Cos they have too much money. Sorry to say this but players going there are chasing the money.

Of course they are. And I have a suspicion it will bite them on the backside eventually in the same way it is doing Leigh. Players more bothered about the pay day and don't give two sheets about the club.

I didn't see anything from Butler-Fleming today that made him seem a better option than Ross Oakes

Agreed and Ricketts should be pushing the wingers close with a Hat-trick mid week. Fortunately for them though Grant picked one up today and Ethan hasn't done anything wrong.

JBF should be given his chance to prove his worth, however.

I'm still not convinced on Oakes for reasons highlighted earlier.

I only saw bits of the stream today and not the whole game. While JBF didn't stand out in what I saw, he also didn't show a massive weak spot like Oakes has at times. And he's not as "heavy" as Lee Smith who he replaced. I'd be happy to give him chance to gel into the side before I judge him one way or the other.

Hard to judge from just yesterday's game because he never got the ball in space. None of our backs did because we barely managed to string a set of passes together. Grant's three tries were all from kicks. Gibson is completely removing Ryan as an attacking threat in our side through his poor centre play.

Wasn't Butler-Fleming on Ryan's side (and Lee Smith in previous games)?

Yeah you're right he was


I think my point is that our centre/wing partnerships aren't proving very fruitful so far this season.

He looked far from match fit to me.

The new guy looked like exactly that. I expect an improvement when he's settled in.

The main reason I'd like to see Oakes back.

I like Oakes and he's a great "winger's centre" but his defence is a weakness and is the reason he's been left out thus far.