I agree.

We need a decent kicking game to emerge from somewhere.

I'm also hoping that across myler, lolohea and mcClelleand we will have some competition in the halves and also some diversity.

Yes agreed mate. McLelland has a lot of development in him, but I like the video clips I’ve seen. He has some skills and a bit of whack in defence too. It won’t do Myler any harm to be one of three rather than one of one in any case.

I think he’s a different player to what he was at Warrington. He’s now the player he should have been when Briers retired.

I spent most of last season thinking that he’s too good for us tbh. He had a huge task on his hands last year and I’d imagine had many thoughts of “why have I come here?”. No structure, woeful pack, woeful half back partner etc. I’d love to have seen a McGuire / Myler partnership, it’d have been very dangerous.

I'm hoping that in McClelland we have someone with a decent kicking game. If he's been playing 10 in Union he should be able to kick a ball well enough.

I've thought for a while watching both games that any reasonable Union 10 would kick 40-20s all day long

TBH I think the lad has a very solid all-round game. Not sure he is Nikorima-quick, but he can defend hard and I like that in a half. Quite aggressive.

Junior Sa'u available i think,thoughts.

Centre isn’t a position we need

Castleford have been admirers for a while

Re Myler, hopefully Furner will have the sort of influence on him that he did on Adam Reynolds at Souths. Reynolds was always a super kicker, but played like a robot in attack and had no running game at all. Last year he flourished as part of a completely revamped attack, and started to look like a proper halfback.

In terms of kicking, isn't a lot down to practice and getting proper training? Myler may never have a massive boot on him, but with proper instruction and the sort of extra hours the best put in, surely he can get up to a decent standard?

So Merrin on his way this time.

Yes looks that way. Actually a very good signing in theory. Three concerns: can we get him and keep him fit? Isn’t a 4 year Marquee deal highly risky? And what position will we play him in (do we need a second Ferres..?)

Id have thought we'd have announced the England player you mentioned by now plus we still have another quota spot.

Trent Merrin confirmed, 4 year deal https://www.therhinos.co.uk/2018/11/15/ ... e-signing/

Trent Merrin confirmed, 4 year deal https://www.therhinos.co.uk/2018/11/15/ ... e-signing/

I think most of us would be happy if the first Ferres turned up every now and then, instead of his obese twin.

I didn’t think we had a chance of this signing. I’m quite sure he’ll be our new captain too