That's tenuous to say the least

Well lets put paid to any ideas of signing Paul Cooke, he is hardly Mr Clean now is he? Perhaps there are some players in the championship who are looking to Move On Up to the Super League that we should be looking at? Or maybe an existing SL player who simply needs a Brand New Start?

Or perhaps an old boy re-signing. Jamie Peacock Suit perhaps?

Just a note comparing mumby - kearney does neither a favour! I was not old enough to see the great man but met him a few times, and heard enough to suggest he was without doubt one of the best 1:1 tacklers around.However they played in two different era's of the game and demands on the modern full back are different, for a start the modern full back is now more a player based around attacking moves and linked to half backs - tomkins,lockyer,wellens examples of players who started either at half back or full back and moved to the other...... Last season i think Kearney was a lot stronger defensively when played at the back. I have felt he has not been himself in a few games this season so maybe he is playing on with an injury. One on one I think Platt was very good defensively it was his errors from free balls that did him in.

Fair one but how many teams have a defensive fullback now?
I wish I could see him but I cant. 70 tries sounds good but did he not play something like 600 games for us?
I just think the comparison is a bit sketchy... like comparing lockyer to wally lewis and people would have a gird if i compared langley to dwyer.Do not get me wrong I am not trying to put down mumby at all just suggesting a comparison is not the best, compare diskin to jimmy and it is not a contest. We have had the luxury of some fantastic players over recent years and i think we become guilty of expecting every player we sign to immeadiatly become the best player we have ever had in that position i.e. mumby.

It is also worth remembering Mumby was part time, probably 2 nights a week team training. Although I've no doubt he would be a star in today's game I am not sure it would be at FB.

From the Yorkshire Post Sports section today- re Castleford v Hull FC. Villain Ryan McGoldrick-defensive performance was dire;the prerquisite for any fullback is the ability to tackle. It is what I have ben saying all along.
Incidentally Featherstone's Ian Hardman scored two tries against Super-league newcomers for next season Widnes.

Why should anyone on here care about the Cas full back? Also, just because someone else puts their opinion in a newspaper's report, it's still an opinion and not something that has changed my mind about fullbacks. Their defence isn't that important.

I would say it's a pre requisite of any RL player to be able to tackle. The best defender on the pitch should be in the line stopping the break and letting the opposition gain field position.

in fairness, kearney was better yesterday in defence. if you have a really good defensive player you would want them to be tackling a lot more than a full back should.

Back to the players mentioned, elliot kear would be a good addition. looked a good player yesterday

so did reardon outside a decent

I'm really surprised he hasn't been snapped up - he's probably their standout young star

Could be case that he has been signed up but by a club which hasnt announced its new signings yet. Leeds have been suspiciously quiet and cant believe that they wont have some new players coming in.

He's Wigan bound.

Balls. I really hoped we'd try and get him.

Do you want to hazard a guess as to how many of the players in the current mid-table championship team will feature for Widnes in SL next year? My suspicion would be not that many.