Mulhern and Amone are two of the best Props in Super League. The best you can say about Big Ben, was that he was honest and hard-working. When Mulhern and Amone are rested, the tempo should not drop. Norman is no worse than Big Ben and there is a belief that Trout will bridge the gap.
If Mulhern and Amone play less minutes next season you know that Trout and Norman are doing their job. Last year saw periods of the game with only one prop on the field. Hughes and Halton are tall, but they are not built to be battering rams.

As I said previously I have no gripe at all with Big Ben however the club cannot be sentimental on big decisions, even when one such decision relates to Edwin's housemate.

I'll just put it out there - is our greater need for a quality back or the retention of a workhorse prop?

I'll just add that Ben was never a starting prop in the eyes of Lammy and despite the obvious wear and tear on Amone and Mulhern, Ben never played big minutes in games. He's a bit of a luxury.

We stopped being an effective team at the end of last season because injuries deprived us of our first choice backline and the replacements were, and again this evaluation may seem harsh, simply not good enough at that level. In a nutshell we were short of SL quality backs.

Would I have a problem with Ben being retained next season, not at all, but I would be worried about a lack of quality cover in the backline - that area is to me where we are short.

If I am right then unfortunately Ben won't be with us next season.

Seem to recall that Ben was announced the same week as Fergy. We all know which of them made the biggest impact.

Pretty sure Edwin knows his way round the kichen now too so, yes, thanks for the hard onfield work and the cheese souffles and we wish you well, Ben, in your future endeavours.

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I thought Edwin had his family with him now, so would have thought he would be with them.Maybe Ben is a lodger at Edwins place at the moment until he sorts his contract situation out. Could follow Joe to Salford. Sailors visa issue may now be sorted, so we let Mellor go now.

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