He is pretty average unfortunately. I can't help but worry than we've given him a new contract too..

I hope his recent falling away of performance levels is as a result of being told he[i isn't[/i getting a new deal.

That said, Platt was even worse today IMO

Take it you didn't see finnigan on Thursday then?

No, but he cant be any worse than Ah Van.

Neither of our centres were good enough today. Couldn't tackle. The Dragons ran through for fun.

why do we have the full 19 warming up before the game. We never used to.
When i saw royston warming up (and sykes) i was trying to work out who was playing where

He made ah van look like a star! Anyone thinking finnigan is answer is gonna be bitterly disappointed

Hopefully this centre from Newcastle is decent.

Finnigan didn't look anything much in the Sheffield game on Thursday

The OP beat me to this thread! Couldn't agree more!!

Far too many lazy, unforced errors and looses the ball way too easily for a bloke of his size. The best way to describe him would be lethargic at best.

Summed him up today when he burst out of the line, missed the tackle, turned his back on the play and was still ambling back into the line with his back to the PTB about three seconds after Les Cats had played it.

Not good enough and should not be retained, Briggs is a goal kicker and he should (hopefully) be back next season.

Why? who else has goal kicked?

lol at sp

sykes, herbert, jeffries , donaldson. plenty of options there

Addy, Southernwood, O'Brien

Ah Van is hopless in defence. How many misses yesterday? Arguably the game breaking try came from a halfbreak after a pathetic effort from him. If he's going to play he should just be on the wing.

If Sykes was putting in some of the performancs Ah Van has of late people would be foaming at the mouth.

Well any geordie's awreet by me pet! Newcastle you say? Black and white magic