We should go after Tanginoa at Wakey much more explosive than Thompson & his best years ahead.

Decent shout that

I think you are trying to get out of a hole on this one , Handley has been a success story over the last 2 or 3 years yet you continuely slated him , with little or no support from elsewhere . Now we all give opinions and some prove to be incorrect , but you continued your barrage against him when he clearly was one of our better players (not just my opinion but of the majority of posters on here ) .

He must be rubbish, been selected for England!

Been saying that for a few months now Mark re Tanginoa and a much better prospect than Fafita imo.
I also said I liked the effort Battye puts in and thought he was good in his early Sheffield days.
He along with Tanginoa would be a much cheaper option than Fafita.

Isnt Tanginoa more of a back rower, i feel we need an out and out prop.If affordable both would be nice.

Thompson has signed an extension according to LE

Complete waste of a quota spot.

Been a really good signing for us this year but no way is he worth a quota spot.

Yep. Joke of s signing

Depends on what we've got planned for the rest of the quota spots, if the either of the Tom Burgess or Luke Thompson signing rumours are true this makes a bit of sense.

Agree Christopher. People need to remember the game is in a financial crisis too. We don’t have mega bucks to splash. Bodene has gone well to date and fitted in really well. It will be a cheap deal stiffens our pack and leaves whatever we have spare for a good prop and maybe a 6 though I feel a 6 will be a bit off yet

Would much rather any one of our young back rowers got all of Thompson's minutes. Same with Donaldson. Two complete garbage players. Play the kids.

To waste a quota spot on Thompson is absolutely criminal.

Donaldson, Garbage?

Give over.

Several months ago I would probably have agreed that we should be giving the kids a chance.
But as it stands now the likes of Donaldson in particular have proved their worth this season.
Whilst Thompson might not be the star we are looking for I do see the merits in having him around.
He can do the hard graft and won`t take a backward step or be intimidated like perhaps the younger blokes might.
As for Donaldson I wish we had a few more like him who week in and week out puts his body on the line.
Playing alongside experienced players will do no harm to the development of the kids going forward and takes some of the pressure off them in the meantime.