I don't reckon that would do our chances of silverware any good.

might be worth taking a step backwards for the long term good.....gives us 12 months to find a new scrum half (assuming that no-one from the reserves steps up), whilst retaingin Moore and keeping KC on for a bit longer.

I'd have to agree, i think moore looks like the best young english hooker at the moment, i wouldn't want him to go to someone else longterm

Watching him Friday night and in the other games i've seen him this year he's been outstanding. I'd personally look at giving him a shot in the mid season England team vs France because we're crying out for a sarting hooker that can control a game and get the forwards moving.

As for his long term future at Saints it does look in the balance really. He will surely be looking at moving on if Cunningham doesn't retire and with the way he's playing i can't see that being for another season or 2.

A nice problem to have though i suppose.

there are worse problems to have. I would like to see kc lead us out in the new stadium, but as you say moore wont wait forever.

www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher ... ynast.html interview with Wayne Bennett which sums this dilemma up perfectly: "You have a 20-year-old who is not as good as your 30-year-old pro but you know that he is going to be, he has got all the right attributes, so you take a short-term loss for a long-term gain."

www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher ... ynast.html interview with Wayne Bennett which sums this dilemma up perfectly: "You have a 20-year-old who is not as good as your 30-year-old pro but you know that he is going to be, he has got all the right attributes, so you take a short-term loss for a long-term gain."

A mistake I think we are very easily in danger of making with the likes of Long and Cunningham.

I suspect if Eastmond hadnt got injured he would have played in a number of games this season.

We certainly need him fit and starting some of the lesser games. As he needs to get another 10 or 15 games under his belt this season, in order to have some experience to handle things when Longy retires.

at least one of those 2 has to be released at the end of this year.

They way both of them have played and with injuries taken into account then surely if one of them had to go its must be S Long?

This is very interesting readin.. www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... eason=2009

This is very interesting readin.. www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... eason=2009

Why?

Because i am unaware of another hooker at hudds, not that i'm terribly bothered either way, just he is a 10 years (ish) younger so should be playing more minutes