UlsterNo9 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:45 pm
I wouldn't mind being an Irish cap or two behind him.
Double league and european cup winner who is irish qualified and covers out half, centre and fullback, what's not to like.
Can certainly add depth to our squad.
I'm largely in agreement with this, think it's a good signing and depending on the wage a good bit of business. Mathewson and Madigan are a more than good enough reserve half back pairing for the many weeks Cooney and Burns look set to miss going forward and Madigan can do a job elsewhere should Addison be away/injured.
What may also be worth pointing out is the positive influence he can have on the likes of Johnston and Lowry, as evidenced by the words of his replacement at Bristol: https://mobile.twitter.com/Sheedy95/sta ... 3276558336
You shoud be thankful. Madser will be the first name on the teamsheet.
What's that now? 12 Leinster players up in Ulster?
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Shinnerboots will need to bring his ‘A’ game just to get his cheeks off the bench. Winning over the crowd will be an even tougher challenge.
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big mervyn wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:32 pm
I'm fine with him if he buys into the culture and applies himself.
Spot on Merv. If he sees this as his window to get into the ireland set up and wants to play 10 each week then not really what we need right now. If he is prepared to fit team requirements and helps the young lads then fine.
I do hope he is not to replace Ludik unless Ludik has decided to retire. Ulster used to be synonymous with family and loyalty; not sure that is true anymore.
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Setanta wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 2:45 pm
I do hope he is not to replace Ludik unless Ludik has decided to retire. Ulster used to be synonymous with family and loyalty; not sure that is true anymore.
To be fair, Lulu is a brave age to be playing in the back 3. Oldest player in the current squad, he'll be 34 at the start of the next season and does seem to be getting more injury prone these days.
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Louis Ludik doesn't owe us a sausage! He has played consistently well, not brilliant but a safe pair of hands, good guy to have around, with the odd wee Jared-like flow between defenders.
If Madigan buys into who and what we are, he's fine by me. Remember his boots were celebrating a date which is iconic in the South, they weren't a Sinn Fein propaganda piece or a slap in the face for Unionists. We have only ourselves to blame for having to import so many players.
If by Jettisoned you mean sacrificed on the twin alters of ‘Me To’ Femenazism and Money (Ruan was just pure bias), then spot on. Madison hasn’t set the world alight and his trajectory has been on a downward curve this past couple of years. He’s not one for the future at 10, and he’s pretty much square peg anywhere else.
Not moving on
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Interesting note in Jonathan Bradley's article today - apparently 5 players currently on the senior panel, and 5 in the academy have been told they're free to look elsewhere... With that size of exodus, and even with what looks like a promising intake in the academy, and a potential slimming of the squad, that suggests a couple more additions to the squad for next season.
My guess of the exiting players: O'Hagan, Z McCall, Ross, Rea Jnr / Jones, Stewart. And from the academy: Dunleavy, Hall, Agnew, Regan, Curtis? Maybe Dalton? Hughes?
What has happened to Marcus Rea since he played that game last season against Leinster (i think). Also, Jones had a decent game against Leinster this season and doesn’t seem to have reappeared.
Kane, McCall and Warwick have failed to impress, but given the need for numbers in the prop department it could be that all of them are kept on (don’t know about contract position).
Columbo wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 3:19 pm
Interesting note in Jonathan Bradley's article today - apparently 5 players currently on the senior panel, and 5 in the academy have been told they're free to look elsewhere... With that size of exodus, and even with what looks like a promising intake in the academy, and a potential slimming of the squad, that suggests a couple more additions to the squad for next season.
My guess of the exiting players: O'Hagan, Z McCall, Ross, Rea Jnr / Jones, Stewart. And from the academy: Dunleavy, Hall, Agnew, Regan, Curtis? Maybe Dalton? Hughes?
