Danny Cowling confirmed as a Halifax player. Lost a good one there who was never given enough chances in my opinion.

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Have known Danny since he was a nipper, I agree he did not get enough first team chances.

Maybe someone in the know can fill us in on why.

A real shame, showed a lot of potential in the two games he got. Still if he'd been given the same opportunities as some of the other non club trained younger player's he may have stuck around. Hopefully Trinity will learn from this..

Sadly I think it was obvious that Danny was going to end up leaving. I can't remember how many times I (and others) said that if we didn't give him some games we would inevitably lose him at the end of his contract.
Gutted to lose a home-grown player that looks like he could go on to be a decent SL player given some opportunities.
I don't profess to be a coach but I thought, in what little we'd seen of him at first team leve,l he looked like he would make the step up.

Let's just hope that this is another lesson learned and that the improvements we are now seeing in the current Junior development means that this sort of thing doesn't happen as often in the future.

Im sure there are better judges of players than me, so can anyone explain how aside from coming from RA's previous club, Reece Lynne got/gets the chances he had and Danny didnt??

Seems madness to me, but what do i know????

Completely agree with this.
I'm not suggesting that DC is any better than RL, just that RL has shown himself to be at best average and yet DC has had few opportunities to prove himself.
I think we are continuing to miss a trick and in light of squad cost saving efforts going on presently, maybe two tricks??

I believe Molloy got more games to show what he can do (not minutes) than Cowling.

Reap what you sow with Mr Agar. Molloy got his chance when he was miles short. Yet Cowling won us the game against Sts 2 years ago a kid thrown in a game we needed to win. He was fantastic up against World class opponents. Now he is on his way to Halifax we should of gave him more chances. Such a shame. Looked very promising.

did I read somewhere that it was to do with the fact he is going to Uni and will effectively be part time? or is that someone else?

Shame he isn't staying and playing in the centre for us but sometimes there's more to these things and a full-time career in RL may not be all its cracked up to be.

How was the weather in Italy?

Surely these young promising players are the ones we should be signing up not letting go?!?

All the best Danny, it was nice to see a lad from our school in the RW&B.

Seems that we have got ourselves a very good player

At the risk of muck raking, wasn't Cowling offered substantially more to go to Fax, than we were prepared to offer.
I fully agree with trying to retain our own, indeed, it's critical that we keep on producing our own young players and it does make you wonder how Fax can offer a young player more that an established SL team (even if we are currently skint)

Credit where credit is due the reduction in the playing staff is one thing the board are good at. I don't know when they will reach the bottom I doubt they have finished yet. The problem we face is where are the new players coming from, the World Cup apparently. The problem there is if Halifax and Featherstone are willing to pay higher salaries than us what standard of player are we left with.
We also have the problem that it is unlikely that the team will be finalised for the start of the season and we know what problems that can cause.
We are not skint, £300,000 is not skint but if people keep saying we are then it will be perceived as such and will impact on the quality of player who are willing to sign for us.

300000 is not skint! Jesus it beggars belief. You fancy putting that in, if in your mind, it's nothing???

The reduction of the playing staff is a result of the previous overspend.
Not this boards fault. They are working hard for a solution, but with 'glass pretty much empty' attitude, not doing a lot of good.
If the £300,000 is due to overspend. The last couple of months have been spent wheeling and dealing, hopefully until some of the larger senior contracts expire and they move to their new clubs.
I may well be miles off the mark with this statement but it keeps my pecker up!

In the world of team sport believe me £300,000 is not a lot. If you are happy to continue to contribute can you confirm if the £300,000 is our total liability excluding director's loans which I believe they have agreed not to call in.
No I would not put it in even if I had that amount of money why should I if KH and your dad are not willing to invest.
I have however, put over 35 years of my time and money supporting the club.

£300,000 may not be a lot in your eyes but when we are in money troubles again only 2 or 3 seasons after the last one. It is a massive amount.
Think this has been mentioned once or twice, that this is why some potential investors are a bit reluctant to part with their money.
MC and CB will be busting their balls off to sell the club to investors in a positive light.
If Clarks are coming on board then that may start the ball rolling.

I have decided that I am quitting this MC sycophantic forum, so don't bother trying to ban me.
I hope your faith in the board is justified especially when further players like Cowling are sold or released and replaced by a load of no names other than on the shirt.
I notice he did not reply to my earlier request, but is quick to question my intelligence.

Famous last words!
You'll be back, you attention seeker.

He may come back to haunt us next season.

You can't have, you're only 33 years old??

And why do you keep bringing my dad into it

Because he wants to wind you up and provoke you into responding on here, which he's successfully done.

The chairman's Q&As are good, Michael. Stick to those, and the good advice you've been given from others on here. You've offered an avenue for people to raise their concerns, within reason, and that's enough.

So you think it's Elston as well!

Yet another cock up right up there with Jay Pitts and so many more
300k is a lot to Wakefield but look at the 3.5 million Sts have lost is 2 years
The whole game is in a mess and the idiot at Sts only wants a reduction in clubs to plug the gap in his own badly run club
At this rate RU will be the only code played at PRO level within 10 years
SL no main sponsor
World Cup total farce no main sponsor
Northern Rail Cup no sponsor scrapped