Perhaps this does not bode well for us? Bardsley Rowe is already there & now 2 other players have gone there. Johnstone a winger who was in our squad at Toulouse is one.
I know we do not need wing cover at the moment but we would like Wood the prop & their full back who won the game at Doncaster fairly regular. I hope we have an agreement with Wire that we are first in line for those two in particular. Thoughts?
Seems strange to have Dusl Reg agreement with 2 clubs in the same division, I presume it must be allowed, but how many spare players have warrington got? Do t they have a academy/ under 21 side as well?
I see Doolan has finished his trial with Widnes now as well.
I see Doolan has finished his trial with Widnes now as well.
Yeah he got an injury for Huddersfield and is out for a while. 😂🙈 Well personally I think Joe Lyons is good as a spare hooker for Foz. We have 22k now to spend from WVIPS and I would use it wisely now. Save it for anymore injuries. I think we can manage at the moment because Brett Bailey is back now getting game time at Saints. Gregson will be back in a few more weeks and unfortunately Hall and JJ out long term.
Personally I have never liked dual registration, but I feel we are stuck with it and need to utilise well like other clubs.
The truth is that the loan system saves the RFL and clubs organising and financing the Reserve League properly, and it also hands over some coaching responsibilities. All saving the SL clubs cash!!!!
Listening to McManus the other night and it sounds like there are many SL clubs in really bad financial situations, yet they still spend money that they haven't got!
At a guess, the clubs lending players will look at the coaching set up before they let players go. A bad re-location could ruin a youngster.
Not seen anything from the club about Doolan.I know he was only on trial but still.
AC is trying to tread a very tight line, using 'our' lads whenever he can but filling gaps with rated youngsters on loan. It looks as if it is binding our lads into a real team, which is good but means that we need really good loans in cases of injury.
Most SL players not rated as first team 'certs' wouldn't be happy to be loaned out and then not played, but lads like Taylor-Wray could learn a lot just playing alongside the likes of Jack Owens and co.
It certainly seems as if AC hits it off with Burgess and co, so hopefully they will respond with good options if we need them.
I think that there's a decent chance of us getting Taylor-Wray while Dufty is fit as he will play first team and wire have another good full back to play for their reserves, so I think they might be happy for T-W to have some "proper" game time with us.