I know Hastings is meant to be leaving at the end of the year. But I can’t see him getting in any NRL sides anytime soon.

Not if he is asked to run straight up the middle. It is a bit like using a Chanel scarf to wipe your ar$e.

correct! Farrell definitely isn't the problem.

Hopefully bateman will give us some leadership next season especially in the forwards

I can seldom remember such a consensus!



It seems we pretty much all agree, Lockers is finished, Tommy to interchange hooker, give the reins to Smith. But we need another good half to support him.

Marshall*, Bibby, Manfredi*, Smith, Singleton**, Powell, Bullock, Bateman, Farrell, Havard, Byrne, Partington, Greenwood, Smithies and Joe Shorrocks

That's 15 senior players who want to be here and we want them here too, many of which play the same position so we can't use them all on the same day. The others are either leaving (French, Hankinson, Gildart, Burgess, Hastings, Leuluai, Jake Shorrocks, Flower and O'Loughlin) or only here because we can't get rid of them yet (Hardaker, Clubb, G.Burgess, Isa, Clark and maybe Wells). On that basis, is it any wonder we were out-enthused when we faced challenging conditions? We need to overhaul the squad over the next few years whilst somehow keeping a positive culture rather than turning into a group of individuals as opposed to a team.

*Depending on injury concerns
**No idea how he will play, just a hope.