone got a decent sized version of this photo?

It's too small to see players properly!

Was gonna ask that myself...would`nt mind pic for desktop background.

Ryan Atkins looks to have lost loads of weight!

when are the single players picks gonna be done. For the first team section.

Larger photo certainly needed for desktop on computer.

Chris Riley seems to have put 2 stone on his shoulders,and Mozzer seems to have shrunk!!

disapointed bubble's not on there

Is Ryan Shaw now part of the first team set-up? I don't remember seeing anything about him signing a new deal.

Yes, he's here for 2011 definitely and hopefully much longer than that! Pivotal year for him, he needs to kick on from the potential he's shown and be a serious option for the first team. Squadbuilder are supporting him.

Big Dave's beard is awesome!

Good news that, he seemed to be the "forgotten man" when all the announcements about academy players training with first team were being made. He certainly looks like having potential to kick on and knows where the try line is.

From the photo I reckon there 15 players on there who are products of our academy system. I would have really liked the club to continue to do the big group photo with all academy teams and service area teams on. Unfortunately it died a death after the first year. It would be really interesting to be able to chart and record player's progression through the ranks.

Also good to see squadbuilder supporting him. How many of the players on that photo have been supported by Squadbuilder at some stage? Not seen a Squadbuilder thread on here for sometime; I fear the demographic on here now is not really that way inclined any more.

to have 50% of the first team squad come through the Academy is fantastic and shows that the club have an excellent youth system in place

We kind of discussed this at last week's Trust/SqB board meeting which John Bastian attended. We have plans for this year to increase awareness of the kind of things SqB and the club overall does and try to get a bit more publicity by involving the players, including ones in the senior squad who have already progressed through the Academy.

At the media On Monday there was a group photograph taken of the Squadbuilder supported players I will post it here when I receive a copy.

Can't say the same for briers

How dare you speak about the current Lance Todd Trophy winner like that!!

what's with all of these newly grown beards

it's winter and a strong chin can get cold

fair enough, but if i was mrs solomona (god forbid) i'd ask why the hell he's grown that on his face!

fair enough.

I like it though. makes him look more manly



and

@ArcticGorilla is that really your prediction for next year or are you trolling?

solomona is the prime example of a man, beard or no beard
can't really say that the myler beard makes him exude masculinity

Was kind of hoping that there might be a tiny chance that this thread might of been steared into a good honest discussion about rugby and our club's apparent improvement in the field of youth development and the role Squadbuilder might have played in that.

Unsuprisingly it has descended into knob measuring with Wigan and an extension of Facebook involving the texting generation.

With the intent of luring some old-time lurkers out of the shadows can people confirm if they are members of Squadbuilder or the Supporters' Trust.

If members of Squadbuilder do you feel that your "investment" is now paying off or would you rather funds distributed in an alternative manner?

If not a member do you know what Squadbuilder is about and do you think it still relevant in the era of modern stadium, profits and silverware for the club?

Um back in my box

Best "squad" I have ever seen us have IMO.

Saw Joey Jones today must be doing some training with the team.