Watkins is certainly a better player, the fact that he'll be playing for England in the world cup and Lyne won't be says it all. However, in a salary capped sport, I wouldn't want to swap them. Reece Lyne has been outstanding all season and will probably be on far less money than Watkins so I would say he represents significantly better value for money.

Sam Williams is definitely rubbish.

If literally every player at Wakefield is better than their Leeds counterpart and none would be swapped. How on earth are Wakefield lower in the table than a Leeds side which only has one halfback?

Comedy at its finest.

let's face it. we've heard it all before from Huddersfield and Warrington

It's not that the Wakefield players are better, it's that the Leeds players wouldn't bring anything extra to the Wakefield side so it would be pointless swapping. There's a reason that both teams are on equal points in the table with very similar points for and against, and that's that both teams are very evenly matched

Yeah except that one of those teams has a player who has won 5 super league titles, 2 WCC, 2 Challenge cups, 2 league leaders shields a Baskerville shield over 200 hundred super league tries, an international rookie of the year award, a lance Todd trophy and 32 international tries in 32 international appearances and the other has Mason Caton-Brown.

The reason Leeds and Wakefield are level on points is that Leeds squad is hugely imbalanced.

Cuthbertson would be a first choice prop in any SL side, personally thought he should have won MOS instead of Hardaker.
Apart from maybe Clarke, Parcell has got to be the best hooker in the competition this season, wouldn't mind Ablett as well tbh.

And Cas lately. TBH it's nice to have a little bit of spice back in these west Yorkshire games with all teams competing at the right end, long may it continue.

Yep, and Caton-Brown has scored more tries in less games, and has made nearly a metre more in every carry. Sad state when the stats for a back up winger in the lowest value squad are better than those for a "world class" player

Even sadder state when you get so overexcited by half a season of relevance (not even success just relevance) that you are seriously trying to put together an argument thsy Mason Caton-Brown is better than Ryan Hall.

Jesus even the Huddersfield fans waited until they got to finals before claiming to be the new kings, your 4th. After half a season

Caton browns metres per carry could be inflated by the long range tries and interceptions that wakey have been very good at this year. Both he and Bjb have had great service this year and took their chances. I rate both and wanted Leeds to be in for Caton Brown the other year when he went to Salford.

Hall on the other hand has lived off scraps (and to a certain extent has done since Senior retired). The vast majority of Halls yards come in bad ball and personally I wouldn't swap him for any winger in the league, Maybe Manfredi but Hall hardly misses a game.

In terms of Wakey players who have caught my eye, obviously Johnstone, Miller brings much the same as Moon does in the halves as n off the cuff runner. Personally think your most underrated player is Tinaru Aroana (sp?)

As others have said it's nice to see you doing well, you seem to have found players that have bought into wakey and aren't all simply cast offs. They have careers in front of them, which ties into the fact you seem to be trying to compete rather than survive.