Blythe is too indisciplined, maybe because he tries a bit too hard?

Pleased regarding Grix, Unsure about Blyth. Grix has been good this season and has shown he can be versatile and although not a famous house hold name within Super League (Yet) I am sure the Lord Tony Smith has seen something in him to make Grix believe he can make it.

Thing is, he looked to have 'it', just something a bit different. Not only footwork, but he had footwork close to the line. I recall at Saints last year, a few times he made Saints players take airshots as he'd change direction late etc 'at the line' if you will, not making great yardage, but often enough to win the floor & enough that I thought he was a little different in truth. I've been honestly pretty disappointed in him this year, even for the reserves when I've seen him.

He may well have a strong second half of the season, perhaps he's been carrying a niggle or something. Did he have any ops' or anything on the off season ? Sometimes things like that seem to stall players progress.

Well the last few times he has played for us this year, he has been playing at loose forward, used in the Harrison mould i.e. making hard yards down the middle and getting through a lot of defensive work i think. Maybe he could be more of 'handful' playing down the edge at second row, as he does have a history playing at centre at academy level, maybe with abit more space to work in he will be more dangerous and creative.

Hmmm. I know what you're saying. I've thought he's looked a little lightweight in the tackle, forced backwards on occasion when carrying the ball etc. That'd still happen wherever he was playing. As mentioned, he's a tendancy to give away a penalty or two as well, which is something that on whole we look to be trying to get out of our game.

Aye, well to me he isn't the typical 'head down, run hard, make yards' type of forward like Harrison or Landerson, he is a must better line runner, with decent pace and agility for a forward. I agree, about the penalties though gives away 1 or 2 when it just isn't needed although i suppose Mitchel has given the odd stupid one away (Taking out Dobson at MM) so i guess it's just a case of getting used to the pace of SL and that.

I see Blythe as more of a centre personally, McCarthy is the inform player in the reserves and plays loose forward along with Rhys Williams(Ithink thats his surname). Surely McCarthyhe must be knocking on the door.

I like Blythe and I think he has all the attributes to make it, he just seems to be struggling to be making the step up from reserve grade to senior level. I think giving him another year is about right, he needs to size up a bit for me, a lot of the bigger forwards get the better of him.

I'm just wondering what Smith's going to do with him, if you looked at Leeds under Smith, they had Ellis and JJB at second row, two grafters who had deceptive amounts of skill to their game. When Blythe came in last year he seemed to have the skill, but maybe not the graft, I think Smith's looking for the work rate over the skill at the moment, so maybe that's why Matty's struggled a little, because we haven't played to his strength's as much as we did last year with our more disciplined approach under Smith.

It could be that, or maybe he just looked good when playing alongside the other youngsters, but when compared to the senior players he isn't quite as good as we all thought. Hopefully it's the first and he goes on to be a top player.

As everyone says - sensible decision.

I'd like to see Grix play as a play making loose forward (a la Kevin Sinfield for Leeds).

probably due to finishing off his studies this year at University.

I agree with Blythe being given a go at centre. I think his footwork is more suited to centre. Not that good footwork is not needed in the pack but he does look light on his feet which would be of more benefit at centre. Maybe this spell in the back row will toughen him up and get him used to the speed of SL. My main problem is the lack of british centres as they have all been drafted into the pack and Aussie centres brought in across SL.
When was the last time Warrington had any local lads in the centres for any length of time. Cullen, Duane, Thorniley?