Thought he made a huge difference difference when he came on against Saints. For me he should have been on for most of the game with his speed and power.

I must admit, when I heard that he had come on at half time to replace King I wasn't too inspired. He proved me wrong though, thought he had a great game, as I said in the MOM thread.

Blythe for me isn't a forward, in fact every time i've seen him in the forwards he's been 'not that great' yet in the backs he's had plenty of good games.

For some reason Matty keeps having to prove himself this season despite being consistently good. Another cracking job on Friday night and, in retrospect, you wonder whether he should have replaced King immediately following his try.

Smithy certainly has faith in him, otherwise he wouldn't have named him on the subs bench instead of Cooper & Clarke

Its difficult to know what his best position is, I don't think he has the hands/rugby brain to excel in the backs, but is he big enough to put in the forwards, decent utility player to have.....

Felt he helped set the tone when he came on.

We seemed to be giving Saints abit to much respect after we let them back in and he made some hard hits as soon as he came on which we built on.

Like Ron says Matty is an excellent player to have because he can cover Centre and 2nd row.

For me he is a similar place to what like Simon Grix was a few years back. Simon didn't have a regular position and was tried in the Halves, at 13,in the Centre and just recently he has been used in the 2nd row.

I hope Matty keeps going and takes any opportunitys that TS gives him.

Was quite funny when he tried to offload in a tackle, giving away possesion. Briers proper layed into him.

Quality back, iffy forward.

What he is now is a very decent SL player, who can cover numerous positions on a relatively low wage and who works his socks off.

I like the balance & depth that he adds to the squad.

If he had better awareness of his winger and improved his passing technique he'd be in the same mould as Senior because once he gets going on the edges he's a tough bugger to put down.

In the middle he looks too lightweight.

Cooper was injured.

Blythe is certainly a very usefull player to have in the sqaud, he can fill in at centre when required and do a job, and also come off the bench and fill in in the backrow when required. He certainly offers good impact and good energy coming off the bench, He's big stong and he's fast.

Whether or not he just wants to be a squad man is different matter. I fancy other clubs would want to take him and would see him as a first choice pick.

We will have him back in our centres any day at Leigh

10 tries in 19 appearences, maybe another season before he is ready as a starter but definately will be a SL player for the future, if not he will definately be one of the best players in the Championship given a few years time

Mate of mine consistently harps on about Blythe being better than Atkins. Can't say I've seen enough of us this year to judge.

Blythe, for me, is a centre; it's where he played for Rylands before he turned pro and it's where his better performances have come in the P+B, it seems. I think, for the time being at least, Blythe is just the type of player we need to keep at the club: he's homegrown, versatile-ish, has all the physical tools required and he provides great depth and reliability in the back line.

When's he contracted til?

End of 2011 according to SEB's thread at the top of the page.

He's come on. I just don't see him as a starting palyer now or in the near future (which I suppose he doesen't have to be.) I would like to see him turn into a Lee Gilmour/Paul Johnson type second row/centre.

very true....but if his contract is up at the end of this season, he will want to be more than this, and want wages that go with it. i would like him to staty, but i think he will go to a club with room under the cap who can play him every week in the . i think there could be quite a long queue for his sig

If King goes home that brings him a place closer to regular game time, same if Riley is given the push. If he's ambitous, he'll stay, assuming the gulf in money isn't vast.

Smith likes him, he's certainly ahead of Mitchell & McCarthy so he might give him some of their money, and Riley's.

When everybody is back fit we could let him play at Saints on loan. Give them a boost to secure a playoff spot?

I'll stick my neck out here and announce that I don't particularly rate Matty Blythe.

Average centre / poor forward. SL quality squad player who would struggle to make an impact at a non top 4 club. If King goes, and he's the replacement I will be bitterly dissapointed.

There, I've said it. He'll probably go on to play in the NRL now.

I'll back you up on that.
Blythe can only be a back up centre and is not certainly not good enough for second row.

I kinda of agree with this, don't think he's a bad utility player but wouldn't have him 1st choice.

poor second row. Always been impressed with him at centre. Certainly good enough for Wire there. I don't know in what capacity but I like him none the less.