Put your phone away, son.

He's no Jack Welsby that's for sure.

There are other options when Widdop comes in - probably next week at Wakey;

Ratchford to centre
King to BR
BMM to Loose
J Clark to bench
Davis drops out of the 17

Every game he plays he is learning, so it would be good to keep him in the team, plus of course he is a real danger to the opposition with that sort of pace. I don't think I have seen another Wire player as fast as that, he could catch the wind.

Very childish this morning aren't you? There's absolutely nothing in there to get all worked up about.

But why disrupt the team that much? King has been playing well in the centre, BMM has been playing very well out wide and Clark has actually looked pretty good the past two games.

I think we'll see Ashton taking a place on the bench, then first player to come back in to the 13 when we get an injury / suspension to Ratchford, Charnley, Lineham, Austin or Widdop.

Agree with this, he will get minutes off the bench, we can cover an injury across the whole backline with a bit of a shuffle. If we are blowing a team away we can rest austin/ widdop/ ratchford and keep them fresh. There are always injuries and suspensions anyway so he will get plenty of game time.

The fact you suggested that Warrington have lacked fine centres in the SL era would indicate you are fishing...…..unless you're just ignorant
Atkins who was at Wire for 10 years is among the best centres to grace SL add to the mix Gleeson King Hikau Kohe Love to name but a few I'd say the response was more than justified

The best English centres played for Wire in 2011 according to selection.

I do however wave the white flag on that position as until recently... arguably the last out and out centre we signed was Martin Gleeson.

Yes, you could certainly do that, there are several options for Price. He could even drop Charnley and put Ashton on the wing.

My thoughts are that keeping Ashton in the team gives him much needed experience, provides attacking edge, and puts pressure on other squad members to up their game. If you take him out, then he doesn't get the reward for his hard work. What do the likes of Thewliss think about their chances of establishing themselves in the first team when they see Ashton benched after putting in two strong performances ? So I think Price has a juggling act to perform between winning the points, maintaining stability in the early few SL games, encouraging individual squad players to perform at a higher level and providing room for growth for the Academy players.

It's a generalisation. On the whole your centres haven't been outstanding, particularly recently and I'd include Atkins in that. Just an opinion, feel free to not agree.

Centres in SL dream team during entire SL period (24 years):

Saints 12
Leeds 10
Wigan 8
Wakefield 4
Hull 4
Castleford 4
Warrington 3
Bradford 1
Catalans 1
Huddersfield 1

I'll give you Atkins as he appears twice on that list. Take him out and it's not a particular position of strength, but potentially would be very dangerous with Ashton and Gelling.

Indeed, if only we'd had

*checks the internet*



Ryan morgan and jordan turner.

Ryan Morgan you can have. Jordan Turner has a Grand Final winners ring in his sock drawer, not something to be mocked.