To be quite honest, I think he's being used a scapegoat for our general sliding defence problems. We are caught on overlaps far too often, and when we are, the winger gets the blame for not covering his opposite man. The fact he's covering the centre and often the halfback/back rower too is ignored.

That being said, I would try Reardon at fullback too. Mainly because I feel too often, he seems happy to just sit on the wing and stay there, regardless of what happens. Being at fullback would force him to be more involved.

It's still his best position and seen as its nearly certain we'll move our first chioce into the halves, then I think now is his chance to stake his claim for both the no 1 spot for the remaining games and for a new contract (although thats unlikely now imo)

I simply don't get all the fuss.

Change his surname and the flag waving would be at half mast.

Reardon has been bobbins all season. I have seen nothing in any game to merit his inclusion.

I agree he's been poor. But was just reinforcing af's point about him getting blamed for things that really had nothing to do with him and getting slated even when he isn't actually THAT bad.

He hasn't done nearly enough to warrant a new contract though imo, regardless of what position he's playing in.

Playing Reardon on the wing is the SL equivalent of the skinny, speccy geek on the wing at school.

Tend to agree. I've seen a fair bit of both, and whilst they have been ok at the under 20's level, neither has put in the sort of dominating performances which would suggest they were hammering on the door of the first team just yet.

There is a time and place and now isn't it.

Addy, Halley, L'Estrange, Hall, Lynch, Sheriffe, Crossley, Finigan, Kopczak, Olbison, Menzies, Reardon, Godwin, Nero, Sykes, Whitehead, Worrincy, Langley, Platt.

How Reardon and Worrincy can still play after the errors of last Saturday is beyond me.

Catalans to win at Odsal again where they have for the last three years by a god thirty points.

Is the season over yet?

Glad to see the team being picked on form again.

Mick, you can't just throw the kids in and hope for the best. The result of the match is far less important than the future of the young players. Even in the remote chance we make the play-offs, we're not going to win anything.
There are four in the squad, who I assume will play today, (I'm not including Whitehead, he's a 'senior' for me now; unfair, I know) and that is sufficient, especially given the the form of the team in general. These lads should be progressed through the grades by the coaches using a proper, thought through process, not just pushed up, en-masse, into a mal-functioning team just because A. N Other and S. O. Else aren't up to scratch.

I fully appreciate the dilemma caused by the current injury situation, and the fact that 'best practice' can't always be adhered to, but at best, they should come through in ones and twos, not fours and fives, also it is better they come into a team that is playing reasonably well, but obviously, that isn't something that can be guaranteed. At the very least coaches should make every effort to ensure that their early first team games, what should be a time of opportunity, aren't a traumatic experience which damages their confidence, for me that is far more important than the two points this afternoon.

tend to agree with all of that. outside the young players already named in squad theres only wardle and crookes with SL experience. Crookes is injured, not sure about wardle but neither is a 2nd rower so wouldnt displace worrincy who is biggest underperformer in team. Soits probably the case that coaches consider that olbison apart the other young 2nd rowers arent ready to make the step up yet. reardon will be under pressure from finnigan,sheriffe and halley so its not guaranteed he'll play just because he's in 19 man squad. atleast one of those 4 has to drop out, hopefully not finigan who hasn't really put a foot wrong yet.

Crookes has played for the under twenties in the last two or three games, so I'm guessing they're just letting him get some match fitness before bringing him back. There is no Valvoline game this weekend and the French friendly game was also cancelled, so I did think he might have figured in first team action this weekend but he hasn't been included in the nineteen man squad. So, all in all, I've no idea exactly what Jason's situation is just now.

Someone make this post a sticky

And how many points have we been leaking?