Somebody needs to get a grip on the loan player situation. The club providing the loan should commit to a set period of provision or how else can a club like ours get any kind continuity on the field. My hopes were raised when I found Morgan Dawes was returning but has played one match before recalled by London Scottish. Utter madness.
Maybe we have to think...yes, Morgan is more than likely guaranteed regular play with the Zapaygo crew in Nat 1 but maybe also likes the idea of being called back at anytime stepping up to Champ.quality games. Maybe thats what makes it work?
Maybe we have to think...yes, Morgan is more than likely guaranteed regular play with the Zapaygo crew in Nat 1 but maybe also likes the idea of being called back at anytime stepping up to Champ.quality games. Maybe thats what makes it work?
"It makes it work" in as much would a player wished to be loaned out to a lower division for a lengthy period without an opportunity to play at a higher level on occasions? - as the loan arrangement seems to endorse. Mose need all season signed on players but have to play the loan game to add additional and injury replacement quality currently. Adam is a juggler of necessity!
London Scottish, well adrift at the bottom of the championship table have only won 1 match so far this season. And with a points gap of 10 between them and next bottom Nottigham who have two games in hand and 11 behind 3rd bottom Richmond who have 3 games in hand their plight appears more desperate than Moseley. It was fortunate for Moseley that LS did not have a match last week.
I’m sort of in agreement with both sides of this, firstly the player wants to play at the highest level, which generally is the club he is contracted to, however IMHO the very short loan process can be destructive to a squad, there are no questions about Adam being short on selection options due to a shocking long injury list and departures, but if you are loaned out, perhaps there should be a minimum month.
I’m sort of in agreement with both sides of this, firstly the player wants to play at the highest level, which generally is the club he is contracted to, however IMHO the very short loan process can be destructive to a squad, there are no questions about Adam being short on selection options due to a shocking long injury list and departures, but if you are loaned out, perhaps there should be a minimum month.
Post by Communications Team on Jan 15, 2022 10:28:44 GMT
We need to remember that a loan arrangement is at the discretion of the loaning club as to how long they will allow it, usually based on their squad situation
If we had a player on loan, and suddenly had a critical shortage in a position, that the player could plug, no one would be happy if he couldn’t come back for another 3 weeks due to a minimum loan period leading to the team struggling.
Gaining Morgan for even a week was a bonus at a time of injuries, particularly in the back row. Management would have been mad not to take advantage of it.
Adam is trying to ensure we have a strong squad of contracted players that do not have to rely on loans (as seen with the signing of Tuoyo this week) but limitations on funding for the squad make it very difficult to have as much strength in depth as everyone would like. Hence the need to support all fundraising we can
It’s a difficult balancing act that it being addressed through contracting players, arranging DRs and developing relationships with other clubs to arrange loans
Comms - when I read heading on incoming comment just 09:45 or so I'd gone into the realms of frost bitten Common postponement content! Whereas it was Loan talk! Try not to do this too often its not good for me! Agree with all that is said. Loans work both ways but for real contunuity probably not the programme to pursue - though it was great to see Morgan moving in on those posts! Today? - 4 points will deffo do; to get 5 will keep the cold out and the glass full!
I felt sad to witnees the high hopes of a slow but steady improvement in Moseley's fortune falter this afternoon. I saw the actual kick off but didn't see play develop because my back was to the field of play as I was going to my seat I saw, but as I got there and turned round there a Caldy player over the line and putting the ball down. My seat was next to the referee assessor and I asked him what on earth had just happened. He said a Caldy forward just picked the ball up at a ruck, went straight through the middle of the ruck and over the line without a finger laid on him. Talk about flabergasted.
For the next 10 minutes or so Caldy had lots of ball and put a lot of pressure on the Moseley defence, which, to Moseley's credit absorbed it well. And the fact that the Moseley line-out in the early part of the game, particularly on their own line-out, where they lost four line-outs on the trot at one point, didn't help at all. But whereas the pre Christmas Moseley performance would have taken a noticeable chin down struggle the Moseley today weathered the storm, got stuck in and, aided by some good tight eight srummaging which earned them a number of penalties, came back strongly into the game and turned the screw on Caldy.
Caldy played a rush defence which begged a chip over the defence - just like the one which resulted in a try last week at Blackheath - but sadly I didn't see any. Even the referee assessor commented on that and also that Moseley too often failed to make it to the gain line because players were isolated. We also commented on niether team going for the odd 50-20 kick options.
Even though Moseley were behind for most of the time I feel Moseley lost the game rather the Caldy won it.
Moseley played some really good rugby at times. In fact they had a sustained purple patch in both halves - and either one should have sealed the win for them - but the plague of silly, silly penalties at crucial times kept them pinned back. And too many penaly kicks for touch, particularly in the second half, where an improving line-out would have begged a catch and drive, failed to cross the line.
As I said the Moseley pack played well in the tight and didn't do too bad in the loose either. And handling and ball retention overall was not too bad, indeed it was quite impressive at times. They forwards even put in quite a few linking passes to the three quarters, some thing we haven't seen very often. But Caldy are not where they are, 3rd in the table by chance. They played a well structured and well managed game. Moseley by contrast certainly played better, much better that of late, but they haven't quite got their game management sorted out. There are still too many occasions where Moseley are bunched in mid field, or mainly on one side of the field.
But when it came line pressure and 'white line fever' Caldy were marginally better than Moseley at finding that little gap, which they did for their second try. Moseley fluffed their chance to win the game at the death when they conceded a penaly whist ATTACKING the try line. But it needn't have got so fraught because had Moseley release the ball too the backs there was a huge overlap and bags of space to score. But that is what game management is all about, seeing opportunities and taking advantage of them.
Moseley should not feel too disheartend. They payed against an in-form team and performed well. They put some good passing phases together and created a lot of pressure particulary in the tight - where I feel they had the edge over the Caldy pack - and in the loose. I also felt the line-out see-sawed between poor, reasonable and occasionally good throughout the game and although I noticed a couple of interseting line-out options where Aled Ward positioned himself as a second receiver in the threequarters there is still work to be done there.
The referee assessor told me that he thought Moseley tended to put unneccessary pressure on Tom Benjamin, particularly - and other players out on a limb - when ping-pong kicking was going on, by passing the ball - albeit in some space - but with no close support behind or to the side of the receiving player which left him isolated and vulnerable to the approaching cover defence.
On todays showing Moseley can look forward with some confidence to next week. They had a good, nearly a try bonus win last week and a meritable bonus point loss this week to a top table side. If they continue their upward trajectory and click against Chinnor next week - and I feel they could do just that - then they deserve to come away with the spoils.
As ever, come on Moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose.......ley
"My seat was next to the referee assessor", I just hope he didn't have a white stick. The overall performance of the officials was dire, From where I was sitting they missed at least 6 offsides in the space of 10 minutes and failed to spot a blatant knock on in the the last 5 minute. I agree with all what you said about the teams performance, the improvement of late is clear to see but with the amount of injuries we keep picking up the chances of us having any continuity is worrying.
I thought the ref was okay but both touch judges were awful. What is wrong with our line out? It would be too easy to blame Sam McNulty but is it targeted jumpers or the lifters? Caldy hit Sam Dickinson almost every time. We had no answer - Sam also was the main player who disrupted our line out. How many points did we lose out on by butchering our line out in Caldy’s 22? Phil is also correct in that 2 penalty kicks to touch failed to find the line. We did enjoy a lot of the ball but our backs were so far angled that by the time it got to either of our wingers we had hardly made any metres. Caldy were a lot flatter (opportunities to chip over but we didn’t take them). No disrespect to any of our backs but is it time to try something slightly different? How about starting Sam at 9, Mason Tonks and Reketi as centres with Andy B and our latest signing as wingers with Tom Benjamin at 15? Elliott to stay at 10 unless recalled by Nottingham then Dan Lewis (if recovered from his ankle injury). Reketi played again for Bournville yesterday, made a try and scored one with a pitch length run after an interception (as per The Rugby Paper). Whilst I understand that Wasps decide which club he plays for surely we must have influence.
