tony cotterell replacin goulden

start pownall at fullback. mcnally is dodgy under the high ball, always gives it to maden/pownall to return and constantly moans to the ref.

Really?

Do you realise he does this and then moves to acting half back to give himself a look in case there's some broken defence like Tomkins and Slater do?

I can't remember him dropping a high ball for ages, maybe the Leeds game.

On Brierley going there, I get what people are saying and they have seen how Tomkins rips teams apart being a HB come FB, but if I was an opposition coach and he was at 1, i'd put a massive bomb up in the first minute and get my prop to smash him. I think that would be experiement over.

Whilst I agree with you about McNally Jonny I do not agree with you about Ryan.

He played fullback at Sheffield last season I recall and did a try saving tackle on Menzies Yere.

In the league above us when Tomkins is playing for the Pies I don't think opposition coaches put up high bombs to him and get props to smash him too often.

Ryan does not need wrapping up in cotton wool imo.

And if i recall correctly Ryan had a terrific game at Sheffield from full back Frank.

But Tomkins is getting found out under the bomb now, watch what Sinfield does at the weekend to him, same as he did in the challenge cup semi and what Thurston/Lockyer did to him in the winter.

I really do understand where people are coming from with playing him there, and i'm not saying hit him hard because of his size, i'd hit him hard and bomb the hell out of him because he's not a natural full back. One mistake and is confidence would be shot.