Quote: djhudds "So was Holmes ahead of Thackeray until he got injured or were they swapping and changing, I’ve seen Holmes play hooker a few times but not in the halves, would you say he controls games like some on here Have said?'"
Holmes was definitely ahead of Thackeray. Thacks is a decent player at Championship level but he's more of a running half back and you wouldn't see the slick passing movements with him that you see with Holmes. Thackeray had been the starting 7 for Fev for the last 2 years but had to switch to full back or centre to get a game, neither of which are really his positions.
Am not sure I would say Holmes controls games as such, you don't come away from the game thinking wow he was unplayable today, he's not that kind of half back, but he is still only 22 and he is lively, enthusiastic and executes plays well.
How he will recover from the injury I don't know, of course. For me, I doubt he's a future international or anything, but looking at the players I've seen in the Championship that graduated to SL in recent years I'd have him over Brierley, Danny Craven and probably Gaskell (though I haven't seen much of Gaskell for Huddersfield).