Smith has been praising Currie all year. So there is no way he will let him go.

Different type of player.

Morley uses brute strength and aggression.

Hill has a wonderful skill of gaining an extra 5 yards during every tackle before he is brought down. Obviously strength is important for this but to is footwork.

Hill : fully deserved
Hodgson : 2 years is a bit of a surprise as he can't play more than 3 games without picking up some kind of injury, would have thought a year at a time at this stage of his career. Still a class act and a great goal kicker
Briers : still the best half back we have and a year at a time seems to suit
Higham: with the injury concerns still hanging over a Monas this is a good move
Dwyer : great potential, good move
Coops : good move although I don't think he has progressed as much this season considering the game time he has had
Benny : good move
GOB : still potential at this stage but he now has time to grow into his role
Laithwaite : confess to not really knowing much about him but sounds like a good youngster coming through
Morley : going to be a bit controversial here, one good game against Saints for me does not warrant a new contract. Think he is past his best and should have been released, ideally with a GF ring as he deserve a grand finale as he is a legend and will also be so.
Williams and Mitchell : sadly not good enough

Nah. I mean it's not as if 36 years-old props are playing Origin, is it.

Civoniceva?

Correct.

chuffed with that hodgson will play next year and i think he will take on a coaching role in the 2nd and play a few games which will be awesome for ratchfords development as a full back where i think he is best. i hope briers stays on in the coaching staff after he retires as would be good for half back development. morley will be a good presence in the squad and i think the hill contract is the best of the lot as he's been outstanding all year.

I guess it shows that Wire don't have much faith in the youngsters coming through.

Question - Is TS creating the nucleus of a future coaching team to take over the reigns in 2-3 years? Hodgson, Briers and possibly Morley may have a lot to give in that regard but I'm not aware of what coaching activities they may currently be involved in.

They are too young / inexperienced as yet. This gives them another year or so to develop their skills and adapt to SL. Currie has only played ? 2-3 games, Laithwaite 2, Obrien has had a good run this year but he is still developing, same with Dwyer.

Considering how many youngsters are in our first team, in our squad and will be breaking through next year, it's a fairly crap guess.

Where is the other Cooper in this? The one Saints were rumoured to be interested in signing? Is he out of contract?

Maybe he has encouraged him not to sign an extension so Smith can take him with when he leaves Warrington.

I am happy with all the signings. The only shocks are in terms of quantity of a few but I suppose it just shows the faith that the coaching set up has in some of our best players.

Higham has really played himself into a good contract and lets hope he hasn't got that illness Wilkin has (where he plays well in a few matches to get a good contract and then goes back to the usual dross play) I would have thought that a new number nine was top of the list of things to purchase for next year but he has given Dwyer the perfect opportunity now. (as an aside, who was that guy from Cas that a few people, like deckchair, thought could hook for us?)

On the ones missing, I would have thought that Williams would have been given a little more time to find his feet and so that leads me to think that he may have found a starting position somewhere else. We were bound to reach that point that Wigan and Saints are at, where we have to maintain a good quality in our youngsters and some good youngsters are let go, as we have better options available within.

Great news all round.

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