First of all its clear the club has money issues and we as fans may have to endure a season of mid table rugby in order to get the club back into a strong position, i for one have no problem with that, as long as the 17 players who pull on the jersey are giving there all then thats all we can ask.
The team
seems clear that duffy will be going(good for both the club and duffy if you ask me) rumours on the widnes site say rob jackson could be following, again would not suprise me as i cant see him travelling up twice a week on his own for to long , so if thats the case better now than mid season
So the big question would be do we replace them or save the money to help the club get sorted, i would say yes and no
I think we have enough decent players (rudd,finch,leroy,bamber) to see us through the season at 6/7, also enough quality players around them to make sure we finish mid table at worst,
in the centers we have eilbeck , makisi, scott mcavoy,daniel smith, also try to talk craig mcavoy in to coming back then i think we would do ok there
i would however be tempted to get a 2nd row/loose forward from a SL reserve team(on a season long loan who would move up here), look how well bannister did last year he proved they are as good as anything we have already.look at the guy ratu fax got from leeds on loan, hes a great player, kopjac from the bulls as well, there is enough talent out there willing to prove themsleves at a higher level
by doing this we could reduce the travelling players to zero, save about 20/25k for the club which would go along way to helping sort out the money worries(a rumoured 40k lose this year if we carried on as we were) and give us a squad capable of getting to the play offs, while giving the youngster some much needed experince
in a tough season like this both on and off the feild i think thats all we can ask for
squad
1.broadbent /benson
2.calvert/lebbon
3.eilbeck/ scott maca
4.makisi/ craig maca
5.ade/ lebbon
6.rudd/finch
7.bamber/leroy
8.fats/eddmundson/
9.matty/sice
10 ryan maca/jacko
11.fletcher/shackley
12miller/scott maca
13.SL player/rudd/joe/scott maca
hill
teare
chris smith
danny barker
ford
lancaster
im make that 29 players and squad that on paper is well capable of the play offs, and we still have a club at the end of the season
or we could go down boxers route and spend spend spend and go in to admin at the end of the season
