Luke Thomas, Wire prop, missing again! What happened to the remainder of season loan? I know we have got the Leigh second rower in but we need 2 more props fast after losing Kirk & Reilly who were both first choice. We are ok for second rowers. Perhaps the plan is to play Lawton prop but if he is in the grind up front we lose his energy from his usual game when near the line where his real threat is.
Really don’t understand - we are using mcwhirter as a prop which is a waste
bent is too lightweight as well
bailey has played off the bench for hunslet and has made an impact
we only have Murray and bennion really,with very little back up
Sunday will be a hard watch
The initial post on Luke Thomas was a nonsense. Returned to the club on dual reg. That doesn't mean anything, dual reg between 2 clubs is for the season anyway. However the wording gave the impression of something like a season long loan unless he was needed in the Wire first team. To play once and then go back to the Wire reserves is a farce. It's also not fair on the fans to put out such a post and offer no explanation. I seem to remember it happening last year as well with Warrington players.
Allan Coleman normally does a pre-game interview on squad changes but vs Halifax it didn't happen.
While on the subject of communication, what happened to increased transparency with fans. Have the members Mondays/fans forums benn cancelled? Genuie question as i have no idea.
Would like the podcast to discuss both the Luke Thomas situation and if Members Mondays have been shelved and if so why.
We can’t depend on DR with wire so with a couple of season long loans from Leigh let’s concentrate on what we actually can control
Bailey back from loan give him a run off bench and give the lad a chance
We can’t depend on DR with wire so with a couple of season long loans from Leigh let’s concentrate on what we actually can control
Bailey back from loan give him a run off bench and give the lad a chance
It is like Warrington are doing it on purpose to screw us over. Sam Burgess is a Bradford fan and wants to keep us struggling. Warrington are sending players everywhere and without Alfie Johnson playing for Fax and if Luke Thomas played we would have won. Rip up dual with Warrington and try with Leigh or get a bigger squad of own players.
@pascal Agreed, but why are we DR with the scum year in year out when the same thing keeps happening. We should hire a part time scout to be looking at local and Lancashire amateurs who could maybe step up.
Thomas is on the bench for Wire v Huddersfield today. So if he is in the first 17 squad doubt we will see him again?
The DR announcement is all on Widnes I'm afraid. I don't know they feel the need to announce "on dual reg for the rest of the season" because it's meaningless. Dual reg means Warrington can do with him as they see fit, and that's what they've done the previous two weeks. All it does is rile up fans on our side. The announcement probably only came in the way it did to try and take away from the reality of losing a forward without actually replacing him with a player of our own.
Yet more changes to the team. No Lawton. No Lloyd (18th). No Patton. Gonna be a loooooong arse afternoon.
Now 18-12 Owens and Gilmore gone off injured
Was always going to be a very tough ask never mind losing 3 of the best players within 10 minutes.
I criticised the loss of a 16 point lead to fax but I’m not gonna moan at this one as it’s almost impossible against a top 3 side when we’ve had so much disruption. Playing excellent up until the 3 injuries
Good start, but we are running out of steam and have lost good players in the first half.
York have disappointed me, they don't look a class side and their points have come after some idd referring decisions.
Hope our coach can boost their confidence at half time, and that our injuries aren't serious.
Well it was a foregone conclusion when we lost those players to injury. I don’t see how we can have an improved second half of the season without new players coming in but we’ve needed that for some time now.