In my opinion we are still trying to find which best suits us as a team... for the previous 2 seasons when hodgson was at fullback we had our 3rd pivot/HB and smith was quite happy with that which meant we could play an extra non ball playing forward/ pivot at loose forward...whereas this year (And before anyone says i'm having a go at individual players i'm not and as previously stated IMO!!!) we have played Russell at fullback & he is not the extra pivot we need...so we have tried Harrison, Bridge, Grix, Currie & Ratchford (probably missed some players) there to find our best combination along with chopping & changing our halfbacks...so Yes we have done great this year and by no means have i been disappointed with the effort put in by our players.But at times we have looked disjointed because of changes enforced or not. Great Effort by our boys I eagerly await next season

Sally, your adoration of Joel is admirable - I'm guessing you will be leading the campaign for a statue to be erected, or a stand to be named after him, once he retires, seeing as you have him up their with Brian Bevan in the pantheon of RL wingers? .....

100% this.

Some people eh?

We could just stick him in the centre though worst case.

Or second row along with Atkins

Wouldn't you agree that Joel is top in the try's ladder because he has a natural footballer inside of him?

Briers very often kicked the upsys and for me that was a disappointing play as for sometime looking like that was all we had in attack.
But he's scored more this season, and seldom had has the high ball been called upon.

Gary Wheeler is also a footballer, things look good for Joel next season too.