Barcelona?

Agree with it all except that.

Can;t afford to have loyalty in this game. Especially when you are as good as Rhys is. I know it is early days but for raw talent he is unsurpassed. He can be making SMW money, i reckon, by the time he is 25. He won't be getting that at Wire.

Because if we didn't take Ben, we couldn't take Rhys

utter rubbish.

You've obviously never seen Ben play if you can come out with rubbish like that.

ben is a great forward, and will only get better. hes obviously one of the best young english forwards as he was chosen to play for england u20's in the summer, or did rhys swing that for him as well.

having seen both of the boys numerous times over 2 or so years at burtonwood i can tell you ben is a very good rugby player, and rhys often looks so good off of the back of ben's hard work.

So please dont talk shiiiiittttttake mushrooms.

In about 5 posts you have managed to go from will he go, to im sure hell go and im annoyed about it.

For flip's sake, just let the lad play out a season of rugby before you start speculating where hell be going next. He's had a great first few games, but might end up like kevin penny and then let's see how stupid you would look by claiming rugby union will be offering silly money in a few years.

HES OURS AND HES GOING NOWHERE FOR A WHILE: SO BE HAPPY!

this thread is insane lol

People really need to get a grip. He's only just broke into our side, yet people already feel he's got a multi-million pound contract in Union waiting for him when he turns 21. Let him get on with his rugby and let him develop, enjoy his performances and stop stirring the future.

Finally a bit of sense, you'd think he'd already changed his name to rupert and crossed codes the way this thread has gone

Heres a little song i wrote,you might wanna sing it note for note
Dont worry be happy,Dont worry be happy now!!!!!

Yeah sorry

again, on what evidence is this based on
This is a professional rugby league side we are talking about, not picking sides for a school playground kickabout in the dinner break. What if Ben wasn't good enough in the first place. What happens if Ben turns out to be a crock of pooh/has a bad injury/falls out of love with the game.....does Rhys take his bat and ball home?

Ben is a superb player and on Saturday he was presented with the under 20's player of the season for 2010... the very same team that Rhys played in.... He has also been promoted to the first team by Smith.

He hasn't done badly for a tag along has he.

just gone over the AUP with a fine toothcomb and couldn't find anything on locking a thread for loads of muppet comments DAMN YOU AUP, DAMN YOU TO HELL.

NO!!!! If he wants to go then why shouldn't he - Like every other job, individuals have the right to move for more money and a better role if they so choose

Well deserved

I think Rhys has put in some excellent performances so far too but are people not getting a bit carried away?

This is so similar to the way everyone was getting so excited about Penny. Chill out and just see what happens.

And as for Union and/or other teams coming sniping, at the end of the day he's a professional athlete and as such has a right to decide where he wants to earn his living.

Isn't that General Gogol (M's equivalent in the KGB) in the late 70's/early 80's James Bond films

sod his obvious talent
he's dressed like Bill n Ted, and he's growing one of those dodgy "quaker" beards....don't want him

I hope he doesnt do a "Kevin Penny" ie burst onto the scene, a sh*tload of hype, one good season, then thats it. I think if we dont overhype him,there wont be too much pressure on him, and he will prosper.

His game bears absolutely no resemblance to Pennys whatsoever... Thankfully.

Thankfully your right Mr Deckchair, but i meant the circus,hype, expectation and pressure that surrounded him.

comparing Rhys to Penny

He can tackle

Sod it i'll end it there

I'm throwing my hat in the ring now.

T-shirt idea for the club shop - picture of blurry man with blonde hair - caption 'Rhys Lightning'

No picture, just the slogan ..

'Thank Heavens for Rhys Evans'

and then in really tiny letters (and hopefully Ben in a year or two).

or... picture of a cross with no one one it and the caption 'Evans sent'