Tangata signs
All players will be fit for the start of the season
Preseason training starts next Monday
After what MC said re Jordy, I'm sure that BLM must be a very proud father
No news on Battye

Bish still in talks

Demolition and build to start as soon as season finishes.

Police investigation into Manni/ground purchase is old news and does not concern the club.

Club glad to see back of Manni as a landlord.

Club did not pay over the odds - Manni made £600k on BV sale - which was taken off him by authorities.

NEW member of coaching staff to be announced in next few days.

Just twenty season ticket ask for money back out of two thousand ,two hundred season tickets .Big thank you from club

Did they say what department the new coach would be in? Strength and conditioning or general coach etc

Nope.

Merchandise selling very well.

So should be done for the start of 2022.

With a bit of luck and I’m not totally kidding I might be alive long enough to see it. There have been times when I’ve doubted that.

Well this didn't get unpicked in the Q&A, but JM said it was a 12+ month build...

Looks like we may have to play away for a bit, Barnsley anyone?

I think we’d be more comfortable playing in familiar surroundings, how about doing a deal with Cas Tigers, playing a few games there.

Only Kidding.

No, JM said plan was to stay at BV throughout - temporary solutions planned...

They said that we would not be looking to play our home fixtures at another ground eg Oakwell, Cas etc; but we would probably have to jiggle the fixtures so that we play more away fixtures at the beginning/end of the season -similar to when rl grounds are unavailable because of the ground 'maintenance' needs of their football partners/hosts.

Be interesting, I suppose if you did the north stand first you gain in capacity what you lost on the east stand. A temp stand on west terrace etc, could work.

They said they weren’t looking at playing away, but working around the build. Maybe they get the structure of half the stand up and have a temporary seating over the top? Guess it’ll come down to cost what the cheapest way to do it is

If the funding streams permitted it and fans were still restricted from attending games this year it might be worth starting earlier.

Perhaps in the current situation they can’t start earlier. I think someone on here said building projects were now running late due to Covid?

Gone under the radar but I’m delighted Tangata has signed.

Genuinely underrated player imho. Runs hard and straight, tackle really well and is generally big and hard to handle. Hasn’t shown an off loading game so far which I suppose stops him being noticed.

He’s what all clubs need, a hard working no nonsense prop. I know he won’t excite those who seem to think every prop we don’t have is the best in the world but he’ll do for me all day long.

We are a prop short still, it’s the only position I think we are short to be honest and my pref is still Battye but whoever we get so long as they graft I’m happy, let the rest of the team do the creating.

So we have

Fifita
Tangata
Green
Arona (who is more of a prop these days)
Tanginoa (emergency only)
Aydin (crisis only)

I’m happy with the players we have we are just short, 1 more deffo, 2 if possible.

Made me smile there, Dunkirk

This is all great news, especially re the ground.
It will give everyone at the club a real lift to see the new stand getting built

MC said we were looking for a middle - but also said that EVERYONE is looking for middles.

Jordan Crowther was given massive praise - said that every other pack member wants JC alongside them.

MC said JC has massively changed his game and approach.

You could tell that just by looking at him. I believe he paid for his own extra training? If so it paid off big style and should be a lesson to all.

Fair play to the guy for the efforts he put in last season, even more so if he went the extra mile & funded extra training. However, I can’t help but think it’s a poor reflection of the conditioning at the club that he’s had to take this step.

Best wishes to JC for next season, always nice to see one of our own doing the business.

That's a very strange thing to say.I wouldn't have bothered posting that point if I thought someone would use it against the club, then again I should have known

I can't think of any profession or activity where to get to the very top you don't do extracurricular work. Whether that be a night school class, extra time at the driving range or picking up an HGV license just in case. Do you think that all the stars of this that and the other have not done stuff off their own bat to get on, of course not? All students who are serious do extra studying, homework as we called it.

The club/employer has an equal obligation to all employees, how on earth would you expect them to find the time and resources to offer further training beyond what they probably already do to individuals? The club will offer a fairly generic physical training regime to all whilst spending most of its time and effort on drills and skills. It's up to the player to enhance himself further if he sees the need, JC clearly wanted to do so.

You wouldn't expect Amazon to train its drivers to drive faster and read maps better so they could deliver more parcels in an hour and thus earn a better peacetime rate, they only expect them to what's required anything else is a bonus too both. It's called pushing yourself, it's not obligatory but to be the very best it is a necessity IMNO unless of course, you are ridiculously gifted, I don't think JC thinks that.

Why you think that reflects on the clubs conditioning baffles me, they gave him what they felt was needed, JC felt he needed more. Good for him and good for the club for recognising it.