hope ur right ,if u are i might buy u another pint when i see u

Can anyone remember when our overseas quota didnt contain at least one back.

I cant

Agar is coach, Luaki(sp) Fitzy, O'Meley, Moa could all end up being backs



Berro may play centre though so that counts

Do you lay in bed stroking yourself whilst thinking of sam moa?

Ughhh!
That sent a shudder through me.

I really hope you are right Wolfie



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I shouldn't but

The pack will be a match for anyone next year. Looking forward to seeing Longy play off the back of it!.

Lets just hope we dont get an injury in the half back positions

Ive got him at number 10 because basically there's no one else. Dowes in on par but to have Cusack not in the 17 would be criminal as he takes a quota spot.

IF Moa re-signs with Hull FC I presume the people on here who wet themselves slagging off the club with retract their criticisms.

Persoanally I remain to be convinced. He is an enthusiatic player but I'm not sure he commands a quota spot.

Looks good on paper but wait til our fugwit coach gets his mits on them

Basil will sort it out

I think hes a good use of a quota spot. In my opinion, quota spots should be used on players that are different to those in England, ie. impact - Palea'aesina, Fa'asavalu, Vagana, Moa etc. Or players that lead a team, ie. B. Hodgson, Barrett, Johns, Swain.

Do you mind? That's a mental image I could [ireally[/i have done without.

Starting pack of

O'Meley
Berrigan
Cusack
Tickle
Fitzgibbon
Washbrook

Bench

Manu
Lauaki
Houghton
Whiting

Moa won't be in front of Radford or Dowes in terms of squad positioning so like I said we need 3 forward injuries to get to Moa being picked is that really worth a quota spot ahead of an outside back/stand off?

I reckon it will be

O'Meley
Berrigan
Cusack
Tickle
Manu
Fitzgibbon

Lauaki
Moa
Dowes / Radford
Houghton / Washbrook / Whiting / Turner

Hope not though.

Washy has to be our 13 next year.

Where? 6. Horne 7. Long 13. Fitzgibbon

Only other option would be 2nd row but we have Manu, Tickle, Radford, Whiting and even Lauaki can play there.

Washbrook is best off been on the bench as he can cover a number of positons and brings alot impact off the bench

Given that he said "Washy has to be our 13 next year" I'd assume he'd play loose forward.

My pack:-

Cusack
Berrigan
O'Meeley
Manu
Fitzgibbon
Washbrook

Moa
Lauaki
Houghton
Tickle/Burnett

Lauaki can come on and play prop or play wider with Fitzgibbon filling in at prop. Tickle/Burnett can be used to cover Manu. Manu is better off the bench but I don't like the dea of Manu, Lauaki and Moa all coming on at the same time. It would give excellent impact but it leaves us short of impact at the start of the match.

He won't be though as agar will play radford or fitz at LF.

IMO we should have let tickle go. He's off at the end of the season anyway and we have far too many back rowers. Would have freed up a decent chunk of cap and let us bring in another 1/2 back potentially. As it is I can see washy, turner and burnett missing out on a regular basis

I agree with that but how do we know tickle actually wanted to go this year? I personally would have tickle ahead of Burnett atm. He can learn from someone like fitz and come in as a starter in 2011.
I'd have
Cusack
Berrigan
O'meley

Fitz
Manu
Washy

Lauaki
Moa
Tickle
Houghton

Suppose we could play washy at 6 if Agar ever had the balls to drop Horne.

Agree with all of that

If we don't play a "proper" LF, we will quickly go on the same downward spiral as this year and last year.

Moa for me should be brought on after 25 minutes of each half