Gleeson..I hope the pies haven't kept the receipt!
Letting him go has to be the best piece of business Warrington have done in years, is it not?
How much of the £200,000 we paid for him from Stains has he actually warrented?
Do we miss him?

no

I can't remember him doing anything on Saturday, he has really declined in the last 2 years, TS was right to get rid of him. People and pundits alike keep saying he's still the best British centre which is compleate nonsense, he's not even the best centre at Wigan.

His best years are long behind him...

he served us well. that should not be forgotten

Of-course Dawson, I will never forget that game....That was his home debut in a pre-season friendly against Salford where he scored 5 trys.

...on occasions

On a similar topic, reagrding centres:-

On current form, do we need Atkins???

I think Bridge, and particularly King have been amazing recently - Bridge has found a new lease of life....And once we've got Myler, Grix will be able to back up as centre as well....So do we need him???

Neither is Atkins.

I would be happy to see Bridge as our first choice right centre next year but could understand getting someone else in if they can do a better job.

EDIT - oh are you saying Atkins isn't either and we should be looking to bring someone else in?

King will probably go onto the wing IF Atkins signs.

We've only seen Atkins at left centre, maybe he can play on the right, equally well, like say a Shenton y'know ?

Maybe so. It gives us plenty of options as well. We'd have Atkins, Bridge, King and possibly Grix who can all play at centre. I know you said Grix is a jack of all trades kind of player, but he's had a solid season so far. It gives us lots of competition across the whole backline really. Riley, Carney (?), Hicks, Penny (?), Bridge, King, Atkins, Grix, Briers, Bridge, Myler and possibly Mona's. I'm not quite sure if we'll have all of those, but still, we'll have competition for places and plenty of depth.

Got to agree. I think on current form, he wouldn't get picked, but to have all that competition, and vasatility would be great...

don't worry, our current centres would also be considered garbage within a few weeks if they left us:


King - came with a big reputation, spent a year and a half treading water then stuck his finger up at the fans before stringing together a few good games

Bridge - injury crock, disciplinary nightmare, we're better off without the bad egg in the camp

however they are still in our ranks so we have to stick our heads up their booties like we did with Gleeson "the best centre in England" until he left


Harsh truth is Gleeson was a much better player than Bridge will ever be, and he would have been first choice for our Wembley team if he was still here.