.....Smith will have to battle it out with Webb for FB ( who can cover the halves ).

However IF the club does sign a world class centre then BJB should be given first shot at FB.
New guy and Hall to centre, Watkins and Hardaker on the flanks.

....although Wilson might yet spoil the party

















......and Chisholm

Ryan Atkins is currently the best English centre running around in the competition even if he remains a poor man's Keith Senior (when at a comparable age.)

Give over tvoc. All for understanding peoples opinions, but even a Warrington fan would be hard pushed to come out with that one.

He's playing well, but he's miles away from the best English centre in the comp.

Yeaman and Cudjoe, are in a different league to him.

I still don't rate Atkins all that highly. He's a good finisher, but lacks creativity. He offers a bit of strike power outside and Wire make him a lot of chances. I still think he'd look more ordinaryin a less free-scoring team. I also think he still struggles to put his winger away (or a 1,6 or 7 in side almost as often) in any but the easiest circumstances (of which Wire create plenty with big overlaps) which is the number 1 trait I like to see in a centre.

He's good enough, but I still think he's a bit over-rated.

If you didn't allow posters to over-rate English centres it'd be difficult to rate them at all.

True dat.

Why should I give over expressing a honestly held opinion? I shan't be asking any Warrington fans btw as I see enough RL (all SL teams - and not just when they are playing Leeds) to form my own views.

Atkins has improved out of sight since his move to Warrington or to be more precise since the arrival of Coach Smith. He may just be reflecting the current state of his club though .... only time will tell if and when they return to the pack.

I hear a lot about Yeaman but never really see it. Rose sharply but for me plateaued a few years ago. Perhaps needs a new environment to progress but I fancy he is more than happy to tread water where he is, firmly in the comfort zone.

The impression I get with Yeaman is that he catches the eye readily (scores a lot of tries, comes up with some big defensive plays occasionally) but doesn't do some of the basics too well. For ever big tackle there seems to be at least one occasion when he's mysteriously absent from the line, or has gone haring out into no-man's land and been by-passed. He's also another who doesn't seem to have the best handling skills.

It may just be that I haven't seen enough of him lately.

Watkins excites me.

Watkins on the dazzle with ball in hand does it for me.

That sounds horrific and shouldn't be viewable by a family audience.

It was a figure of speech. Lincoln and Leeds are not that far apart, so don't pretend.