Re: Rumours Rumours everywhere : Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:20 am  

Tony Williams?

Re: Rumours Rumours everywhere : Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:21 am  

Assuming Ellis moves to prop we only have 2 good enough to push for a top 6 finish next year in Pritchard and Mini imo.

Hadley isn't good enough, he's been given a lot of game time under Radford and doesn't offer anything for me.

Whiting as good as he's been for us over the years is coming to the end.

Yeaman will still be playing Centre next year.

Thompson has had his best games for us at prop. Watts and Ellis starting with Taylor and Thompson off the bench.

I can see us lining up like

Shaul
Talanoa
Carlos
Yeaman
Fonua
Pryce
Sneyd
Ellis
Houghton
Watts
Pritchard
Mini
Westerman

Washbrook (interchange 9)
Taylor
Thompson
New 2ndrow

Re: Rumours Rumours everywhere : Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:23 am  

Far too much salary tied up in the backrow, needs to be a better balance.

You don't need 3 class backrowers, look at other top clubs they have players like Flanagan, Atchurch etc, Whiting is as good as them if not better.

Re: Rumours Rumours everywhere : Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:38 am  

Agree we need to look at hooker. But if we signed a backrower of a decent standard I wouldnt complain to be honest. Hed need to be a good un though. Not just a grafter. Its right what it says. We've missed ellis enormously each time. Hes off to prop so that leaves pritchard n mini. We have cover yes. But next in line is way behind in standard. Plus pritchard be much more effective being spelled. Mini too for that matter.
I look down the league and every top team is massivly relient on 2nd row strike.

Re: Rumours Rumours everywhere : Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:39 am  

I'd imagine the likes of Whiting, Hadley and Turgut will be amongst the lowest earners at the club.

The top teams do have 3 very good 2nd rowers.

Leeds- JJB, Ablett, Delaney
Saints- Vea, Wilkin, Greenwood
Wigan- Farrel, Tomkins, Bateman
Hudds- Ferres, Hughes, Wardle

Re: Rumours Rumours everywhere : Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:42 am  

airliebird,runninglate! wrote:

Agree we need to look at hooker. But if we signed a backrower of a decent standard I wouldnt complain to be honest. Hed need to be a good un though. Not just a grafter. Its right what it says. We've missed ellis enormously each time. Hes off to prop so that leaves pritchard n mini. We have cover yes. But next in line is way behind in standard. Plus pritchard be much more effective being spelled. Mini too for that matter.
I look down the league and every top team is massivly relient on 2nd row strike.

Agree.

I'm not saying we should get another Pritchard but we need another 2nd row. We lose way to much when Ellis and/or Mini go off and Whiting/Hadley come on.

Re: Rumours Rumours everywhere : Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:45 am  

Superbowl Scott wrote:

I'd imagine the likes of Whiting, Hadley and Turgut will be amongst the lowest earners at the club.

The top teams do have 3 very good 2nd rowers.

Leeds- JJB, Ablett, Delaney
Saints- Vea, Wilkin, Greenwood
Wigan- Farrel, Tomkins, Bateman
Hudds- Ferres, Hughes, Wardle

Your missing ukuma taii from hudds. Hes in double try figures

Re: Rumours Rumours everywhere : Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:59 am  

Backrow is probably our strongest position in the squad. I really don't see we need another backrower, unless one is leaving.

I would be interested to know what is happening with the three-quarters. We know Lineham is leaving and strongly suspect Sa is too. We've signed Carlos and Fonua is looking likely but it doesn't look like we will be signing anyone else. Does this mean Michaels is staying? This would give us

Talanoa
Lancaster
Logan
Naughton (who will presumably cover at full back too)
Carlos
Fonua
Michaels?
Yeaman?

Re: Rumours Rumours everywhere : Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:06 am  

does anybody know for sure,which players will not be with us next season,to make room for the new signings?

Re: Rumours Rumours everywhere : Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:07 am  

Cody Paterson ?