Derail alert??

Had his scan and not as bad is it might have been, but still needs further tests to determine how long he'll be out. Graeme Horne out for a bit as well as he needs surgery on his hand. Hopefully Berro, Tony, Raynor and King all back in contention vs Warrington.

Thanks for info.

Lets add peter cusack to that too!

Oh dear

Nah. I'd rather not make myself look stupid, thanks.

The guys 17-18 stone and never breaks a tackle or makes an impact for his size, dont get me wrong he does a good job in defence but so he should with his size. Another stats player like radford, probably two players first on the team sheet but unimpressive to watch!

Wasn't that him breaking tackles to score north of the border ?

Must have been one of those optical illusion thingies.

And in my opinion he doesnt do that enough!

It was the phrase "NEVER breaks a tackle" in your post that completely threw me.

out for 6 weeks

I completely disagree with every single part of your post apart from the "third prop" thing which hasn't proved itself to work yet. However, perhaps it was the only option available to us while Washy and Whiting were injured and, therefore, unavailable to play 13. I think it would be a good idea to rotate Radders with Tickle to give Tickle a rest and offer us a change of style during the match.

well diagnosed Doctor Wolf

Oh yes sorry I forgot that "he does all the things that we don't notice" I really must watch more carefully !!!!

I really cannot understand exactly why we signed him, why he has been given extensions sice then or why he is the captain. It absolutely baffles me !!! He is mediocrity personified and he is one of the biggest examples of why our squad is so ordinary.

He works hard and applies himself, FULL STOP. If we actually want to compete with the best, which I don't think is the No. 1 priority of our board BTW, we need rid of players of his ilk (and we do have a lot of them) and we need to bring in some real go-forward in our pack, a world class SH and some quality and strike to our centres.

While JR and KH are more interested in prioritising things off-the-field and looking after the balance sheet, it's just not going to happen. We are run like a very successful business and, unlike our sickly little neighbours, success on the field is not the No.1 priority and the signing and re-signing of the likes of Radford only confirm that for me.

ive not diagnosed anything,just know hes out for 6 weeks

Amen Brother!!!!!

Finally a black a white speaking sense!!

Most top sides have 2nd rower running forwards who can break tackles, off load and create tries. Pualleta, O'loughlin - even Galea - we have plodders and tackle, Ok theres Manu but he's that wide that our 1 up drives never get the ball to him!!! We have no tackle busting props - except from 10 min Sam ( Now dropped for being our best player against Salford in the cup). We re-sign players who did so poorly last year. Even when Agar promised his 'Big clearout' after the derby defeat.

Firstly, lets hope Manu recovers soon whatever his injury because he is one of our best attacking options when played correctly. By that I mean coming off the bench in short spells to provide impact.
He has taken a bit of stick lately for being lazy but he has just had to play more game time than he should and shouldn't be slagged off for holding his hands up tp play.
However, with Bernet fit and looking like a very good prospect indeed, when Manu does return hopefully the pair can be interchanged throughout the game.
On the Radford issue I think he has bulked up to the size of a prop and that should be where he plays. But not as a third prop on the field as that is very negative in my opinion. He works hard and does the hard graft but as mentioned ealier in another post we have options for the loose position in abundance, Washy, Whiting,Tickle or Lee for eg.

And Jamie Thackray....



And they have Luauki, it's not their fault the visa people are dragging their feet.

But please you carry on.

And the big clearout?
Webster and Wheeldon?

What relevancy does that have to the post I quoted?



I almost wish we had a game this week, at least then you'd be whinging about something relevant.

You quoted a post which spoke of the after Rovers clearout.

Fikking hope not, that would be worse than Reardon, Webster 1st time, Faumuina and Mavia all put together!

Could have been worse I guess, just hope Motu comes back so we can play Horne at 6 and get Washy to 13 where he belongs.