What has happened to this lad? he is huge, been at the club a long time and he has gone backwards dramatically, has he signed for Cas? is it his attitude?
What has happened to this lad? he is huge, been at the club a long time and he has gone backwards dramatically, has he signed for Cas? is it his attitude?
Heavily linked with cass and huddersfield. Clearly him and woolf dont get along
Is he a prop? Is he a 2nd row? No-one knows. Hasn’t shown the ability to be decent at any position as of yet.
Forwards win games. The backs decide by how much.
Exactly. Was initially the most overrated player since Wheeler, had one good game at the mighty Wakefield and suddenly was the next James Graham. Has shown massive potential for Houdini like vanishing acts though; brilliant in this regard against Warrington. He’s very moderate and no loss whatsoever when he leaves. Honest toilers like Hargreaves, Clough and Stankevitch were at least a class ahead of Ashworth and I suspect he ll drop down a league in due course.
People have mentioned something on social media a while back maybe hes just not hungry enough. He walked along sidelines with Lee's and he is so much bigger.
With respect that means •••• all. If it did we d have a pack full of Martins Licis. Makes me laugh when people go on about bulk when the game is has evolved and much more about plyometrics, agility and athleticism than looking like some roid head from Tom’s Gym. That said Lees does need more size for a front rower.
Obviously him and Paolo are way down the pecking order but they should be being used to give some the others a break.
At the moment I feel we are over using Walmsley and Graham.
With a bit of squad rotation we can pick our fixtures and give them the occasional week off.
In other threads Eaves and Dodds have mentioned so again give them some game and maybe let Robes are Lomax have week off.
I'm not saying we throw them in at the same time just one each week
I should imagine Woolf likes a player who is tough in temperament and commitment maybe those 2 are struggling on those attributes, whereas Lees has those despite being underweight to bust the defensive line. It wouldn't take much for Ashworth to be that player we all we all want but must be lacking in will power and self discipline when giving an opportunity.
IF Ashworth is as Bad as some of you say WHY do Other Clubs Whant Him, if JH was still the coach he would be in the squad must have seen Potential in the lad.
I don't know if he is a bad player but at 25 he should already be filling his potential. He has a great size for a SR but there seems to be no spark. If he put his mind to it I'm sure there is a player in there, but whether it's attitude, a clash with the coach, or the legal issues, it isn't working. Some have said he should be used to rest other players, I would do that, but beforehand I would be sitting him down and having a serious discussion about what he wants for his future. That is not to say that has not already been done, I wouldn't know.
I can only remember JH giving him the odd game and had put more time into Matty Lees because he had a much better attitude. Its a strange one with Ashworth who was a mate with Matty Lees, they both tore into the Wigoons at the DW stadium stadium, Matty Lees carried on with that mindset but Ashworth seemed to go soft with poor discipline and hence might be go down the similar road to Joe Greenwood.
I’d expect him to get a few games over the next month. If he wants to be involved in the play-off’s, he’s going to have play well when he gets the chance.
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My immediate thought was that he's going a similar way to Greenwood, when he broke through he was a back rower / centre iirc with decent hands. We've seemingly beefed him up to play prop and probably struggles
I remember once upon we tried to do the same with LMS, and he used to get butchered up the middle, before that there are numerous examples, Stankevitch and Jonkers spring to mind (although both of these performed better)
If we lost him, I wouldn't be overly bothered