Of course there is the cap and competition to consider. We need to plan on having 5 quality props, get rid of the injury prone or those not up to standard, and make good offers, in time to our targets. Not having Hill, Sims and 5 others with question marks. The panic buying of Bailey and Cox was an example of lack of planning and risk management.

I agree with you Bailey has been decent - when he is available for selection.

Wow too. My view of the comparison based on current form

Tomkins >> Ratchford
Charnley >> Matty Russel
Gelling > Toby King
Sarginson = Ryan Atkins
Williams > Gidley
Smith > Patton
Flower = Sims
Bateman = Currie
Farrell >> Hughes

I agree with you Wires71 apart from Farrell.

Hughes is 10x the player Farrell is and gets through more work. he also does the little 1% things that go un-noticed. Don't get me wrong Farrell is a top back rower but for me Hughes has already surpassed him.

No way

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Farrell makes more clean breaks in a single match than Hughes does all year. However, that is not Hughes' role in our team. He takes the ball up regularly and is a vital part of our defence. Totally different players.

Farrell has reached his peak. Hughes is on his level (though personally I think he's in front) and still got further to go.

I still think the biggest difference between us & our competitors, Hull,Saints, Cas, Wigan Wakey, Hull KR & Hudds is the will to win. We have talent in the team but it disappears at the most important times when we should be closing games down. The coaches of the other clubs i mentioned seem to be able to instil a winning mentality.
As for Wigan i think the only player of theirs i would welcome is Charnley.

How many top level trophies have Cas, Wakey, Hull KR and Huddersfield won this century?

They haven't won any but they managed to beat us this year.

Manfredi, Williams, gelling, Charnley, Bateman, sarginson in that order for me. Not keen on the rest although I accept there are other good players in their ranks.

The only team we haven't beaten this year is Hull. We might have another two chances yet. Cas didn't seem to have much of a will to win when we beat them 56-12 or Wigan when they came to HJ in April etc etc...

Sorry Psych - but for me it was the worst - the very worst - I've felt.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
I respect your view but simply - on this point - don't agree.
It's a personal view but I know from the replies here and the private messages I have received I am not alone with that thought and those feelings.

No, fair point mate, everyone has different feelings in different things.

I just would never let a game that wasn't a big final bother me that much, personally speaking

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