gardner is very average unless he has a very good centre next to him.

to be honest...waste of money
i like Ade..a good finisher and runs the ball well but we have young players that are very promising

Gardner is a slightly superior Karl Pryce.

no doubt about it
he is way better than the wingers that we have at the moment

if we dont use the young players that we have and get them playing in a winning environment then the likes of wigan,wire,saints and leeds will waft a wod of cash in their face and they will leave

the likes of whithead and donaldson are very good players and other teams would be very keen to sign them...as a young person you are interested in the money

were 1 point behind leeds with 4 games to go and we have to play leeds at home last game, yet we dont have an chance of getting 4th

even though weve been 4th for most of season

Platt has been awesome this season. Just wish he would be passed the ball to in space a bit more often instead of having to create something from nothing all the time.

stuck him with reardon then he would have a little confidence that he would actually catch the ball

Since when are wingers there to create for their centres?

Your'e right Matai would be a great signing but doesn't he have huge family commitments in Oz

what would you rather do
keep the ball or look over your shoulder and see rikki there to carry on the attack
you would thinnk a few times before passing to that donkey

too right. if anything that was a criticism of the half backs.

A centre/winger combination should be creating space for each other - the winger by being available for the pass and keeping his opposite number occupied and making the opposition centre concious that he's there, the centre by drawing the opposition winger and leaving space for his winger.

It's strange that some people are saying that Platt is playing fantastic this year and others are saying that Sheriff would be more successful if he had a better centre inside him... maybe it's a case of Platt, whilst playing well in his own right, is still learning how to play at centre...?

If Gardner needs a good centre inside him to make an impact (surely something that is true for all wingers???) then surely the first place we need to strengthen is centre rather than wing?

Where has the rumour that Scrutes is coming back to us come from as AFAIK, there is nothing on SS.
Just wondered.

Didn't he sign a three year with you when he signed, so isn't he in contract for next year anyway??

Probably the same muppet that has somehow come up with the idea that the bulls have gone from being a club with no spare cash one minute, to being able to buy Leon Pryce out of his current contract the next!

We're a club currently in transition with a brand new head coach on the way. Expect tons of rumours, believe very few of them.

Its come out of someone making it up, then other people see it posted once and repeat post...and so on. Scruton is contracted until 2011 and has been one of our better and more settled players this year. We can all safely forget this one....

...now, do you have any half backs or wingers you don't need over at Headingly we could start a rumour about instead?

The only way we'd get Pryce for 2011 would be if Saints had a new 6 coming in and needed to free up the space and agreed a release

New signings are coming in
Some fans have gone cuckoo
The nonsense grows and false hope blooms
And rumour springs anew
Sing cuckoo...


as you were.

You're kidding yourself. And to play him ahead of Whitehead would be criminal

I don't think anyone would suggest that. Whitehead has done more than enough this year to warrant a starting spot next season. I feel that would apply to Donaldson too had he not suffered that awful injury.

IMO Hall is suffering from the same problem a lot of overseas players have in their first season in SL. He needs time to settle and I'm sure he'll be a different player next season

Heard Leeds were signing Menzies.

You could be right, as Adey thinks that Mick Ado could be on his way to us.
What a fantstic singing he would be.

??? Not this Adey though...

...and illogical. You can add James Donaldson to that too, he will be due more game time next season for definite.

Hopefully only if he comes as assistant coach!

Menzies is still one of the best back rowers in super league, if not the best.