Anyone else think the team looked more balance without him in the side! The phrase "too many cooks...." has often cropped up on here, and perhaps it is true. I'd like to see Sinfield start at 6 every week with one of McGuire or Burrow with him, to see the other coming off the bench could mean we would run riot in the last 20 minutes of either half with their (fresh) pace.

Just a thought....

I think having all 3 starting has proved succesfull aswell in the past grand finals spring to mind!!

Would losing Sinfield from the pack squad strength be too big an ask at the moment?

It worked OK last night and at Murrayfield with a full(ish) compliment of forwards on deck but a couple of injuries could change all that.

I don't much like the idea of a half back on the bench instead of a forward either. It's bad enough having Diskin on there (although not last night) to spell an eighty minute NRL hooker.

Just to be devil's advocate for a minute here, is there an argument that having McGuire, Burrow, Sinfield, Diskin, Buderus and, to an extent, Webb is just too many playmakers to accomodate in a 17 man squad?

Would Sinfield moving to 6 free up a space for Diskin at 13 or the 2nd Row?

At the moment not massivley - depends on how much we want top spot

but it would come playoff time.

Yes completey.

Sinfield plays like a stand off anyway even when at 13, so you start the game with 2 stand offs, plus Brent Webb comes into the line when attacking getting the ball at 2nd receiver, meaning 3 stand offs.

Sometimes people wonder why it appears that McGuire runs round like a headless chicken, quite often he gets the scraps when Sinfield etc cant get there.

When we signed Ellis, i assumed it was to play him at 13, Sinfield at 6 and McGuire at 7 - with Burrow to make an impact later on at 7 or 9 - like in the 2004 Grand Final.

The two hooker thing at Leeds I don't see as necessary or working with the two hookers at their disposal this season, depending on Buderus' body holding up. So just what do Leeds do with Diskin?

Let him go to Saints!



Or move him to the 2nd Row or 13, which would allow Sinfield to play 6!

Why do you care?

No idea but I don't think he would make much impact as a second row as some have suggested.

Go back, sit in the corner and put your hat on!

i think maggs at first receiver works much better, as imo maggs passing games is miles infront of burrow's.

you support Catalans so whats it to you what Leeds do?

With Kirke filling in as the missing fifth prop option at Leeds this season there could be an opening (sometime) for Diskin in the second row but like you I'm not convinced he'd take to it. About the equivalent of Simon Worrall in that position.

I wouldn't like to be in the coach's shoes right now trying to find a suitable role for Diskin to play.

no, i work for Catalans, there is a difference!

now, where is your hat?

Whats your excuse for bumming the convicts at cricket?

they play cricket in the right way and not bringing in other countries cast-offs!

please do not change the thread, stick to the points laid out in the first post please!

TIA

Allens a far better 13 or second row than Diskin.

I agree with you opening post, despite thinking you are joking. Burrow on bench for me, with Diskin out of squad.

Think you have answered your own question there.Whilst ever the 80 minute NRL hooker spends more time off the pitch than on there will always be a place in the starting 17.

not all my posts are take the p!55 you know!

Certainly glad Diskin was there to cover on the bench last night.

Up to his bicep injury at Newcastle last season Buderus merited the 'eighty minute NRL' tag I've given him but it's perfectly fair to question that tag in SL thus far.

I hope Diskin isn't included on the bench as they expect Buderus to break down though.

Why have you got England Rugby Leagues crest in your Avitar?

because they have the best coach in superleague,

now please stick to the thread topic!