Incredible

36 year old and 60 tackles in a game is simply incredible. However I do worry how long he can keep this up but at the minute I'm more than happy to watch him go

One of the best signings our great club has ever made

Absolutely as i put on the match thread a total one off Freak clearly not a mere mortal but a machine.
However we have to start sharing his work load or could be done by easter.

No Doubt.

Obviously he cannot go on for ever so we just have to savour him for as long as it does last.We all said he was being flogged last year but his performances never dropped away and he has started where he left off this year.I would go as far as saying he is the only player in our squad who if you took out right now (and i include Sinfield), would mean we couldn't win silverware this year, he is that Key.

BT- To be fair Kylie was less of a pasenger last year and again its 1 year further down the line so managing his game time will be even more key this year imo of course.

I agree.I said back end of last year i think Kylie has started on his steep decline and i still believe that.OK, he can do short stints and hold his own but i would be looking at giving the Lions share of front row work to Singleton and Bailey alongside JP.

Let's not worry too much about replacing him (as fans) because it's pretty much an impossible job. Let's just enjoy these next 2 years. The man is incredible-an absolute warrior. There are few players who can claim to be bona fide legends of 2 clubs like JP can. Either his Leeds career or his Bradford career would make him an all time great. The fact he has both and such longevity makes him by far the best British forward of his generation in my opinion.

The man does the work of 2 props. We're going to need a couple of quality props to replace him.

Not a case of "replacing him" imo its getting better players around him to help him with his work load and therefore lessen the impact as much as possible when the inevitable retirement happens.

I've made the argument before that limiting his minutes probably has little impact. His body will still be a mess the next couple of days if he plays 30, 50 or 70 minutes. The best scenario for me would be to give him a week off every so often where he can rest his completely and not do the build up, game or recovery.

As much potential as Singleton has he needs looking after a bit as well-I have no real issue with his game time tonight. Their pack looked impressive on paper tonight and just shielding him from the limelight this early in the year may have benefits at the business end of the season.

I was thinking ahead to the season after next. Incidentally, it looks like Carvell has picked up a bad injury tonight, so in hindsight it maybe a good thing that we didn't go for him, and Asotasi looks like another overseas player here for a holiday.

Fair points Andy and that's where our coach has failed in the past with his squad rotation/management imo.

There aren't that many seasoned props going to be available. Griffin was that and never really looked the part. Developing singleton and Delaney to play in that position maybe out best bet. And then who else we can bring through in the next couple of years. Will be interesting to see how Yates goes as well

I agree to an extent, although some of the criticism of him is way too much. Neither Smith or Bluey rotated well at times either.

Smith did during his first couple of years, and Bluey always seem to show faith in the young players.

Smith gets lots of credit for rotating a lot but that's not how I remember his tenure as a whole. MacDermott has shown faith in young players too-and developed young players who were already established first teamers. If we're going to criticise him for everything let's praise him too. BJB, Watkins, Hardaker, clarkson, singleton, ward, sutlciffe have all developed since he's been coach. I don't for a second think it's all down to him but when he's thought a player's good enough he's not been scared to throw them in.