You may be right about hooley however I think Max deserves another chance certainly at the start of the season if he does OK in the friendlies - he's no TJ though I realise that.

Even Chester hasn't been able to set his first choice 17 at Trinity yet. 3 players all vying for the fullback spot www.totalrl.com/young-fullback-l ... re-season/

Even Chester hasn't been able to set his first choice 17 at Trinity yet. 3 players all vying for the fullback spot www.totalrl.com/young-fullback-l ... re-season/

Scott Grix
Tom Johnstone
Bill Tupou
Reece Lyne
Ben Jones-Bishop
Jacob Miller
Liam Finn
Anthony England
Tyler Randell
David Fifita
Matty Ashurst
Justin Horo
Tinirau Arona

Kyle Wood
Pauli Pauli
Craig Huby
James Batchelor

With cover from:
Max Jowitt - 2016 Young player of the year
Mason Caton-Brown
Joe Arundel
Keegan Hirst
Danny Kirmond
Chris Annakin
Jordan Crowther
Jordan Baldwinson

And then youngsters:
Luke Hooley
Christian Ackroyd
Lewis Wray
Lee Kershaw


I'm quite happy with that - we have enough established players to cover positions in case of injury and some quality youngsters waiting in the wings.

That Ellis was top 10 MOS is meaningless, it's a bit like SPOTY, in 2016 he was voted ahead of Westerman in the dream team which was a joke.
IMHO in attack he's not been all that for a long time and nowhere near his NRL form, the last two seasons have been pretty average to say the least. His leadership however is second to none as I said, his tackling is far in advance of his attacking prowess.
Your statement tells me that you don't read too well and can't see past the fact it's Ellis and that he has been average in attack (well behind the likes of Watts, Bowden, Minichello and Taylor with Green being just as effective) which is the only negative point I made. His endeavour is not being called into question, nor his leadership but that he/we as a club decided to call time was the correct one as we have better to replace him in from an attack POV.
That we did not fall off a cliff when he wasn't playing despite other injuries as mentioned elsewhere on this thread shows your blinkers and inability to be objective.

If wakefield make the top 8 I will leave rlfans forever. That squad is shocking

Regards

King James

That's great news, I would say it's odds on that we'll never hear from you again.

Ackroyd is an out and out half, and Randell, Wood, and Grix can also cover in the halves, and there's talk of Jowitt being spelled in the halves during friendlies and reserve games too to see how he does. That's 3 solid halves, 3 that can already comfortably cover the positions, and 1 who is going to be spelled there. Plenty of cover for the 2 spots

Ackroyd is one of the few genuine halfbacks in the junior game. He's quick and he's smart and he's cock sure of himself. He's quite small but he's incredibly brave, I have high hopes.

Watched this today. Pretty much most of Tom Johnstones try’s over 2015-17. Not including his number of contributions in drives, breaks and try savers. Wouldn’t swap him for another winger in the league and if he carry’s on from his pre injury he should definitely be first name on the team sheet at wakey. That’s not to discredit mcb or bjb who are very good wingers too. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2zP8qEZ6q ... e=youtu.be

Watched this today. Pretty much most of Tom Johnstones try’s over 2015-17. Not including his number of contributions in drives, breaks and try savers. Wouldn’t swap him for another winger in the league and if he carry’s on from his pre injury he should definitely be first name on the team sheet at wakey. That’s not to discredit mcb or bjb who are very good wingers too. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2zP8qEZ6q ... e=youtu.be