I disagree, i think his catching is probably fine but his passing ability is pretty poor to be honest. He does well at a hit and spin offload but he isnt going to reach out and put someone in a gap.

Ive seen plenty of times Hall opts to take the kick through rather than trust his ability to pass the ball back inside.

I really dont see him as a centre, i certainly dont see him as a centre of the quality he is a winger.

I'm perfectly happy with Hall as the best winger in the comp (IMO) staying on the wing.

I think Watkins will emerge as a fine centre. There are areas he can improve upon but he has rare natural ability.

I think Atkins is big and strong but even now, at his peak, nowhere near as good as Senior was even a year or two past Senior's peak. I think Yeaman is better than Atkins.

I think Smith will be a very adequate centre and would be intrigued to see BJB or Hardaker when they fill out there as well if not now.

These are my opinions.

If Smith wants to be a centre (or long-term anywhere) he needs to get back to the build and style he had before he left for Union. He did a reasonable job in the centres in 2009 without being big at all.

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Anyone see smiths twitter from the other day? might explain a few things....
so happy my friend @lukeburgess87 is playing out of his skin in aus and taking souths to the play offs, couldnt get a game at Leeds Mmmm
Direct quote....

I can only see Twitter having the potential to impact a player's career in a negative way.

What does Kevin Sinfield have to say on his account?

Seems to be mostly about kitchen design. Can't see it being too harmful to him.

rlhttps://twitter.com/#!/kbbdesignerrl

Disappointed this one isn't the real Leeds captain: twitter.com/#!/kev_sinfield he appears to talk a lot of sense.

Disappointed this one isn't the real Leeds captain: twitter.com/#!/kev_sinfield he appears to talk a lot of sense.

Noticed that @Brent_D_Webb79 got into a bit of a shemozzle with a "fan" yesterday...

After Bailey led the way you'd have thought the players would be exceptionally careful about what they write.

i'm with g on this.
i didn't want shenton at leeds and have seen nothing to change my mind since his saints move. very average

We don't need to sign a centre.

We have delaney and watkins.

Outside of that we have ablett and smith who can play there.

We must have plenty of cap space, we must use it on:

- A quality, quality hooker to replace buderus if he leaves.

- A top class front row forward

- A line breaking ball handling back row.

For me, we have too many good youngsters in the backline for the need to sign anyone in that position.

when half the team dont want to be there, yes we do.

Only Watkins out of that wants to play in the centre, but Ablett has been quality in centre. And Delaney wants to be in the second row.

We signed delaney as a centre, isn't that his position?

If he doesn't want to play there then we can get rid of him, then sign a centre in his place.

If no quality available this year, keep hold of buderus.

Yeah there is a point. Leuluai is retiring next year. Peacock hasn't got long left. Griffin hasn't been announced has it?

Kirke ambler and moore are all average. If we take your advice and don't sign a quality front row, in 1/2 seasons our front row could be well and truly shot to sh*t.

End of the day, Delaney isnt even playing in the centres at the minute, and the way were playing with him in the SR/Ablett in centres, why complain?
Griffin has not been announced you are correct, as it cannot be announced untill after 1st September. I cant see another forward coming in after him. Leulaui is retiring at the end of next season, correct, but then Bailey will be in number 8 imo, both Griffin and Moore are on three year contracts apparently, so there going to be here for the near future.

Great, that means we'll be stuck with average for 3 years. These type of players are the 'supporting act' players.

You know, the players who help give depth and spread the workload for 'gun' players. They're fine if they're playing around 'gun' forwards like webkce and that type of player.

Pretty soon we'll have no big guns in the front row.