If it were your choice *which it isn't* who would you want to keep, who would you want to leave ?

Of course factors like funding will affect the very real choices of DB & KP/KC !

Mine are -

Keep ...

Pete Mata'utia
Bodene Thompson
Jordan Thompson
Harrison Hansen
Ben Reynolds
Ben Crooks
Daniel Mortimer
Liam Hood
Craig Hall
Nathan Mason
Adam Walne
Jordan Dezaria
Illeas Bergal *cover Not 1st choice*
Nick Gregson
Jack Owens


*reserve the right to add or subtract with further thought*

Leave ....

Rhys Evans
Matty Dawson Jones
Drew Hutchison
Greg Richards
Jamie Acton *never thought I would say that*
Micky Higham *retired & thank you Micky*
Kevin Llaroyer

Kyle Lovett *Gone*
Paterika VaiVai *Gone*
Larne Patrick *Gone*


*reserve the right to add after more thought*

You will need to get rid of your highest paid players to have a chance of staying afloat

Think Pete Mata'utia, Bodene Thompson, Jordan Thompson etc will all be leaving

I wonder if we can sell them - now, if necessary?

Have to be realistic, and even if DB were to stay, he would have to triple the money he puts in to keep this squad. We may even see one or two leave this week, as teams in the qualifiers look to strengthen.

I'd be very surprised if Matautia, either Thompson, Crooks, Hood, Hall or Hansen are still here, as you'd imagine there would be clubs that would take them. I hope there's clubs out there that will take Hutchison and Acton. Mason and Walne aren't our players anyway, and Mortimer is on a 1 year deal (I think)

Can we keep players like Ricky Baily, Blagbrough, Gregson, Dezaria, Bergal, Dawson, Owens, Reynolds and build a team around them? One thing this season has highlighted is that we've been too quick to discard young players in the past, look at Bullock and Hankinson this year. While there are young half backs around SL academies with more of a rugby brain than we've had on the pitch. Maybe there's someone we can get in on a season loan.

If we can have a team that we can see is developing, whilst not costing more than all but one other Championship squad, a decent number of fans will get behind them. May not be 3.5k average, but still be top 2 or 3 for crowds next season. This year's team was very good between Batley away in the cup and the summer bash, but served up some dross either side of that.

1 st port of call would be the coaching staff for me

KP has done enough to keep the job if he wants it, imo. But he should also be given the chance to choose his own staff. And can't imagine KC being so prominent in player recruitment from now on.

As I said ' dumb ' rugby both tactically and individually

Yesterday and last week [ even the match at Batley ] the gameplan is fairly simple , wear down your opposition , they are part time RL players , retain the ball , force them to defend and they will collapse
In our last 2 matches when the requirement was to build up our points differential , did we once form a scrum to stop the clock ? the longer you have to score points the more points you can score
Not rocket science
we also display a complete lack of imagination at times , just once yesterday did we ' load ' one side at a scrum , Swinton did notice but still left themselves a man ' down ' on the open side , we shifted the ball quickly , and scored

Unfortunately, the players weren't able to follow this game plan. Poor attitude in defence since Blackpool and poor last tackle plays. How many times have our pivots been caught in possession on the last tackle? KP has given these players freedom to play what they see in attack, unfortunately there are no rugby brains on the pitch.

KP has done well to keep us in contention, cannot forget we've had to win at Fev, London, Toulouse and at home to Fax to keep the season alive. Unfortunately, he's been given an impossible job. If he was able to recruit a half back early in the season, we'd be top 2.

I know it is a season too late but I would keep Pelissier, a player who is quick, has good hands and can play ‘off the cuff”. It is the last of his attributes that saw him surplus to requirements. We don’t do flair.

At a meeting this morning some players was told theyll be leaving this week

& how exactly would you know that ?

I just do ste

Kay is right on this one I’m afraid also heard Ben Reynolds going to Warrington