I would hope Luke Thomas will step up. John Kear said " he doesn't have a handbrake", and from what I have seen he has the controlled aggression and determination to succeed. Hopefully the coaches will be adding the black art of the prop to his skill set and we will see him making the bench in the coming year.

Returning to the discussion on FB position, I think Thewliss has a fantastic attitude and puts his neck on the line at every game. But.... I don't think he is a winger. Its tough when you have someone of the quality of Matty Ashton on the other wing because inevitably you are drawn to make a comparison, but I don't think he is quite fast enough and all too often he steps left to avoid the cover rather than go for the corner. I am wondering if perhaps Taylor Wray could develop into a HB. I have certainly seen him join the attack and make long miss out passes to the flanks and of course he is an elusive runner. That's a long way from playing HB of course.

Rumours of Harvey Livett. He was crap ages ago I’ve seen nothing since.

I’d have him back in a heartbeat.

There isn’t a player better equipped to be on the bench than Harvey.

Can play every position very well, and can kick a ball as good as anyone.
A Swiss Army knife.

You sure you should be drinking

Agree 100% strange one that

A very rusty one that does all the jobs poorly

Yeah he looked so good in pre-season, a very visible step up from what i'd seen previously. Accelerated in to each defender and hit hard, i was looking forward to seeing him in the first team, so hopefully will get some game time with Okoro


And on the Harvey Livett stance..... absolutely not.

Harvey Livett isn’t a bad player, he is a good squad option. But for me his signing would be similar to the signing of Minikin, it would highlight a gap in our youth system that I hope we have solved. I wouldn’t want to sign Livett just because it could take away game time from the likes of Holroyd, Whitehead & Tupea.

I'm not quite sure where this perception of Livett's versatility comes from. He's a second row or centre (and a rank average one at that) who could maybe fill in at half-back in an emergency - nothing more. Would you want him at full-back, wing, or prop? Even a half-back emergency would be better filled by Ratchford, Powell or Currie. It's a definite 'no' for me.

Yes, good summary I think. Im wondering if perhaps we might have brought him back on a low wage as a useful back up ? this assumes that the rumour is true in the first place of course.

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/hu ... interested

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/hu ... interested