I think we've seen enough lack of effort from our team this season. They really need to knuckle down. The only people who seem to be showing any effort at the moment are:

Halley
Scruton
Lynch
Nero
Newton

You could possibly add Beaver, Burgess and BJ to that list, but not every game like the others.

Sheriffe and Sykes are apalling and shouldn't be in a SL side, seriously, Sheriffe must be in the 3 worst wingers in the league. We've gone from TV and Big Les to Rikki Sheriffe and Semi Tadulala?????

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I'm not disagreeing.

Semi is as good as any winger we've had in my books. But yeah, Sheriffe falls well below standard. How many tries were scored down the right again today?

2 of them I think. Whilst Tadulala is a hard working, solid winger I don't think you can put him in the same class as Vainikolo or Vaikona tbh. Every team we play knows to run either at Sykes and Sheriffe's wing or at Deacon. Giving Sykes another contract was a mistake, he should be somewhere in the NL's.

How hasn't Terry Newton been given a two year contract. He'll be sorely missed.

Agreed, But if the L'estrange rumours are true, he would be a good replacement.

I think you'll struggle to replace Newton with anyone to be honest. L'Estrange is an average hooker from what I've seen, and he won't carry anywhere near the same influence in that team that Newton's been doing all season.

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That's a fair comment, and there's probably some truth in it. We miss Morrison and if we are going to be without both Newton and Morrison then we will feel the losses imo aswell.

Tadulala would easily have had the same impact as both of them playing outside the centres they did. I doubt wether Vainikolo would have had the same impact as Semi does today though.

The fact that we've gone from recruiting the level of recruiting the current GB hooker (Newton in 2006) to recruiting a reserve grade NRL hooker speaks volumes.

If we do sign Heath L'Wotsit I hope he proves me wrong but I'm worried we could end up with another 2nd rater.

It doesn't get the blood pumping does it?

Oh well..if L'estrange does not get it pumping..Have a look at my missus (she's the one in my Avatar) Like Ewwenorfolk..she will get it pumping....well. Ive been told that a few times...

by the way..seeing him few times now..he's not too bad..Played against Leeds in World cup challenge?...if it was him, he seemed ok...