How kind.

I can understand why it wouldn't register for a fev fan but in 88 we had a decent team with Mark Graham and Steve Ella. We won some big games but it all fell apart and we had a long losing run.
Mark Graham went home and left us in the learch. Toppo decided to put a lot of local lads in, like Jonny and Paul Malinder who weren't world beaters but bled red white and blue.
With that new found Trinity spirit, led by Ella, we beat a pretty good Fev side that day and got the season back on track.
Nothing game to anyone else but it's a signpost to many about the need for passion for the team and work ethic over skillful players out for themselves.

Quote ="PopTart"I can understand why it wouldn't register for a fev fan but in 88 we had a decent team with Mark Graham and Steve Ella. We won some big games but it all fell apart and we had a long losing run. Mark Graham went home and left us in the learch. Toppo decided to put a lot of local lads in, like Jonny and Paul Malinder who weren't world beaters but bled red white and blue. With that new found Trinity spirit, led by Ella, we beat a pretty good Fev side that day and got the season back on track. Nothing game to anyone else but it's a signpost to many about the need for passion for the team and work ethic over skillful players out for themselves.'" Ah ok. Think you beat us twice in 5 days over the Xmas holidays? Here's a link to the programme from the Post Office Road game (from the superb Fevarchive website, a great resource if you ever want to check back on past games against Fev). https://www.fevarchive.co.uk/programmes ... mber-1988/ Page 2 on today's game indeed talks about the "crippling injury list" at Belle Vue and Graham's recent departure. Later in the programme there's a long piece about Wakefield's "golden years".

Quote ="PopTart"I can understand why it wouldn't register for a fev fan but in 88 we had a decent team with Mark Graham and Steve Ella. We won some big games but it all fell apart and we had a long losing run. Mark Graham went home and left us in the learch. Toppo decided to put a lot of local lads in, like Jonny and Paul Malinder who weren't world beaters but bled red white and blue. With that new found Trinity spirit, led by Ella, we beat a pretty good Fev side that day and got the season back on track. Nothing game to anyone else but it's a signpost to many about the need for passion for the team and work ethic over skillful players out for themselves.'" Ah ok. Think you beat us twice in 5 days over the Xmas holidays? Here's a link to the programme from the Post Office Road game (from the superb Fevarchive website, a great resource if you ever want to check back on past games against Fev). https://www.fevarchive.co.uk/programmes ... mber-1988/ Page 2 on today's game indeed talks about the "crippling injury list" at Belle Vue and Graham's recent departure. Later in the programme there's a long piece about Wakefield's "golden years".

Powell wants a younger half.

Josh Rogers is one name that I've heard a few times.

Plays in the reserve grade down under.

My thought on him and the two weve brought in already, is the visa issue and lack of first team action

One lads half Scottish so should have an issue with a visa, not sure about the other.

He would be a very good signing. Fairly big half with a very good kicking game out of hand and conversions and a passing/running threat.

Been on the cusp of NRL for a few years, possibly got a run this year during Origin period for Brisbane.

I am sure we will have sorted any visa issues with these players before announcing them . Just thinking are visa qualification are two way thing because the likes of Murphy seem to have no problem and he's only same as the lads coming over

Visa rules are not like for like

The visa issues are complicated by the RFL, not the government.

It’s the government who set the rules to allow entry hence it is easier to join a French club than one based in the U.K.

I stand corrected. I just checked RU eligibility and its the same. Government driven rules.

Rhys Kennedy signed for London so that's one 'middle' not coming our way.

Myles Lawford is the latest rumour.
Young halfback at Bradford.

Won't this just be another Morgan Smith type gamble?

There were several super league clubs after him, so not necessarily.

Having said that I dont know too much about him

Big gamble if true, Hope we not falling in to same problem this year as last ,going on a spine of old players, .Speed in the spine is important . Not just in attack, but in defence.

Other than guessing he's an offspring of Sheffield's Dean Lawford me neither. I hope he's not some puny waif though.

Yes, but what’s wrong with that. Even if we were still in SL I’d take it but in the Championship definitely. Isn’t that the point of being the wealthiest club in the league, the ability to take chances. If the lad doesn’t work out we just get another one, most likely a man out of favour NRL player who fancies a mid season move to England.

Wallo I’m with you I’m simply not used to us being a buying club, but we now are, get used to it. I reckon once the shock wears of you’ll really enjoy it

I think the most crucial part of all the interviews was that again we were last to the party to sign players so on reality having to work twice as hard to put together the squad and unearth the gem or two. Every player will not be household name that's for sure and personally don't want them to be .re Smith he was main man at fev and obviously still thought of as super league standard. I wouldn't judge any player on last year because as a team they were all over place.

I think Morgan Smith would fit nicely in this team.

I don't think you can really call us a buying club till we have a squad of players and can go buy when we need to.
At the moment we are still replacing players that have left.

Spot on. I liked Mash and wanted him to do well, but he was under funded and lacked experience, and it showed on the pitch. It's no coincidence that we got better in the last third, because so did Mash and the players he could afford. By that time Smith was a bit of a lost cause, mainly because he's a support player who had nobody to support. Not sure he is SL standard to be honest, but he's more chance of showing it at Hull than he was with us last year.

It's also worth noting that Smith was far more experienced than this lad, he wasn't that big a gamble, where is this boy definitely is. They are not the same kind of signing imho.

Of course we are buying club, see you still argue for the sake of it. You know I nearly put a disclaimer on that last post for you not to take it literally, but I hoped it wasn't needed, my error, it was

Did we pay a fee for Walmsley?

Well that didn't take long.

Just my opinion. I'll try to avoid quoting you in future but can't promise.