Is the rumour of dislocated shoulder correct? Bad luck injury wise.

If so, it's:
Lineham - not in contact training yet
Biggs - in Bath
Talanoa - in Australia

And so it begins...

Come on mrs B we know it's only the dobbins that get injurys

Has Alex Hurst found a club yet? he looked twice the player Crookes is in the World Cup.

Talanoa should be here in about two weeks hopefully.

Wouldn't surprise me if Whiting plays on the wing in pre season, didn't McDonnell play on the wing a bit in NRL?

Shaul will have to go on the wing for a couple of games.

If Yeaman and Crooks are both fit, then I would put Arundel on the wing to cover.

Whiting should never play wing again, too much of a waste.

Guess we will have a better insight on on Sunday and if we have any young kids pushing through for wing places.

Bloody hell. I was hoping Crookes would actually show us why he was signed.

Arundel on the wing or Shaul now.

How he do that?

Was it shoulder problems that kept him out for almost a full season at Bradford after he signed for us ?

Trial other wingers pre season but Whiting has the inside track for games that matter for me purely for defensive reasons.

would love to be proved wrong but i've no confidence in crookes at all, he can finish but seems lacking in other aspects of his game, especially concentration

Apart from his concentration, positioning, pace and catching he is excellent

Possibly next week!

Crookes was another poor signing by gentle and mcrae. Think hull might really push getting biggs earlier.

Crookes was another poor signing by gentle and mcrae. Think hull might really push getting biggs earlier.

Being fair, I don't think his pace is a problem. At the start of last season, when fit, he looked quick. Later on, when he looked to be carrying an injury, he didn't. So it was probably about fitness, rather than an outright lack of pace IMO.

His season was majorly disrupted thanks to injury and the form of lineham.
He was on a hiding to nothing when he came back through lack of fitness and game time.
Give him a chance and then lets judge him properly when he is fit and injury free.
If he is still gash then, then write him off.

You forgot about his defence

He was never good enough for a team who's aiming for the top 4. He's Wakefield/Castleford standard imo.

There are 3 better wing options than him at Cas IMO.

been having a look on the bath site, biggs has played in a couple of games, mainly the cup competitons, but had only really been on the bench as an unused sub in the premiership games. looks like now they know he's leaving they are using him as cover and (rightly) giving their other wingers opportunities. they could well retain him in case they lose players around six nations time, but after this is over i reckon he could well be free to leave

Hope so. Rumours of Jamie Foster potentially on the move, short term option with his excellent goal-kicking?

With Crookes I just think back to the amount of times he's lost the ball in the tackle?! His confidence must have hit rock bottom after his Wembley performance but he wasn't the only one who was shocking.
I'd prefer to stick O'Donnell on the wing as opposed to a short term fix like Foster.

Craig?