None of the part timers will play.

See the comment on Horton.

Hmm Whitehead will be a busy lad.

Thanks. But to me, Wagga is useless. He offers us nothing. Who do you reckon will get played? I think he'll just chuck in either Whitehead or Donaldson, as much as I'd like to see Hyde I don't think he'll get in. Crossley may do?

Think people are being incredibly harsh on Wayne Godwin, who's only playing his 3rd game this weekend in a recovery from a broken leg. Expected him to just jump back into his previous form?

The paper says today Macca's playing Donaldson and Whitehead to replace his 'misfiring' first teamers. That to me, would hopefully mean Langley getting dropped, at least to the bench.

I reckon we'll see:

Halley
Sheriffe
Sykes
Nero
Tadulala
Jeffries
Deacon


Lynch
Newton
Scruton
Menzies
Whitehead
Burgess

Donaldson/Langley
Godwin
Worrincy
Kopzcak

The only ones who ave any chance of playing are Crossley, Donaldson, Whitehead, Hyde, Andy Tate and Oblison.

What previous form is that.

You see, Kieran Hyde's always been an interesting one for me, he always seems to have great games for the academy when I watch (not overly often I admit), and I thought he might have had a chance by now. Surely there's only so long you can play in the academy.

Again, I think this might be a little bit harsh. He's no Ian Henderson, that goes without saying, but he's a solid replacement hooker, and has served the Bulls fairly decently, without admittedly settting the world alight.

Hadn't heard Tate's name thrown in there yet, haven't seen much of him either. I hope we get to see Hyde as imo it's the backs that need dropping more than the forwards.



Beat me to it. I've never seen Godwin have an outstanding game for us.

Back to the old Noble problem of not giving them a chance. I Know he's been injured but when fit he's certainly deserved a chance in place of the under performing Deacon.

Indeed, although I honestly cannot see Paul Deacon being dropped, can you?

No. But there's not many people who think he shouldn't be. What is he offering us at the moment?

I only mentioned Andy Tate because he's one of the full timers.

Ah I see..... What do you recon the odds are for Hyde even getting in the 19?

Sorry but I just can't agree on Godwin. He's nothing more than average he's a headless chicken type player.

If he's competing against Deacon for a place in the side, probably about 0.0001%.

When hell freezes over or when it's a blue moon.

Ok, you're entitled to your opinion. But the problem is, there aren't an abundance of replacement hookers around, especially that the Bulls could realistically recruit, in fact you could generalise it to hookers overall.

That's whats staggering me about people wanting rid of Newton, lets see where we are in reference to hookers in a years time and see if you'd want Newton back, I know I certainly don't want Newton to leave, I'd make him captain!

He is a lightning conductor for head injuries, thereby reducing the chances of his teammates getting one

I totally agree on Newton.

As do I. I fear that we'll miss his brain as well as his presence on the pitch next season. We already have enough collapses as it is, there may be more without -imo- the best rugby brain in our squad.

On the other hand, I think he has the potential to be a disruptive figure in the dressing room. (NB: Me surmising, there's no substance to this)

not the genius that is Beaver then no? i'd say he was the best rugby brain in the league.

I think it's called schadenfreude.