I do not think Hanley Junior would get into a league 1 side! he is just about the worst winger since Desi Williams what is wrong with Manfredi and Marshall?

What is the point of you?

He's not a winger but he is doing his best, that is good enough for me.

The mistakes he's making have little to do with the position he plays or doesn't play

Have you been locked in a wardrobe for the past few months?

Young Sam Hallsall shou;ld be given a go against York.

Lets see if he can do any better. He deserves his chance.

I disagree. Hanley should play against York. He’s been fairly solid yet unspectacular against Leigh and Wakey. If he hadn’t snatched at the kick and scored we’d all be saying he had a good game.

Dropping him now would be a knock to his confidence.

v York I'd go:

1st half - Hardaker - French - Halsall - Bibby - Hanley
2nd half - French - Bibby - Halsall - Hardaker - Hanley

That should give us more of an idea which way round we want to play Hardaker/French/Bibby and get another game's worth of experience for Halsall and Hanley. I don't think either of them will play against Leeds anyway with French returning, unless we get yet another injury.

I definitely wouldn't go as far as Mr Frisk, and I thought Hanley was improved this week, but I do wonder what he would need to do in a game to make people stop saying he was 'solid'.

I think get a comfortable lead and the game in the bag first then play around with some combos

I doubt they’ll experiment too much against York tbh. They’re a good side and they’ll throw everything in to the game. Going off Hastings getting the extra weeks training instead of playing against Leigh, I also wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t see French until the following week, although the fact it’s knock out may twist Lams arm.

Do you mean dropping the ball over the line?

He's still averaging over 3 knock ons a game to be honest but this week was an improvement. I'm not that bothered about knock ons there, it's the ones deep in our half he needs to cut out (which he did this week).

Thought Hanley was far better against Wakefield - unless Lam wants to give Bevan a run on the wing I'd keep him in.

Just noticed, thread title is misspelt!! Should read "Whingers"...

Dropping it in general. He isn't dropping it over the line or when playing the ball cos he's on the wing.

Use the same line up as we did against Wakey but swap Hanley for French, The end

Hanley had comfortably his best game on Friday. Poor effort trying to get the try but over 100 metres with the ball, solid taking the high ball and he looked a lot more comfortable. He was very lucky to get away with the kick in to our in goal but he’d earned that I felt.

How many did he drop? Was it more than every other player?

Eh? What has that got to do with anything?

Someone said he is playing out of position (he is) but his mistakes are nothing to do with that. Moving from FB to Wing doesn't make you drop the ball. How many times he dropped it is irrelevant.

Yes, he is currently the Super League's top error maker with 7, which doesn't include the 3 he made v Saints on debut last year.

He's playing on the wing though. You instantly forget everything when you play out of position.

Reminds me of the Escare defenders saying he was under the high ball because he wasn't a winger.

I like Hanley as a player BTW I just don't think he's ready yet.

FWIW I agree with you. But we haven't many options at the moment.

'Solid, unlucky not to get man of the match' on the Hanley scale is roughly equivalent to 'I'll pack his bags myself' on the Gelling/Sarginson scale. I'd pick him v York because I'd rather him get experience against a Championship team, but it's frustrating that people outright deny the errors are happening when they would slaughter other players for it.

Just trying to gauge how bad his performance was. I think if he had scored the try then we wouldn't be having this discussion.