Right then with some players being released and some new and re-signing anounced what would be your starting 17 for next season, try and be realistic

What key poitions need recruited for, id be happy with bringing Brough in at SH and moving Sykes to SO permantly, def a new winger IF Semi goes, and possibly a Prop or Centre not sure which one of them is a priority though

Id go with

Halley
Sheriffe
Crookes
Nero
Semi-if he does go a new winger (Raynor?)
Sykes
Brough
Lynch
L'Estrange
Hall
Menzies
Burgess
Langley

Wagga
Scruton
a new prop- (Moa?)

Leaving Deacon, Platt, Koppy, Donaldson, Worrincy, Rudd-if signed, Crossley and Hyde to fight it out for a bench spot

Halley
Sheriffe
Crookes
Nero
Tadulala(hopefully)
Sykes
Brough
Lynch
L'Estrange
Burgess
Langley
Menzies
Donaldson

Hall
Scruton
Whitehead
Godwin

No better than this season.

I'd love 2 new halves and Sykes as back-up but it won't happen. I can still see Deacon being in the frame even if we sign Brough somehow. I'd ather have some proven quality than Moa aswell, otherwise i'd persevere with Koppy. I don't think Crookes will be ready to take the centre spot for a whole season either.

Halley
Sheriffe
New centre covered by Crookes and Sykes.
Nero
Tadulala/Rudd or new winger
New SO covered by Sykes
Brough
Lynch
L'Estrange
Hall
Menzies
Burgess
Donaldson

Wagga
Scruton
Langley
New prop /Kopzcak

No, because Bruogh wouldn't be an improvement on deacon.

They would be my thoughts aswell, but at least we're getting some young players in for the future.

Quick question when did you lot sign brough?????????

And for how much???

Dave Halley / Hyde
Rikki Sheriffe
Greg inglis / Paul Sykes
Justin Hodges / Chris Nero
Crookes / Rudd
Danny Brough
Paul Deacon - not strictly speaking a standard stand off / scrum half partnership but two kicking pivots slaughtering the opposition with their boots / Paul Sykes as cover
Andy lynch
Heath L'Estrange
Nick Scruton
Burgess
Menzies
Donaldson


Godwin / Horton
Worrincy
Glenn Hall
Whitedhead

remaining cover should be adequate.

Moving on.

They're taking Morro and Newton, it's only fair!

It was more a case of a realistic target, which he is

probally less than we offered 4 Wing

l see, all very clear now!

we've never let contracts get in the way before so just take it as read Brough will be here next year

Dont forget Richard Johnson will be back from Aus next year!

If this is what we end up with after getting the players we have leaving off the books then it is an utter disgrace.

Just a thought, but with the now annual Bulls / Wakey exchange in full swing, what about Ryan Atkins? I know that he didn't leave well with some people at the club but for me he's the best young homegrown Bulls player outside Odsal right now.

Who do you suggest?

1. Dave Halley
2. Rikki Sheriffe
3. Paul Sykes
4. Steve Menzies
5. John Rudd
6. Basil Richards
7. Danny Brough
8. Nick Scruton
9. Heath L'Estrange
10. Andy Lynch
11. Ben Westwood
12. Sam Burgess
13. James Donaldson

14. Wayne Godwin
15. Elliott Whitehead
16. Glenn Hall
17. Chris Nero

I assume thats a pi$stake?

Is he off contract?
I'd take Atkins back in a heartbeat. Whether he'd come back to us is an entirely different matter.

I'm not sure if he is but he was heavily rumoured with Leeds.

He's very good friends with my cousin and apparently after the way he was treated by Noble he wouldn't go back to Bradford. If it was an option though, i'd certainly take him back.

I mentioned that a while back but apparently it wasn't a loan deal like I thought.

Well if we are losing.....

Morrison, Solomona, Newton, and Jeffries, as has been either confirmed or strongly rumoured and probably also Matt James and Matt Cook, then I would hope that they are not all being replaced with only Glen Hall, Heath Le'Strange and A Halfback (you suggest a good one in Brough)

The fact is that our backs were not good enough for this season and your line up, with the exception of the yet unsigned Mr Brough, is practically exactly the same as this years, except for the fact that they are all a year older.

Our backs need sorted out and if we were to line up with your backs for next season then it is a complete joke.

However, I expect that Semi will be off anyway, Crookes will get a shot but he is untried due to his injury this season, Sykes might make a half decent back up half-back but we need specialists in this area and Sheriffe should be nowhere near a shirt because, quite frankly, he is rubbish.

The forwards should line up as.....

Lynch
Le'Strange
Hall
Menzies
Worrincy
Burgess

assuming we do not sign any more of them. The bench can be taken by the likes of Scruton, Kopczak, Langley, Donaldson, Godwin, Whitehead.

Langley has been gash for long enough now and really needs dropped to the bench at best.

So, to sum up, our forwards are fine but we NEED at least one (preferably TWO quality halfs) a winger to replace semi and another to shift Sheriffe anywhere but on our pitch and a Centre.

Halley and Nero are fine, Sykes will do a job in a number of roles but we need a quality backbone that we do not have.