10 players confirmed......and training starts next week.
Lets hope that there is some good news sooner rather than later.
Has anyone heard any further news as to Martin Shusterman's plans?

Great idea Frank but I must be colour-blind.

i counted lost 10 gained 5. maybe my maths is not so good. i think that a poor swop. where are the ex premiershi[p players that were talked about. i see us struggling to stay up never mind pushing for promotion .

come on albion you know it makes sense

nice list frank.. well done x

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my glass is half full.

C.W.&.G. That's coz that's how you buy'em.

C.W.& G. that's what you get for leaving your glass unattended on a table.

Nice listing Frank, it will be interesting to see the finished article.

Semper Sersum.

Thanks Frank - lets hope we turn most of the yellows and blues into greens as soon as possible.

Do we know if Greg Goodfellow is out of the picture?

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Don't forget what the main man told you igwok, although it was a couple of months ago now but he could certainley plug an obious gap in the squad if still on the radar.

Semper Sersum.

if they get Lawrence Dellaglio as coach - i would definately vounteer as physio - just reading my first aid manual on kiss of life

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story north of the border is that Greg Goodfellow is in talks with plymouth albion at the moment and hopes to be joining Albion soon..only time will tell if he moves..a great loss to HAWICK RFC if he does go but a Great gain for Albion ..

Thanks Greg best of luck for next year.

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Always forwards never backwards!

Albi Albi Albi

Looks as if Brett stroud is Mounts bay bound.

Plymouth Born,Plymouth Bred,

C'mon Albiiioooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

At a time when the Tories are leading Labour by a nile this must be the only place that is turning RED!!

Look on the bright side the schools don't break up for another 6 weeks so there is plenty of options to fill the ground for pre-season training. Surely by the end of July GD would have secured players to make a competitive squad.

All joking aside the South West needs as many teams in the National Leagues as possible - 3 in Div 1 & Div 2 is a fantastic achievemnt.

A little bird tells me Tom has gone to Loughbrough uni and will not be back. I believe Oxo has signed for Manchester and moved back up north on Monday. Good luck for the season Oxo but not against Albion.

Oh forgot to add has anyone heard the Gommersall rumour? Watch this space!!!

NUFC, is that Tom, as in Hobbs ??

And, Gommersall -- do tell more.

Brett Stroud goes public on move to Mounts Bay

Always forwards never backwards!

Albi Albi Albi

Gommersall has 12 months remaining on his current contract from a very reliable Jack.

Could be watching space for a long time ,unless there is a get out clause in his contract.

Plymouth Bred,Plymouth Born.

C'mon Albiiioooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

If the price is right everycontract has a get out clause - even marriage and boy does that cost.

just like a general election - can we get Dan Snow and the swingometer in?

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Greg Goodfellow to be added to the numbers.

James Owen will be back!!

Always forwards never backwards!

Albi Albi Albi

Good news about Greg - quick and inventive. Let's hope the intuitive streak isn't crushed out of him.

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Your source was spot on igwok, looks a likely lad, could we have the fastest team this time ?

Semper Sersum.

Hawick seem to have removed his pic already.

If only my source was a bit more forthcoming about other recruits

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Trouble about that is if they were more forthcoming we would know already what the squad was instead of being kept guessing, which in turn gives us something extra to talk about until the serious business begins again.

Semper Sersum.

At least then we wouldn't have to worry about the gaps...

...or we would have good reason to worry about the gaps...

and perhaps some of the @#$%& might stop.

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Can anyone confirm that Greg Goodfellow is signing.In the Herald this morning our illustrious DoR Said He was very surprised with reports from Hawick about the man.Or is it a 'keep close to the chest moment'.

DoR keeps everything close to his chest
... except me of course

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Why the need for all this cloak-and-dagger c#@p? The whole approach smacks of 'the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing' (or should that be brain lobes?). Is Albion a professional or amateur outfit? If the former then it ought to start behaving like one. The club needs to employ someone who knows about PR and can deal with the press, because GD certainly isn't very good at it.

So what all this is saying is that at this time we still cant field a full team!!

I don't think it's all cloak and dagger.

1st a photo-shoot has to be set up, then the player arrives at Brickfields at a time convenient to the very busy sponsor, maximum publicity must be obtained for the paying sponsor and an early disclosure will make the arrival history and uneventful.

B.B.B. in yesterdays paper the head coach from Hawick said that Greg was at brickfields next season and would be welcome back if it didn't work out, thats a definitive statement I reckon.

You'll have to put up with this cloak and dagger stuff M.T. Head it's how it's done with the club like it or not, he does it for good reasons in my opinion, if it all came out within a week the squad wouldn't be any different to the one that we end up with anyway and like some other teams we wouldn't have anything to talk about.

J.B's getting himself worked up, it's only early June yet, go down to the club on Monday and see how many new faces there are on show and then count in those who are still playing rugby etc. etc. we don't have to field a team no more than any other team until the end of August, and as is being said constantly the new squad is already spoken for signed, unless you know differently, and waiting for sponsors to be announced as ianbol said, before we get to know about it, it's called business confidentiality and is good P.R. with the sponsors who are backing the players not the fans.

Semper Sersum.

Just pointing out noibla JB's a She not a He.

is it me or are we getting some seemingly very useful looking guys.





may be just may be.....

has Dellaglio signed yet?

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Thanks torpoint, hope they didn't mind, forget to keep posting in the third person.

Perhaps it's not so bad as some would have andrew, lets hope not, we were promised some surprising players, fingers crossed.

Semper Sersum.

Thanks for noticing TA.

Was not getting worked up just struggling to be patient. Want all my presents at once and not drip fed to me. Still a long way to go to have a full squad though and really keen to see who else GD going to unveil.

I know we need the team in August and not June but with pre-season training just around the corner believe that getting the nucleus of the squad together to build team spirit and cohesion is better for Plymouth Albion than giving some company that we have never heard of 5 minutes of fame in the Herald as a player sponsor. I would sooner hear the name of the sponsor 2 or 3 times a game as announced "try by ..... sponsored by ......"

And didnt mind a bit noibla

Fair enough J.B. agree with hearing the sponsors name frequently during the game, I guess that if you lay out a bundle of money you would want the advertising value that it brings.

Don't forget if you some spare dosh, you can help to sponsor a player by the web site if you wish, might get your name mentioned then !!!

Semper Sersum.

why is it that the chiefs have allready started training and we have yet to name our starting line up. remember we lost 15 players and have gained 5, promising players i will grant but is it enough.

come on albion we need more you know it makes sense

A possible reason the chuffs have started training earlier is they did not put a load of effort into what really is a useless tournament - the County Championship.

PQ3 - still more players to come.

SN - The County Champ is a great game. I watched 3 of the 4 matches and enjoyed all of them. The level may not be the same as NL1 but still great fun!

hopefully more players to come frank, or we might struggle a bit next season.

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"A possible reason the chuffs have started training earlier is they did not put a load of effort into what really is a useless tournament - the County Championship."

Nothing to do with it, we've started this early for about 4 years. Those players who've had call ups to proper representative rugby are away, Chad Slade (Samoa), Andy Miller (Scotland A) being the notable ones.

Frank great games to watch they may be but so are the under 12 games in the local park. Do not see how they should stop Albion getting together to start training though.

Sorry to do this - but must agree with GJ. Players should have rested and then got back into training to be ready for the new season. It is hardly like they have any decent pre season games to get them ready.