Talks ongoing according to HDM. Hope we keep him. Mentions he was once SL young POTY as well.

I think the club will offer him a new deal and rightly so. Always looks like he gives everything for the cause.

One of the only few players who gives us genuine options on the field. A real must in my eyes.

Hope we do extend him, although Standee might not like it

i think the club will extend his contract along with thackray,maloney and possibly cusack and lee.i am unsure as to motu,graeme horne,but i dont think thorman,hodgson and moa will be around next year.we are led to believe that cusack is in talks but we need something different,and lee may just get another year as he seems to be playing better than last season,though personally i'd let him go

I hope we give him a deal although I don't want him playing again. I think his lack of pace can leave him dreadfully exposed against speedy threequarters.

I dont think his lack of pace effects his defence, it's in attack where it is an issue.

Does a great job as a stop gap centre but his future has to be in the pack.

Quick second rowers also expose him. Wilkin went by him on Friday night with ease.

Agree with that, he'd make a half decent 2nd rower / loose forward, but still not at the level for a top side.

Quality player who makes up for any lack of pace with his excellent footballing brain.

But should not be at centre, given said lack of pace.

i think if he plays most of the games this season in centre,
he will be our top try scorer

Wouldn't make a difference if our defensive pattern was better. Both centres have been exposed by our compressed defence in recent games. If you sort that, he'll miss very little in defence. His lack of pace in attack is negated by his handling skills and reading of the game, IMO.

I'm not pretending he's Matt Gidley or anything, but he's a better option at centre than you, and some others, give him credit for. And this season, he's been better than our so-called GB centre on the other side. And yet no one is calling for him to be moved.

Definitely deserves a new contract, he's a very important member of the squad.

on the nail

Well Said that man

Ding ding dingg

Top point about our defence. It has been found wanting a number of times because when we're compressed our centres find it hard to cover across against faster players. I noticed Saints didn't play compressed at all and mopped up everything we threw at them. Time for a change in that tactic too but doubt we'll get it.

Just to add some objectivity, where will he play next year if we extend his deal?

suppose it depends if we sign a centre, he wouldn't be first choice in the second row or at LF.

mainly at the KC

HTH

Whiting deserves a new contract more than any of our ooc players. He had terrible luck last season with injuries but he's come back stronger and he's one of the few players that gives his all every week. He reads the game brilliantly, he's defensively sound, he's a safe pair of hands, and he knows where the try line is. I also think it's highly benefited Calderwood, having Whiting inside him and I would be happy to see the two of them playing on the right side again next season tbh. The only criticism of his game is his speed, but tbf if that's the only weakness people can point out, then I think that speaks volumes of how good a player he is.

so we all agree whiting should be kept??? imo good centre but would best at loose man

Its the same old problem for me, he doesnt fit in the 17 anywhere when everyone is fit. And if some people are saying we get rid of G Horne etc to bring in some real quality then surely Whiting has to be held in that regard too?