Way, way too early to say any of that. The guy played twice at wing, was out injured for a week and came back as centre. How stupid was that of Potter? Stupid, that's what it was. Foster is inexperienced and unused to dealing with the big blokes. Over time we'll either see him develop or disappear. Likewise with Lomax, who has gone backwards with his ball skills although he has been out of action for 10 weeks so no surprise really that he is match rusty.

And besides, we don't know why virtually the whole team decided to regress to a few weeks ago tonight. Few senior players exactly did the jersey justice, did they?

Foster,Lomax,Wheeler= not good enough for SL

Its not too early to say he doesn't seem ready for the step up to Super League rugby. The lad has potential, but this isn't reserve grade. You're right to say he's inexperienced and right to say he isn't used to playing against 13 fully developed players every week. He will be, but he isn't just yet.

I intended to stress that it may be a wee bit too early for Foster to play regularly. I know for now he is a stop gap replacement until the likes of Meli and Wheeler get back into the side, but the few people on here who thought he should replace Meli on a full time basis after the Leeds match are very misguided.

and what happened to flannery?

felt sorry for the lad, he never got a chance to make up for the mistakes.

But what I'm saying is that it is too early to make that judgement since he's only had three games and he's already been asked to switch places (and let's face it, Potter does like to experiment - by his own confession too). Had he played on the wing with, say, Roby playing centre (assuming Flannery was injured although I've no idea whether he was) then he could well have had a better game. He is perfectly capable of putting in some great defensive moves but his line defence isn't yet strong enough. That could be positioning and/or strength and/or style. Only time will tell but I don't think three games is enough to say that he is not yet ready for the step up, especially when half the team were misfiring.

Nope. Potter preferred to put him out then pull him out, no doubt undermining his confidence in the process.

Wheeler is the better of the three, but where is he? He misses far more games than he's available for.

Not true this season actually. He was tackled over the hoardings at Hull KR and continued to play with stitches in but they became infected and so he missed a game or two. He got a wrist injury in training and that is why he is missing at present. How serious that is I don't know. But had he not ended up over the hoardings at Hull KR, he would have so far missed two games, which many of our players have this season. Meli alone has put in a good stint of injury and now Wello will be on his third absence, no doubt.

There was a time when Eastmond appeared to be made of glass, but not this season. Wheeler is more than likely having a bad run with injuries. It's his ability that was being questioned, and for me he has shown he can mix it at this level already.

I do think people are a bit harsh on Foster I think the problem is injuries (& maybe Potter). If you think about left centre I think Foster would be about 6th choice.ie Soliola, Wheeler, Dean, Flannery and perhaps even Wilkin ahead of him. It does seem that whoever is played their gets an injury, & with Roger M out forcing Lomax back in on the wing it was a recipe for a c*ck up, and that, unfortunately, is what occurred.

Foster really needs to improve physically, it will help his game no end, he is just too small for the intensity of SL.

This thread is to morons what UV light is to a fly. Talk about feckless.