b but were not getting a good enough team to trouble the middle eights players like achurch are not the way forward just peacocks mate

Love it when a player exits a club, fans come out & slate them.

think your in for a shock

unfortunately championship teams attract championship players. We are fortunate to have kept some super league players ala Blair, Lunt and maybe include Minns.thanks to a mixture of the chairman honouring existing contracts and loyalty.
Let's build a team to make the middle 8's and then add some quality to finish in the top 3.

Exactly. We need to bring in the players to win the league next year, then recruit more quality when the business end of the season starts.

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Which is exactly what Leigh did.

how do you know what quality is available halfway through a season all risky stuff

I don't know how many times it can be said but were a championship side now so don't get to pick and choose who we want were not exactly getting the dregs plus we don't know who sheens is going sign

We need to keep a number of overseas places available because it will be easier to get any quality from down under in August than it will be over here. Cox and Mariano are out of contract as is Jon Wilkin?

Gil Dudson is also out of contract, we have to see if any of these players are offered contracts elsewhere but they would all be good for us. @ Gallanteer I'd get rid of Dixon if we re-sign Shaw.

sheens is signing all players isnt he

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I would definitely want Dixon to stay. I honestly believe under a top coach he will turn out to be a better player than shaw..
I would expect him to run riot in that division which would certainly do his confidence a world of good.
Thats what he is, a confidence player, unfortunately he hasn't had a half decent coach under him since he arrived at the club to get anywhere near his true potential in my opinion.

I found this fairly insightful article featuring Mark Flanagan at Salford, giving his considered insight into various RL related matters. Relevant to us is what he says about the Tim Sheens impact at Salford. Very informative and worth a read. the18thman.com/2016/10/15/super- ... yers-view/

I found this fairly insightful article featuring Mark Flanagan at Salford, giving his considered insight into various RL related matters. Relevant to us is what he says about the Tim Sheens impact at Salford. Very informative and worth a read. the18thman.com/2016/10/15/super- ... yers-view/

dixons speed and footwork is top draw I cannot believe that no coach has told him to tackle round the legs an shown him a trick or two on wing play. hope he stays and improves under sheens

Dixon would be a better from watching a few videos and learn what he's supposed to do as a wing/full back/hooker. He suffers from brain farts and forgets everything any coach has told him.
He's got potential in bucket loads, he just needs to walk before trying to be a sprinter. I don'the think it's a top coach he needs, more a psychologist.

Whats the situation with James Greenwood some people linking him with Saints .

Find it hard to believe with Douglas, Amor, Walmsley, Walker all at the club. Plus Richards.

Is he any good ?

I think relegation and a new coach will give Dixon the opportunity to wipe the slate clean and start all over again, assuming we re-sign him.

Learn to tackle, make the percentage plays when necessary and with his pace and footwork he could go brilliantly for us in the Championship at times. Aside from Wakefield away, he didn't make any real impact for us last year. He certainly needs an extended run in the 1st team to rediscover his mojo.

He's crap. Stay well clear.

Achurch thing looking more like a scam. I messaged Hudge on twitter not expecting a reply but he did stating 'news to me'. So unless Hudge is playing the game better than I think, it's probably false. Shame.

Why would he sign for Rovers. Leigh, Wakefield, Salford, Widnes etc are all preferred options. Like an earlier post said, you are looking at cast offs and dregs for next year.

How do you know what his preferred option would be

As long as Dixon's wage demands are reasonable I'd definitely resign him. In the championship his mistakes will not be punished as much and he'll score you a shed load of tries. Unless he's got other options I'm surprised he hasn't resigned already.

For Once I agree with an FC fan.(doesn't happen very often).. Think Dixon was slagged off too much last season. Admittedly he has faults but so did most of the team, who doesn't? One thing he has got is raw pace, and that cannot be taught. We will need every advantage we can get next season, and given the right service he could flourish.. What we need as supporters is something to raise our spirits, we have had precious little of that the last few seasons.
But we have to go for it this time or we could get stuck in this division. Lets hope we get some aggression and pace plus a winning mentality and hope Sheens can bring it to our club, and start making it enjoyable again.