Quote: Greg Florimos Boots "There is obviously logic behind Lilley signing. Aston is now very clear 4th choice behind our halves and you can't blame him after been unable to lock down a place in wanting to move to play regular rugby given where he is in his career. Their have been rumors that Kyle Wood may not be hear next season which leaves us in a position of needing a bench hooker and if that player happens to be able to cover in the halves then that would be a bonus as we would be down to 3 players and with Woody at FB they would all be starting so we would need some cover.
I can't say I would be too excited about Lilley signing but to be fair to Grix he has not got too many wrong so far in his short career and I wasn't too excited about Aston signing but I think its fair to say he has proved a lot of people wrong. It could also be Lilley's last chance to move to a big championship club which could be motivation for him after playing at Bradford for a while in a style of rugby that really does not suit his game.'"
Yep as I posted going with just 2 halves would be risking it and SG knows full well the benefits of having players with the utility value.
Kyle has been a bit or maybe more than a bit underwhelming imho and wouldn't be surprised if an agreement could be reached for him to move on if we could find a replacement.
On the other hand if Kyle stays and if we are left with just JK and LJ, KW could cover the 7 spot as well as 9 certainly for a short term injury.
Regarding the 6,7 and 9 options I was hoping that we could have got Tom Holmes which obviously hasn't happened.
The main obstacle and lack of logic to signing Lilley as a third choice half is the amount of money he is reportably on at Bradford and I can't see us wanting to match that or him take a pay cut.
Just have to wait and see.