Totally agree and I would play ECW at centre with Connor in the halves.I would go another step further which again might not be popular and drop Ackers and have O`Connor starting with Sinfield on the bench to cover hooker.

Personally, I would’nt be looking at dropping Newman for ECW away at Saints in the cup. 
ECW has played 1 senior game in his career. 
I would hope that Arthur has a had a quiet word with a few of them including Newman.


Ackers looks pretty ponderous to me, I also think O’Connor has been pretty poor as well. I don’t know what the answer is at hooker.


The challenge in these next 3 games is can we score at least twice to have a chance of a win. I’m not confident.

Sadly, I'm starting to think the answer might be a new hooker. There was almost unanimous approval for his signing but Ackers has been very average since his arrival. Understand what you are saying re Newman/ECW, and I don't think Arthur will drop him. I just struggle to see what he's currently bringing to the table. He used to be a quick, athletic centre who lacked a bit of craft, but now he appears to have lost most of the former without rectifying the latter. 

Agree about hooker. Newman does not look as quick as he was. We need to find ways of getting him and others more front foot ball. 
The current plan seems to be bringing him back underneath and him going sideways, hoping someone jumps out of the line.


Hoping miller can add a bit on Friday but as Batley keeps saying, can we match them up front ?  I still think we need a big pack leader/captain type at no.8. 

Going back a few seasons now but I always thought Newman looked better at left centre. At right centre he always steps back in looking for a gap that never appears. That drop under play between him and Croft is pointless. Anyone remeber when/why he switched sides?