Sorry guys i havent been in England since March! my dad tells me Halley is back at fullback! And worrincy is rocking the second row! Tell me more wots happened to Platt? injured? how Halley playing? always been a Halley fan, he can catch it on the full unlike the rest of our team!

Best to have a look at the last few games for Halley catching on the full.

Had to feel for Platty after the performance against Saints.

I'm sure this will turn into a Platt hating thread, not helped by the thread title. (which has now been changed!!!)

Anyway Platt was doing well and he looked our best player for a couple of games, Halley then came back off loan and Platt got moved to centre, a position I believe he hasn't played in years. It didn't start off well but then he put in a good performance again against Saints, he did however miss out on Saturday.

Halley has been poor in my eyes, his attacking play is good as always but his tackling is poor, especially when he is the last man, I've noticed in the last couple of games more than ever he is getting simply trampled over! Oh and as already said check out his catching in the last couple of games.

Platt's been playing really well, when selected, a lot of time out of position at centre. I don't think "Platt the pr8t" is called for btw.

Or a Halley hating thread as just quite a few seem to turn into.

I know what you're getting at but thats not the right sequence to fill someone in on whats happened to Platt;

Halley was recalled and started a few games from the bench impressing each time he came on. Platt was dropped to the bench for the Leeds game after the catalan cup debacle (he was ill in the lead up to the Leeds game IIRC) where he was an unused sub. He then came of the bench at Wakey in the centre following the season ending injury to crookes. With us having no left for the wire game he played in the where he had an absolute shocker (but then so did most of the others). He kept the slot for the Saints game where he did very well indeed considering its not his prefered position, he was then dropped from the squad altogether for the Murryfield match which might seem harah but we had our first choice partnership back fit and was the correct call IMHO.

Platt was playing well in a poor team early on this season only making the odd mistake that all FB's make from time to time and his critcs this year were unfairly hammering any little mistake because of his reputation from last year. (the catalan error was a shocker though.) His problem is that since he left the FB position the team has put some results together, the two things might not be linked but it wont help him get back in the team as Halley has done nothing to suggest he needs dropping from FB.

Not much to argue with in the above, and also well done for changing the thread title.

Not seen one myself before but plenty against Platt, I like both of them myself and hate it when our fans get on either of their backs, the last thing a player running low on confidence needs is their own fans throwing insults at them.

Fair comment, I gave the highlights and you gave the full match commentry )

Halley will never be a great FB, he is simply not big enough. Platt has all the necessary physical attributes, it's the mental side he needs to sort.

Halley is about the same size as Brent Webb and Halley's pace means that he consistently finds gaps on kick returns and marks more ground before the defensive gets up to him.

Platt isn't as bad as people make out and one day once he gets his head straight might be a decent player but at the moment he is behind Halley and I can't see that changing.

Webb has much more in attack, not necessarily direct pace. He does tend to have a better defence in front of him than Halley which disguises his own vulnerability in defence.