No assumption, I know he was injured last weekend. Not a long term one though.




I think Sheriffe would beat them all hands down to be honest. But I maintain that's not the players' choice, it's being coached into them to do it.

You and me both.

I think the history books will record them, and their fellows, as the legacy McNamara left Bradford. Its now up to the club to keep them.

'Spud' Carroll had the same problem when he came over too? can't work it out

I amsure he will be fine when the ground firms up in the summer...

Yeah, same with all Antipodeans, because it never ever rains in Aussie or New Zealand and they are not used to playing on wet tracks.

now then lovey darling! Just quick up date on your view of past it over the hill JP!! This weeks monumental effort again!

Player: Metres - Carries (MT/Carry) - Tackles - Misses (Efficiency %) - Errors - Penalties

Peacock: 190 - 26 (7.31) - 46 - 1 (98%) - 2 - 2

massive effort against saints!

facts proving you wrong again!

Think you need Kearney at 6! He has more idea than the rest.

I reckon Addy will end up at 2nd row or more likely loose forward.

Heard of private message? Because quite frankly, your hijacking of threads completely unrelated is started to get very boring and annoying. If you wanna do it in public, how about opening a special "Peacock" thread?

You dread to think what he wants to do with his "Lovey Darling" in public...

Agreed.

We seem to have our backrow for the next few years sorted with Whitehead, Donaldson, Langley, Addy, Olbison coming through. The club also have high hopes for young John Bateman who is apparently "a bit special".

Add to that the likes of the Burgii, Crossley, Lilycrop and O'Brien elsewhere in the pack and things look good.

I just wish we had some backs coming through, only Southernwood at halfback appears to be on the verge of 1st team.

Seems to be the caveat for the whole comp.

When Michael Shenton and Ryan Atkins are championed as our best new young guns, then we have problems.

Ah Ryan Atkins. Where did he come from?

Can also add the young 16-year old prop they just signed from Cumbria (Liam McAvoy was it?), who they also apparently have high hopes for.




I'd say Wardle has looked decent enough in his brief cameos to get more of a chance too. I haven't seen anyone else who seems to be on the verge though.

Is Wardle going to come through as a centre? I'm sure Red said he thought he'd make a better loose forward? I for one hope he has it in him to be a centre. From what little I've seen he looks fairly promising.

I remember a few on here rating Ben Hellewell highly too but his injury at the beginning of the season seems to have set him back a bit. Have we any wingers coming through? That's an area where we really could do with an injection of quality.

Leeds wasn't it

initially

Can't believe we let him go. Up there with allowing Peacock to leave as one of the larger cock ups of recent years.

For a HB partner for Southernwood I'd suggest having a look at Wigan. There's a fresh faced young kid there (can't be much more than 16) not getting many chances due to Tom Kins & Leueueuleulai who I noticed against the French at the weekend. Apparently he's a bit of a kicker but he didn't offer much from what I saw. I did read some rave reviews a couple of years ago though. Might be worth a gamble.

Squad just announced.

Finigan gets picked for first time:

Addy, Halley, L'Estrange, Hall, Lynch, Sheriffe, Crossley, Finigan, Kopczak, Sykes, Menzies, Reardon, Godwin, Nero, Kearney, Whitehead, Worrincy, Langley, Platt.

I've seen Finnigan a couple of times in the reserves/academy and never thought he looked that good to be honest. But he can't do much worse, so maybe worth a try.

What position is he again?

I suppose time and circumstance will tell, but I think he has the raw ingredients to make a decent 6.

He's a winger

Odd to have Finigan in the 19 man squad imo, but probably worth a try. I'd have thought Smith would be in line before Finigan though.

It suggests to me that Kearney will be moved into the halves, with Halley at the back and Reardon/Sheriffe as wingers. Finnigan in incase Halley or Reardon aren't fit.

If you read JP's book he claims that he wasn't so much let go, so much as told by CC, that (due to large amounts of cap being spent on Iestyn Harris at the time) if he didn't want to accept the rather poor terms he ought to (somewhat vulgar colloquial, copulatory verb, often used as an adjective) off. Only CC said it a little more succinctly than that.