Quite impressed with the first impressions of this Yorkshire kid, I'd keep Tommy Lee for obvious reasons sharing equal game time with the hope of Brinning phasing out Tommy within time, then Josh Wood coming in to share the role with Brinning in due course. Sack the route of buying NRL superstars, there's the odd gem knocking about the lower leagues if they're intricately scouted properly...

Lee is only 28 & can play 6,9 & 13 - good in the dressing room and a solid individual. Surely Certain to be retained.

So have we definately signed this kid, what a positive bit of news he looks pretty useful with bags of potential.
I agree with all the comments on TL, he'd be a good interchange with this kid, with Josh Wood / Wilkinson as back up.

Can we justify have 4 hookers in the squad tho?

Releasing TL would free up space on the cap and I personally don't think hes all that as a player. No speed, not good enough for Halves, to small for pack to offer and punch and with regards to leadership I think we can bring some in who are of a higher quality.

Hes a nice guy, works hard, but has a very milited skill set and for me its time to move him on.

I think hopefuly if we get Gallen he can be the one to provide all the leadership that Lee has. Again like a few post have put i would rather see two nippy hooker playing like Wire does with Clark and Dwyer. For me it would be Wood at 9 and Brining off the bench.

I want to see wilkinson blooded. Looked the part in academy. Let's give him a go off bench. He should of got the chance against Cas!

I think we'll see Wilkinson gradually fazed in at the back end of the season towards the middle 8s. Tomorrow York play Crusaders so it will be good to see two of our future hookers on show.

I hope MR K is not going to announce Gallen as out player for next season.

I have just watched him this morning, as good as he is, and no doubt will be good in the super league, he is held together by plasters and sticky tape, and was struggling this morning with a twisted ankle, and that was from a x Salford player, Joel Caine..

For me lets stick with the young hookers we have got Wilky and this new lad from york and either Lee or Tomkins, one of those 2 has 2 go at the end of the season,

If we have money to spend, i wood rather see a new no 7, who can also kick for touch with distance and between the sticks , because as sure as eggs are eggs we need a kicker, I woundt like to count the number of 2 points we have missed this season due to a lack of a first choice kicker, and a no 7 who can kick a 40 /20 at least one attempt per match.

Also sad to say i do not rate our current No 7.

Agree about Gallen - retrograde step imo but disagree re Dobbo - besides he has 2 more years at the end of the season.

All i want to see is consistency with signings this year and not a huge turnover in key positions with 7 being one of them.

IF and that is a big if all the rumored players are true we could line up like this next year.

O'Brien
Carney
Sau
Griffin
Vidot
Lui
Dobson
Kopzcak
Lee/Wood
Burgess/Gallen
Murdoch Masila
Jones
Flanagan/Gallen

Brining
Griffin
?
?

Evalds

Unless Griffin shifts to SR and Evalds to centre i can't see a place for him.

Flanagan & Gallen

must be a joke in there somewhere

Anybody know what happen with this?