[Mild Rover]

Re: This is not a cycle - what can other clubs do? : Sun Oct 09, 2022 10:15 am  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

Maybe its naivety on my behalf, but the issue sits squarely before players make their first team debut. I don't see any likelihood of Mikey Lewis being signed by Saints (Dodd), Wigan (Smith) or Leeds (Sinfield) and if Hull KR can bring another couple through next year and start building that pathway, it would be a really positive thing. The risks of loss of form and missing out on the playoffs, leading to signing another scrumhalf, and HKR having equally talented players in the next academy group can be mitigated, but understandably really challenging.

Speculative, but from the Leeds board:

krisleeds wrote:

One would expect Mikey Lewis is being lined up.

Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino wrote:

I do like Lewis, hes exactly the sort of player I would love to see in blue & amber.

Re: This is not a cycle - what can other clubs do? : Sun Oct 09, 2022 3:22 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

Speculative, but from the Leeds board:

He is, of course, a Hull FC supporter (used to sit with his family in the South Stand) so I guess he could end up in black and white, similar to Taylor and Cator.

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Re: This is not a cycle - what can other clubs do? : Sun Oct 09, 2022 4:52 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

He is, of course, a Hull FC supporter (used to sit with his family in the South Stand) so I guess he could end up in black and white, similar to Taylor and Cator.

Cator is a different, though very admirable, case imo - in that he was never the great red and white hope that Taylor briefly was and Lewis is.

If we do end up having to sell Lewis in a couple of years, the consolation that I (alone) would take is that it might mean that there’d be more openness to innovative ideas rather than replicating approaches of a couple of clubs that have very different circumstances.