I know what you mean, and if he can get the fans behind I'm sure he'll do well

This new lad's a good call for that signing because he is seen as Lynch's replacement but I think Purtell's a good call.

When you think about it I think you might be on to something. But will the ball be anywhere near Purtell for him to make any mistakes? I don't think it will. I reckon Gale will get it this year.

What a great selection of fans we have. Spending the off season deciding wich player will be the scapegoat next year for a few noisy idiots. Its a bit like playground bullying

lol, I think you should take the comments with 'a pinch of salt'

I do, but we all know it probably will happen

I think that was started by a Rhino's fan to be fair and I guess he got what he wanted. Again, to be fair, I think all clubs have 'boo boys' and though I can't pretend to like it, I guess it goes with the territory.

I don't like dancing on ice but it's gonna happen every year whether you like it or not.

Seems to be the trend on here to suggest everybody and anybody at 13 so how about this lad? Langley to prop and manny at loose could perhaps be an option. Would give us a big pack to hopefully start dominating and getting on the front foot

hes played 2nd row quite often, loose very rarely, but yes I agree with the proposition, when we wanted to muscle up, start with eg Hargreaves Diskin Koppy MM Elima Langley with interchanges Scruton Burgess L'Estrange plus a SR/LF from Whitehead Olbison Sibbit Addy Donaldson Bateman Murphy and any other options we may sign.

Thats 4 forwards on the bench. OK Addy can play half back (well sort of)
What about using Sammut if Gale and Briggs start?

thats how Potter likes it anyway, but 2nd row should be able to play centre eg whitehead and Heath SH. But its an option for particular circumstances, such as the Hull pack, not every game. Looking at the games this season gone we could have had 6 or more league points by scoring - or not conceding - up to 6 points in four or five of the games, so some games may well be just a slog, but tight to win by one point. Other games Sammut makes a good choice instead of eg Burgess. If MM can provide quick play the ball that would suit Sammuts style.

But that's the whole point of having a squad with depth though isn't it? It allows you to adjust the team and tactics for a particular game. I just hope we have better luck with injuries this year so the theory can be put into practice.

Amen to that prayer RF. And Potter has decided not just to put his trust in a supreme being/lady luck, the incoming players provide more flexibility and therefore more and better cover in the event of injuries. may be not quite as good as the first choice player, but still experienced and capable in the alternative position. Well, as you say, thats the theory!

Judging from the Highlights package on that famous video site (just about the worst highlights package I've ever seen), I'm afraid you can only live in hope because all it shows is a load of barging, making two or three metres and sometimes flinging the ball behind him to someone else who gets nailed. Hetherington edited it I reckon.

Aye, it's not filled me with anticipation either. I hope he proves doubters like me wrong but I got sewious weservations.

Is that Bob Mortimer by any chance?

It's worth signing him just to hear Stevo mangle his name, shurely?

Looking at the video he seems to spend too much time looking for the offload and not trying to break the line.

If he's too predicable he'll be easy to tackle.

problem with judging the guy by the highlights reel is it is exactly that, the clips are designed to show off the flashier bits of his game like offloads etc. I doubt he spends the entire 80 minutes trying to make offloads. Until we see him play a few actual games its hard to tell whether hes any good or not.

If only more people on here were as sensible as your good self.

Yeah but these are supposed to be his best bits, whoever has edited it has done so to make him look good. FAIL.

If only more people on here were as psychic as you, how did you know what was going to be posted at 10.08?

What he said.

If Tom goes to Oz where will our biff come from?

Tom's not going anywhere at the moment. We have to have a better season in 2012 to give us a chance of re-signing him. If it's more dross he'll be off.