will be good to almost be on an even keel with the oppostion for a change.(if the above are back)

Assuming Pryce isn't back, out of the above three, Lomax is the star. While Eastmond has shown us in the past he is a talent, his contribution in games this season has been dissapointing. Gaskell, while not the star Lomax is, has proved an excellent foil for Lomax's attack, adding steady distribution and a long kicking game to our armoury.

Eastmond would probably get the "back" slot on the bench, as he could cover a few different positions.

If Leon and wheeler return soon, who will miss out?

Before all the injuries Jamie foster was the player missing out or he was the outside back on the bench that Royce likes.

IMO Pryce at 6 and lomax at 7 in the halves would be very good.


If wheeler reclaims his centre spot that will leave meli and foster fighting it out for the wing spot. If Kyle is to be the outside back as you've put in your post then either meli or foster lose out. ( or even ade)

I dont think we afford to leave out foster with his kicking,
2 points could be a big difference, take hull and cas as an example!

Foster has to start for kis kicking, which means we have a real log jam in the halfs. Although Pryce is our best and most experienced 6, I really cant see him being here next year,particularaly with hohaia arriving. I would like to see Lomax and Wheeler string a few games together at 6 and 7, they are our best combination for mine. Gaskell will have to bide his time, which is unfortunate for him, but good for the squad.

Leon replied last night saying he gets his scan results on Thursday.

While I agree that that would be a fantastic partnership with ball in hand, it would leave us without a specialist kicking game. With that in mind, injuries permitting, I'd be tempted to put Wheeler (his kicking against Wigan was awesome - I'm assuming that wasn't a one off) or Gaskell in there. No idea who I'd leave out ... nice problem to have though.

Foster should be first choice and IMO should have started this season as first choice as he was our best winger at the back end of last year.

I suspect it would be Ade that lost out in that situation, although his form has been good, Foster's kicking is invaluable and Meli's attacking threat is one of the highest on the squad.

That is assuming no one else in the squad could take up the kicking. Lomax has knocked a few over this year, hasn't he?

Lomax is a very good goal kicker himself, but Foster is still a cut above.

He has, but he's nowhere near the standard of Foster.

No, but I remember him getting some pretty difficult ones.

Foster's a good kid and has been solid for us, but I hope we're never in the situation when we're held ransom by his kicking in order to leave out better wingers.

I've not seen as many matches as I'd like to this season, but I don't think I've seen Foster put a foot wrong yet. He might not have much pace, but he's a good finisher, a handy kick returner, he's got good hands and a brain as well. Goal kicking aside, I think he's in on merit. After catching State of Origin this morning though, I must say it would be nice to have a winger somewhere within a country mile of the standard they seem to be churning out over there.

I don't believe Foster is a one trick pony as many seem to make out. The fact he has 10 tries to his name which is 5th in SL shows he can do more than just kick. He is an excellent finisher. He's solid and reliable in defence and under the bomb and whilst he's not got Darren Albert's pace he certainly couldn't be considered slow.

He's currently the leading point scorer in SL.

He's safe, he has a habit of taking a ball out of the air in difficult situations, he also tends to be in the right place at the right time to cover breaks and kick throughs.
I don't think he has the physical extreme to be a top class winger (pace of strength), but, given he used to be a centre and therefore must have some ball handling skills, so would like to see him get a run at full back sometime where he can show those talents off.