Ben Jeffries.

Rooney/Thorman/Deacon at half back = bottom 3 finish in SL.

Judging by the way Deacon's performances have tailed of in the past 2-3 seasons if I were him I'd be wondering whether I could justify a first team place. Deacon's stats are poorer than any other half in SL this year. Sometimes it's time to call it quits before the memories of the bad times overshadow the good.

This Rooney rumour just won't go away will it



As I said before we are in the market to sign one of Brough, Obst, Rooney or Latu for next season.

The same could be said of Solomona. At least he did the decent ting

Don't think anyone would complain if you took Rooney.
Might be a ripple of objection to Latu though it would pass.
Obst would be a very unpopular decision to let go
Brough would start a revolt

From what I've heard Rooney's of to Hull. Not sure where he'd get a game though with Long there, and they're love for Richard Horne.

Horne will be playing fullback for Hull next year.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Rooney liked a drinks

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Rooney liked a drinks

Too much wikipedia action for you today, eh?

Obst staying at Wakefield, confirmed.

How many more Wakey rejects do you Want ?

Well, not Obst for one.

I'd take Matty Smith. Always impresses me. Good kicker and organizer, would be perfect to replace Deacs. Super little player IMO.

Though I'm not sure whether I've seen him live he looks too big for a natural scrum half - a bit like Lee at Hull, or even Richard Horne. But he certainly gets involved. He's a good player, far better than the current incumbent, might end up as a good hooker eventually.

Thought they had signed tansey for fb?

They have, but to be fair, he's gash.

Looked pretty good at fb when i saw him play, did pretty well in the nrl by all acounts.

No he didn't, if he had done, he wouldn't be coming back early.

This is unfair. He may not have set the world on fire but he did do well for himself. Certainly not a Brit who is coming back with his tail between his legs e.g. Mason, Sibbit, Thorman etc. He was certainly getting good reviews - perhaps the offer from Hull was too tempting for him.

I prefer to go by my own observations instead of reports, and I've only ever seen him and thought "he's crap, how is he doing so well for himself".

Having seen him play a fair bit for Leeds, I'd never describe him as 'crap'. He was never going to fit in at Headingley with McGuire, Burrow and Webb ahead of him.

IMO he's got bags of potential, and a stint in the NRL won't have done him any harm. Got pace, good support play and a good kicking game (IIRC him getting a few 40-20s for Leeds).

Or maybe you're still bitter after MM 2007

There probably is a bit of that underlying in all of us in this thread

Well personally i rate him ,not quite the finished article but a good signing by fc.

That Hull derby where he made his debut pretty much summed him up in my opinion.
Some flashes of brilliance spoilt by some awful errors.

I would like to think our club still have high ambitions, despite this season's performance, and a title/cup winning side will need to rely on players far more consistent than Tansey.

Not at all, he wasn't to blame for that anyway, the officials were.


I've heard numerous people rave about him and yet I've never seen him play well enough to justify the hype. The two games I've seen him have for Hull have been just the same.

I'll wait for him to show me otherwise.

You can say what you want about MM 2007 but the Tansey showed pace and a real level of enthusiasm/professionalism to follow up a kick like that.

Did anyone else bother ? I think not and a 1000-1 chance paid off for him.