There's just something about him that means I've never worried about him being up to the task, I'd never worry about him being under pressure, I don't worry about him in defence, I've faith in him as a desicion maker, I know he'll put his body on the line for the team, I know he presents a danger in attack.
I don't know if he'll make a GB/England player. I don't know if he'll be a centre, a stand off or even a full back. I do know that (injuries permitting) whichever SL team he plays for will be glad to have him.

well put sir

What team would you go for next year?

I'd have:

Wellens
Lomax - needs game time, faster than Gardner and probably better
Gidley
Pryce - Not good enough this year to play SO
Meli
Wheeler - Good enough to be thrown in
Eastmond
Graham
Cunningham
Fozzard
Soliola - Not a centre
Wilkin
Roby

Moore
Fa'asavalu
Puletua
Clough

I think we have a really strong squad for next year with plenty of opportunity to rotate and rest forwards as there is also Hargreaves, Flannery, Ashurst, Magennis, Dixon.

Hopefully we will find time to fit in game time for Foster, Frodsham and more of the younger players. Alos not many teams will look forward to us having Soliola, Fa'asavalu, Puletua and Graham all on the pitch at once.

Why maurie? He was excellent for most of the season.

He doesn't have the same impact on a game when he comes on. Super League defences know exactly how to deal with him. A few seasons back, it was like 'here comes Maurie' & you could tell the opposition were thinking 'frigging hell, we've gotta deal with him now'. These days, I actually think they fancy there chances of smashing him & dislodging the ball.

He always seems to lose the ball-I actually panic when he gets it. He tries daft offloads at times.

Thats just my opinion though mate. To his credit, he does give 100% every game.

that's not his game anymore though where he comes on and makes a couple of great runs and then goes off again. Nowadays he is playing more minutes, making good yards and defending well, more like a proper prop. He can be a little careless with the ball every now and again but still the 2nd best prop at the club IMO.

Some other club may take him on loan and his salary ofcourse.

I'd fully agree with that.

I'd fully agree with that too.

Though given your assessment of him, which is correct, in that he's looked assured, defended well, made breaks but hasn't shown much of a kicking game or the ability to direct a team around, hows that differenct to Pryce?

I think Pryce has all the qualities to be a great full back - he would need to work on the positional aspect but he is ideal for a full back, running in broken play, joining the line, supporting breaks and providing the link in attack.

He's big and strong enough, decent under a high ball and decent tackler - he would certainly be far more dangerous than 'the snail' going forwards and he could easily make the england No1 shirt his.

My guess though is that he wouldn;t have the appetite to play at 1 and learn a new position.

Pryce is garbage under the bomb though.

Wellens (Lomax)
Gardner (Foster)
Gidley
Wheeler
Meli
Pryce (Wheeler)
Eastmond
Graham
Moore (Cunningham)
Fozzard
Soliola/Flannery
Puletua
Wilkin

Clough
Roby
Maurie
Dixon/Ashurst/Bryn/Cunningham/Magennis/etc etc

Tricky when you get to the pack. Flannery would be fighting it out with Soliola for the No.11 for me. Clough to come off the bench with Maurie allows for no Bryn (sorry Bryn).

I'd start with Moore. Cunningham really should only be used as backup now. Forget Eddie salivating over him ever winning MOS, his form just isn't up to it now. Crunching defence yes, and still dangerous near the line, but we need to blood Moore now and allow Roby to try and mature from a 'scooter' to a distributor.

Solid, dependable < Monstorus defender who can knock out props for fun

Flannery has a job on showing why he got those SOO calls IMO