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Motu
Calderwood
Briscoe
Yeaman
Raynor

Looks good to me but cant see Agar dropping G.Horne.

i can see horne moving back into the pack next season.
especially if radders moves up to prop.

i would like to see agar sign someone for centre

IMO there is no point signing a winger if he aint going to get the service. Think that was seen with matt sing. No matter which winger we signed for next year the problem is going to half back who creates opportunities. Also feel with Calderwood on board a world class centre is a must to help him along the way. Gidley type would be perfect but also a good solid defender as Calderwood has always been suspect in defence

With two young centres in Briscoe and Hall I would be dispoitted if there played G Horne there next season.

The above tow should be fighting out the right centre spot IMO.

The only time I can remember a chase between those two, was when we were playing Leeds at home, the game were it was 0-0 at half time. Raynor broke through and was running to the line, and Calderwood chased him down and from behind, knocked the ball out of his hand and it went dead, preventing Raynor from scoring.

For what its worth I think its a very good signing. For me, he is the best possible signing we could of made. We have no quota spots and any non-fed places we have left need to be used elsewhere. He has pace, has some good qualities and always rated him a lot when at Leeds. Said this tons of times, but players very rarely go to Wigan and improve themsleves, and most leave Wigan and improve themselves. I think Calderwood will do the same, if we actually use the right hand side properly

Hall dodgy in defence. Briscoe still very young and inexperienced. Together with Calderwood, it would be a try fest down that side

Told you all didn't i

For whom?

Thats maybe the one! Im probably getting confused! (wouldnt be the 1st time!!)

i told them when i found out he wasnt getting a contract

[url=http://viewtopic.php?t=376870Seems some Wigan fans still think he'll do a job for us, so long as he has a good centre partner[/url

We'll see but Briscoe is good enough now and needs to be given plenty of game time at centre.

Briscoe, Byrne or Hall to play there next season, Briscoe would be my preference at the minute both defensively and in attack.

I'd choose Hall every day of the week. Our best attacking player, and yet we leave him out when we have the worst attack in the league. It doesn't make sense to me. Backs of:

Tony
Calderwood
Yeaman
Hall
Raynor
Horne
Dykes

Is just the equation for plenty of tries. Hall is the only bed defender out of those, and even then I would only consider is defence inconsistant

byrne
calderwood
tony
yeaman
raynor

Whilst i agree the dropping of Hall annoyed me greatly also i now think Briscoe must be developed into one of our centres for the immediate future.

He reminds me so much of Schofield at that age. I know Schofield came into a supreme team full of experienced players which is different to what Briscoe is doing. But i still feel he has similar skills which must be utilised now.

Agree, Briscoe is a good player, but at 18 still developing both physically and with his game. He needs a good centre to learn from. If thats the right side partnership for next season then Leeds, Saints, Wigan, Bradford will all exploit it

I'd go with that, think using Briscoe week in/out would be a mistake. Don't want to burn the guy out but he should be first one in should there be any loss of form or injuries. After than I would use Byrne, although Byrne will get the nod as he occupies a quota space



Horne/Whiting I would rather see used in the back three of the pack.

My exact thoughts too

i'd go with that

i dont see everyones problem about defence remember we've got crocker and rich horne who can defend between them

calderwood horne hall crocker

on the right wouldn't be as bad some are saying.

Possibly not.

Before his injuries, Calderwood was always faster than Raynor. I remember Raynor being all on for scoring against Leeds a couple of years back when somehow Calderwood caught Raynor up and, as Raynor was diving over the line, managed to knock the ball out of his grasp.

I hope he does as well for you as he did for us. After two years of injuries and Noble he deserves a chance.

Giving Hall a starting centre spot for 2008 was a mistake. He will have learnt from this season, and with a good off season, ideally targeting putting a few kilos on and beefing up his defence, he will improve. We can't give Briscoe the pressure of a starting centre spot for 2009, or we will see his game suffer as Hall's did this season.