I wouldn't touch him with a barge pole. OK while his team is on top & he has space to kick, but hopeless under pressure, shocking passing, can't tackle & is slower than a sloth. His kicking is mediocre unless it is peeing down.

When can he start?

Does anybody know what the situation is with our cheaper version of Fui Fui Moi Moi is. Not a mention anywhere in the last few week, we know he's not injured, a loan move seems unlikely, who wants him??. Disappeared off the radar

Having said this I fully expect to read in tomorrow's T&A that he's signed for Leeds on loan for rest of season

Nope not a clue.

Irks me that Lowes persisted with him in crucial games last year while every fan could see he wasn't good enough.

Now Lowes has actually given someone else a chance, Fleming his playing exceptionally well at the moment and now Lauaki is our 7th choice prop. Wbay would have happened If Lowes wasn't too stubborn, dropped Lauaki like everyone was crying out for, and played Fleming in that MPG. Another case of what if.

Can't say I remember many people calling for fleming to play instead of lauaki last year. Fleming looked poor last year when he did play. This year he's improved a lot. Not sure if he's bulked up a bit or just that hes a year older.

With sidlow and kavanagh coming into reckoning in next week or so, hopefully we're trying to come to a compromise agreement with lauaki to release him. Can't see him playing for us again.

I must admit, I was more vocal than anyone not wanting Fleming to play. As bad as Lauaki was, Fleming had offered nothing last season to suggest he deserved the spot. He looked a soft touch for such a big lad and a waste of a squad place.

Whilst I didn't see the Dewsbury game, I've been pleasantly surprised, or even shocked at what I have seen of Fleming this year. One of the only rays of light to come out of the Sheffield game and finally showing some of the potential.

That being said, when everyone's fit, does he get it in the 17? Clough, Sidlow & Kavanagh are surely our best 3 props, and when you're then down to only 1 more place in the team, it would be very harsh to leave out Mitch Clark after the way he's gone so far. At least with Clark, Fleming & hopefully Lovegrove back at some point, it finally gives us some real strength and competition, even before you factor in some of the others who haven't been as good, like Crossley & Lauaki.

Could play all of them? One criticism of the side has been the size of the pack. We could play a pack that looks like.

Clough
OB
Sidlow
Ferguson
Lovegrove (Played back-row before for KR)
Kavanagh

Lumb
Fleming
Clark
Pitts/Olbison

For me Addy wouldn't get in. Even when he has played in the back-row last couple of weeks he's offered very little. Only his goal kicking but that has been average at best all year.

I don't think the above will happen as Lowes prefers playing all of Olbison/Pitts/Addy in the back-row. While all are decent players, when playing all 3 we give up a lot of size in the pack and then wonder why we get dominated.

Someone like Liam Finn would be ideal. He's got all the attributes of a good HB but lacks a bit of pace now. He's done it at all levels & is natural leader, having captained Ireland in the WC. He's tied up at Wakey this year, not sure if he is free next year.

Agree with almost all of that except I'd find room for Haggerty there on the bench as he has good hands and offers a bit of creativity.

Classic tackle technique of attacking at the hips and sliding down the legs will bring anybody down. The problem is that in modern day rugby coaches seem to insist on tackling high and 'ragging' players about to give the defensive line time to get back. IMO the chief aim is to stop the player. Paul Deacon was a classic tackler.

So according to today's t&a Ross seems to think that Fleming and Clark are both almost certain to leave at the end of the season. His words are 'a potential raft' of players set to leave.
All we have as a positive is that O' Brien [imight[/i stay beyond the end of this season.

Whatever happened to the May deadline? How are players like Fleming and Clark already sorting new clubs out for next season?

I would think if we let them know they're not getting an offer from us, then they can talk to whoever they want. But I would have hoped we were trying to keep Clark, at least.

There's an awful lot of players OOC at the end of the year. Failure to win promotion will see at least 80%, IMO, of those players leave for SL clubs.
I just wonder of those, how many are considering leaving due to the head coaches' attitude and ability or lack there of?

People like Clark, Gaskell, Welham, Purtell are on the squad page as contracted to 2017. Is this correct? Is there a possibility of a non-promotion break clause in these contracts then?