Matt cooper would be a great signing for us would love to see him here as his age isn't a big issues would only need short term signing till the youngsters come through

Which youngsters?

Watkins and who for centre?

well Wilson is a current name.

And in a few years there would be some more.

Depending on the full back situation and who gets that spot. Smith can do a decent job at centre, but always thought BJB might be ok there as well.

It's also been put around before about hall at centre?
Smith
bjb hall Watkins hardacker
McGuire burrow

Pretty impressive backline!

for me hall doesn't have good enough hands to be a centre. also i,m led to believe carvell could be widnes bound

Everyone appears to be widnes bound at the moment!!

Please God can we stop all this Smith as our long term full back option? And why on Earth would we move one of the best wingers in the competition to centre? What is it with people shifting people around?

BJB
Hall Watkins Smith Hardaker
McGuire Burrow

spot on. why would we move people around. except you have moved the wingers to opposite sides of the field!

Cooper would be a great signing - but it will never happen - the problem is there isn't sufficient quality to go round the NRL yet alone get any of their real quality players here.

The pull of a club the size of Leeds will always give the club an advantage with British players in a salary cap sport where spend is finite - the salary policy at Leeds will always be an issue - they will never be able to match clubs like Wigan/Warrington/Saints for a very special player.

Ooo I know it's not like the Aussies have tried there stars in other positions with plenty of success and not too many dramas.

Inglis fullback, wing, centre, stand off
Hayne wing, centre, fullback stand off
Boyd wing centre fullback stand off
Benji , centre, fullback scrum half stand off
Lockyer, fullback, stand off
Hunt, wing, centre, stand off, fullback
Matt king, wing centre,
Folau wing, centre
Idris wing, centre, backrow
Greg bird centre, stand off, backrow
Wiki, wing, centre, prop
Slater wing, fullback
Hopauati wing, centre, fullback
Jamie Lyon, centre stand off
Kurt gidley fullback, stand off, scrum half, hooker
Inu wing, centre, fullback

Whatever we do let's not experiment! Lets just let the best in the world do that.

Nah mate, you're reading it upside down.

My plan is to have McGuire & Burrow sharing full back and BJB in the Halfs on his own.





Seriously - My bad I wasn't even concentrating on which way round I was putting them if I'm honest.

Really

How long did Inglis play at stand off before he was moved 5/6 games?

When was the last time Marshall played in anything but stand off?

When did Slater last play on the wing for Melbourne?

etc

There is a difference between a short term solution and a complete move ala Wiki

I think his point was that they gave it a go. Then deemed their best position was .....

What Sal said.

Inglis played a season at 6 for Melbourne! He plays in the centre but it's common knowledge fullback is his best position(belly ache saying it the most). Benji played at centre for the tigers before he moved to the halves.

Slater was an origin/Aussie test winger for 3 or 4 seasons

Not Paul Simon ... He's Homeward Bound (From Widnes)

Well sal is a little wide of the mark and showing poor knowledge regarding inglis slater and benji. trying blokes in other positions isn't a bad thing.

Why not try hall at centre! Smith did it for a season!

If Wayne Bennett played Eastwood at centre, stand off, prop and backrow for the broncos it's not gonna kill to try it out!

We gave Hall a go on the wing and he's become a bloomin decent one. I'm with remarkable (yuk, I need a shower).

If Menninga had been at Leeds you;'d have all wanted him to prop.

Hence the phrase experimenting. To find the best position.

So, having found out Hall is a damn fine winger, international class and all that, shall we give him six games at scrum half, or hooker maybe?

You never know, worth an experiment.

It depends who ends up contracted for 2012. If the out of contract Senior and Webb leave from the current first choice three-quarters and Smith, Hall, Watkins, Jones-Bishop and Hardaker remain then how do we arrange them into a back division?

A lot of good/promising wingers there, not so many good centres.

Isn't Hardaker ultimately supposed to be a stand-off?

Perhaps. I've only seen him play on the wing thus far in both SL and the Championship and with McGuire and Sinfield both contracted until 2013 (and beyond?) I don't see an opening at '6' anytime soon and certainly not in 2012 where this discussion is at.

No but hall playing one in might be the start of something special. I can see hall doing a wiki long term! Yes G make him a prop!

Yep that's what I have heard?