It would now appear that the main reason Furner was sacked was because of a personality clash with Sinfield. Was Sinfield encroaching on Furner and cramping his style? Or was Sinfield resisting what Furner wanted to do with the squad eg getting rid and recruitment? Either way Sinfield does not come out of this well.

In my opinion a Director of Rugby should be responsible for all matters concerning rugby at the club with the exception of the first team squad which should be the total responsibility of the head coach. By the way at Super League level I wish we would use the term 1st team manager as in football and not head coach. You only should have one Captain of a ship and a senior head coach will not be happy having a DOR chipping away on his shoulder.

Sinfield was a great player and captain (aided for much of the time by JP) but he has no qualifications or experience as a senior manager, nor has he any coaching qualifications. So I fail to see what he brings to the party other than GH distancing himself from responsibility. So far he has not improved the side's performances one jot in his year in charge despite having 3 new coaches to help since Mac was sacked. Yet during this time he has recruited half a team including 2 marquee signings which is something never afforded to Mac despite the very serious injury crisis we had two years running. Sinfield's lack of man management experience could have cost us a manager and must have distracted Furner, Sinfield's team selections were odd when he was coach last year and those same odd choices were taken on by Furner which rather suggests Sinfield's influence.

KS now an be seen sitting next to Agar at matches which shows he is not able to delegate. None of this bodes well for a new coach.

As a 20 year old half I'd say his critics would be seeing a more consistent player truer to his capability, if he was playing alongside a fit and in form Gale.

So what do you think will be seen when he is with Richardson?

Yep not a flat track bully, got plenty of time to develop, but potential does not always equate to real talent, one great game against a dire Hull side does not make him the world beater some are making out, see where he is at when he is 22-23.

We have a fair number of young players of a similar age and younger who will frustrate sometimes. There is some real good talent coming through across the game at the moment which is great to see - you look at players like Welsby at Saints and he has England FB written all over him already.

Isn’t this thread kinda dead now by the way...?

His CV dosnt just consist of one great game against Hull, he's had plenty of good games aswel as a few bad ones, theres a clear middle ground between flat track bully and world beater, at 20 yearold, Truemans at the higher end of that middle ground for me, certainly ahead of the curve of where you'd expect a 20 yearold half to be.

As you say, potential dosnt always equate to real talent, but thats nothing new, it applys to every young player. Hopefully Trueman goes on to fulfill his potential .