No, that's not right.

He signed a contract extension under Smith in 2010, an extension taking him through until the end of 2012.

He also was part of the first choice 17 for 2012 obviously as he started at Hull. He's not my cup of tea, but to start talking about shifting backs, loose forwards etc when you (if he's fit) have a specialist hooker available, is madness.

You dont want Ratchford becoming a jack of all trades and master of none.

I think Tony has earmarked the full back position for Ratchford when Hodgson leaves at the end of this year.

Higham is a decent enough hooker, nowhere near as good as Monas admittedly, but still good enough to slot in for a couple of weeks here and there.

The problem here is that we have all been spolit by seeing the genuinely world class skills of Michael Monaghan. For me he is the best hooker in SL if not the world (yes even better than Roby at saints) and anything less is a serious disappointment.

God knows what happens when he retires or goes back to Oz.

Well if you want to sign Ellis and Minichello you may as well sign Buderus. He would fit the Wire age profile perfectly.

But seriously you need to give Brad Dwyer a chance, he looks a very, very good player. And he is a Wiganer.

But is he "world class" like McIllorum?

Filling in for Paul and, also, I am very interested;

What did Bridge do to deserve being sent off against Hudds, seriously?

I hope TS starts with Grix at hooker and interchanges him with Higham.