The THREE match ban he got for gently shoving someone out of his way who was obstructing him against swinton was the biggest joke the disciplinary committee have come up with this season,................and its had some stiff competition.

Shame as he ran the ball hard as the forwards against Stains but liability so get rid.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... lk_WMmUR4I Not sure who'd have him.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... lk_WMmUR4I Not sure who'd have him.

Good winger, a few teams will be looking I’m sure. He contributes a lot bringing the ball out but his stupidity has led to him not being kept on I’m sure. On the pitch he offers more than Charnley so will we be looking for 2 wingers?

Personally think it will be a mistake if we allow Lineham to leave without a replacement in line. Already looking like we will be losing Mamo to Cas, who can cover the wing spot well.

A few question marks remain over Ashton as he tends to struggle with his injuries (think I’ve counted 3 separate stints out since he signed). And Thewlis is only 19 years old & has some improvements to make before being selected week in week out from what I’ve seen. Although I think the both of them would make better full backs in the long run rather than on the wing.

Think Thewlis will be Ratchford’s replacement at some point.

And no idea who is coming through the academy that is going to be a standout super league winger, need Walter Wizard to update us on that.

With Lineham you get the good and the bad as others have said.

95% is good - and with the way SP expects the all wingers to play, he carries the ball extremely well off our line.

5% is totally stupid, but equates for him missing 20% of the games. The 'grab' incident now means he's a marked man as far as disciplinary issues are concerned, so whilst the 'shove' didnt warrant a 3 game ban in my view, it was perfectly understandable.

So I suppose the 2 questions are -
1. Is he worth keeping if he only plays 80% of the games? I'm torn here.
2. Do we have a ready replacement ? Different type of player but Ashton is a good replacement (especially if the club is grooming Thewlis as full back).

It depends on how Powell wants us to play.

I suppose it depends a bit on how much he is on. He can be very useful at times as most big lads with pace are.

I think Lineham overall did better than people expected when he joined, he went through spells where he got written off and he consistently scored tries and he played well in some big games so he deserves respect.

He seemed to take steps forward under Price's coaching and become a better player.

Like a lot of our players, he's one of the better players in the league in his position but he's short of the top category, for reasons people have discussed on here. When you have a team full of that sort of player, its no surprise we ended up as one of the better teams in the league but short of the top category who win the Grand Finals.

Overall he might be a bit underrated in the rugby league media/community, and replacing him won't be straightforward, we could easily be in a situation where we end up with a downgrade.

Yes, that's the issue in a nutshell. It's easy to drop him, not so easy to replace his quality. Perhaps Powell sees Ashton as a replacement ? But unless they have someone in mind I wouldn't be in favour of ditching him.

Runs it in better than most forwards.

Big game player.

Good finisher.

Despite the disciplinary issues, I'd have kept him. As SC said, he's no superstar but I think he's underrated outside Warrington.

a year or 2 ago, he was first name on the team sheet for me, price seemed to love him, despite the brain farts.

I suppose with Lineham it’s about what return we get for the money. We paid a transfer fee and got a decent big game player, well above average winger. He re-signed on what I assume was a better deal a couple of years ago. Obviously we don’t know what that salary is but I can imagine he’ll be wanting more than what we actually value him. I think Powell will be able to get another decent enough winger playing at the same level, like he has done at Cas with the likes of Eden etc.

He’s had 6 years here and most of that time (barring the terrible disciplinary record) he’s been an asset. Probably time for a fresh start though. Hull KR?

Lineham is a much better winger than Charnley in my opinion, and brainfarts aside, I'd be sad to see him go.

But, in Powell we trust.....

We defo like Tom Davies.

My perception is the opposite really. Slow, cumbersome rarely breaks a tackle and unable to track back if there's a break on. Bit of a poor mans Ryan Hall.

Any stats to show I'm wrong in any of it? Genuine question.

I will say in his defence that we don't play a winger's game of Rugby and we have a couple of centres who like to run with ball in hand on the edges so maybe a team with a set sweeping move or 3 will see him fall over the line a bit more

Big game player Tom, and that inside ball after drawing 2 men and was as good as any winger could do in the world rl.
I sense that Lineham being allowed to go, may be more of a board level decision than one from Powell. The response from Wire following his last needless suspension, was one of deflated, given up. This time the club made no effort to contest the suspension.

Perfect replacement and a step up IMO. When he was coming through at Wigan I was surprised they let him go in favour of Marshall. Davies has a superb all-round winger's game.

Out of contract in November as well I think.

Davies? Hope so. Although I imagine he won't come cheap (in terms of salary) now he's an England international.

Yeah, he's off contract. https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... on-5521661

Yeah, he's off contract. https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... on-5521661

Good game from Lineham tonight.
No complaints.
Got through a lot of work and Made good calls

In my opinion Matty Ashton is a first choice winger next season; that for me is his best position. Josh Thewlis is a natural full back and SHOULD be the successor to Stef Ratchford. Yet again tonight when played in his recognised position he has put in a faultless display.

Nathan Roebuck is another Academy graduate who is capable of playing on the wing or in the centre; not sure why he wasn't in the 21 for this game, maybe he is injured.

There is a lot of quality in the Academy and players who could well prove to be excellent Super League players in the next 2 or 3 years; it would be wrong for me to single any out in case I forget somebody!!!!

I thought I’d heard or read that Roebuck wasn’t staying?

Thewlis had some great touches last night, looks like he’s been playing first team for a couple of years.