I really liked the kid last year and was gutted when he was dropped. Personally I think Curtis will be a great player, looks the real deal in attack and safe in the air. Defense will be an issue maybe but how exciting are him and Shaul.

He was great again last night. A very exciting player.

I thought he was magnificent last night. How he caught that ball one handed behind him from the Talanoa pass was incredible for the 2nd Shaul try. A very exciting player.

Reminds me of Rankin in the way that he is so enthusiastic, so up for it, however his catching and running last night was exemplary and last night he proved that he can be up there with the best.

Loved that catch too, I think my exact words to my mate next to me was, f***ing hell that was sexy! (say it back to yourself in the most northern accent you can and you've captured the moment)

He was superb last night in everything he did. His main attribute for me is his explosive pace from a standing start this gets him into space which then allows the team to exploit the situation. He's developing into a very good player.

Did really well under some testing high balls and his run to set up shaul was brilliant. I was a bit sceptical about re signing him but he's done really well with a run in the team

I got critised last year when I suggested that Naughton had more potential than Lineham sand think he is now starting to show this with a good run, has the X factor about him that Lineham doesn't.

Also can't believe some fans would have rather have Rankin than Shaul, possible the best British player in SL on form.

I can't believe he was sat in the stands for much of last season whilst rankin was playing FB

Outstanding player, looks a threat every time he has the ball. Shows great enthusiasm and effort every carry as well. Wish we could sign him for 5 years instead of the 2.

I was always team Shaul.
Changes matches more be it via break or a try
Gets over the line more
Was better at stopping tries
Better under highball

Rankin had better link play only for me


In radfords defence in spite of these attributes he's improved his standards of his own play loads.
Picking an England team right now today you'd have to have Shaul as your fullback on form

Also back on naughton fantastic. Looks special.

Younger players seem to be developing nicely. We're now benefitting from the first team experience that they were given last year.

Bowden, Green and Hadley have really slotted in well this year.
They're all worth a place in the 13 on merit, which must be good news when injuries bite.

We just need Abdull to sort himself out - he must be the only player who puts on weight during a game.



And Houghton seems to be stepping up another gear in the last quarter - or is it everyone else slowing down?

Maybe Radford thought his attitude wasn't where it needed to be, he's learned from it and become a better player which the club is now reaping the benefits of. Could just be astute man management for all we know.

Or not for all we know

Shaul by his own words said he sulked last year after being dropped and his attitude wasnt right, seems to have sorted all that out this year. Naughton has been great and Micheals on the other wing doesnt do much wrong either.

Exciting back three.

Shaul IMO has grown up this year. Attitude not great last year from.what we are led to believe. IMO Radford deserves a pat on the back over this. And so does shaul who really is proving a top class FB

Was saying last night that it's impressive the way the younger players have progressed. Radford attributes a lot of it to having a reserve team.

Went to the U23s game at Wakey earlier in the year where Noggers, Hadley,Lancaster and co all got gametime against a team including Tansey and Hall. Must be better and less disruptive to have them playing the same systems and not going dual reg.

Interesting to see comments from some Warrington supporters last night regarding Lineham ("I've seen oil tankers turn more quickly" and "Tom Lineham couldn't catch a cold"icon_wink.gif

Naughton looks a special player right now, hopefully he can stay level headed and continue to work and improve.

Noggers is a top finisher who will only get better with game time & age.

Dont seem to play a lot though do they

The way things are going I can't see Talanoa getting much game time. With Lancaster also waiting in the wings it's going to be a tough choice as to who gets another contract between Michaels, Tally and Yeaman, certainly Logan is with us for 3 more years, SM isn't on bag loads and doing ok. Currently I'd say Talanoa is well down the pecking order.

Not really. Talanoa's contracted for next season already. The decision about Michaels I expect will be more about what we want to do with the last overseas spot. Reckon Yeaman will get another year if he keeps up his current level of performance.

When I read the newsfeed it said Talanoa had signed a new 2 year contract...that was March 2015, that superceded the 2014 contract for only a one year til the end of 2015.
An extension of two more years on top of his 2014 contract would indeed keep him here until end of 2017 but as it reads it's an overiding 2 year contract starting from the beginning of 2015 and is inclusive of last year thus will be out of contract the end of this.
We'll wait and see but it still stands that Talanoa is on the back burner at the moment.