shame we cant keep him, was only a short term deal i believe... maybe till end of season

roberts
lawrence
ferguson
cudjoe
wakeman
smith
wood
wardle


expect maybe ferguson or cudjoe back this friday?? but hard to change a winning team

lawrence injured again though!! really frustrating

i would of said the only player we are really missing now is Cudjoe as jerry just isnt in the game enough without him. All other players are missed but we seem to have the quality to cover them now which is nice.

Roberts will be back this Friday. He could have played Sunday but we decided to give him another week. I'd say Murphy might miss this week with concussion so he will replace him.

Think Cudjoe and Roberts will both return to the squad this week and Wardle then the week after!

yeh heard roberts could have played last week too but didnt!

no news on lawrence, is it the hamstring again.....

ferguson was supposed to be the next in line to come back then cudjoe.

be great to see cudjoe back, mcgillvary def needs him but cudjoe will not be match fit or anywhere near what he used to be till prob next season now being out so long

taai added to the list, knee ... a blow in the prop department for us

lawrence and ferguson.... where are they?!?!?!



as bad as each other

taai 6 weeks at the best!

If that’s anything like murphys two months expect him to play next week!

mamo injured again... is it the same foot???

time for him to go end of 2018 along with a few other injury prone players....

Looked like his knee he was getting attention on -expensive waste of space. never really impressed me -even when all and sundry were Raving about him. Too greedy -too error prone

Calf not knee

Didn't think he would impress you Jools!
1) He's Australian
2) He's probably on a good salary
3) He's not a product of our academy (who apparently can do no wong)!

Wrong they need to be from newsome not just the academy

No- they just have to be value for money- and good.

with the greatest respect Jools - its what the club values them at (in comparison with other clubs )- and how they perform in relation to that in your and other fans` eyes .We could sign/buy a rookie who for the package hes on is playing out of his skin - and he`d be player of the season at a lower tier club --but if not yet ready to slot in at superleague standard -- its all for the future
Great if you can afford that luxury - but the truth is the performance and results "here and now " !
Then again isnt this something thats been debated on here at least once before...........
and on the other topic ....are these freebie folk really gonna come back wanting more when you tell us your own youngster didnt want to wear his team shirt just a short while ago .......Just a thought!

They may come back wanting more if they enjoy the experience. The team need to perform. Kids want to watch a winning side not a losing one-the fact we haven’t won consistently for a long time is the reason our support hasn’t increased.
Mamo hasn’t been value for money. Even if he’d played most of the season I’m not convinced he’d be value for money. He’s a poor fullback- Just my opinion

We have half a team full of those who don't meet those criteria though, It's not just about their ability's on the field so much as there ability to actually get on to the field.

Where do the likes of Lawrence and Ferguson ect fit in the reckoning.

NO probswith that Jools, but its supposition as hesnot had regular game time / dont figure he tried to get injured / so well never really know ! when he was fit and available then why didnt they try him on the wing Coaches have options and Jerry wasout ?
As for the other points you make thinkyouve answered the question yourself in your first sentence Cant think any of us have in all honesty been doing that eh?

lawrence and ferguson are both injury prone too, lawrence gets away with it though as hes homegrown and has the club at heart . ferguson when on the field is a quality player... but hes also injury prone...

one of the biggest disappointments this season has also been ollie roberts, may be hes hungover from the world cup still of may be he got his new deal and tapered off

Take all your points Brierley. Lawrence is a case in point, For the past 2/3 seasons he has brought nothing to the side other than tackling , He has no go forward and don't hink he will have passed the ball three times in that same period ( maybe the way he has been coached ) for some i know that is enough but for me if you are going to keep such one dimensional players you have to have others that excel in other area's, sadly we have so few of those.

Roberts is another, we all know what a prospect he was ( maybe still is ) He was another player who people wanted signing long term, He is mediocre now and that may hopefully be temporary, but i think it's stretching things to say he may not have got over the world cup, It's a bad sign if true.

Anyway we have what we have for now, and whoever does the hiring and firing will do what they do, It's a bit early to start judging Woolford , We all know we can play better than that but we have to wait and see. I'm hoping he has more of Brown in him than Anderson, but again to some it's all about winning things rather than the style, I would say the dwindling crowds are showing their preference, but to be fair considering the way we have been going we have done well to keep what we have, but if you going to virtually pay people to turn up it must be desperate.

the crowds thing isnt just a giants problem.

its rugby league in general, look at the attendance for leeds v leigh in the cup just over 3k and thats the champions playing!!

why arent leeds rhinos having nearly sell outs every week? their attendances have stayed same if not dropped, same for the rest too

Def not just the giants i agree, but that's no consolation. I think the fact is Rugby league is just slowly going down the pan, It takes some understanding why such a great sport is so poorly supported country wide.
A popular explanation for this is the very poor way the sport is governed and run, i agree about that but there has to be more as well, there is for example little interest in the challenge cup now compared to what there used to be, Its now all about Sky, the problem with that is if Sky pull out it's goodnight one and all.
The whole sport has a poor image , from shambolic grounds to shambolic ref's to unsporting antics on the field.

linking up with matchroom may help sell the challenge cup and magic weekend better, they are in talks

latest?

4 injured
1 banned