He's a squad player....nothing more. I reckon Brian Mc saw the issues we had last season with injuries etc and thought he'd be a good back up player should we be short on numbers at any stage this season. Nanyn has only been loaned out, he'll return in a few weeks (or however long the loan deal is) and will be ready to cover should the need arise.

I agree, at this stage of his career he's hardly going to improve a great deal, but as I said...a good squad player that to be honest wouldn't get in the team should other options be available. Atleast by being loaned out he's getting some match practise and shedding some of that rust!!!

He's not a good squad player though. What signs has he shown that would indicate he is a decent squad player? His embarassing, ineffective performance against Featherstone supports this.

He has been given a chance this year to lose a few pounds and speed up his game. Whils he looks a little slimmer than he did during the RLWC, he hasn't done enough to make the first team and it is doubtful that he will. I disagree about being ineffective last night. Made 1, scored 2 is a pretty fair example of being effective IMO, but I see where you are coming from.

A squad player should be able to step up when called upon.

Unfortunately Mick lacks intensity in the way he plays the game. If you look at Fevs last try, if Mick had tracked the play from the PTB he could have tackled the player scoring the try. He is very pedestrian in the manner in which he plays the game.

He has put his hand up and been given the chance(It was Mick who asked Mac for the chance ). Sadly he isnt SL standard.

Thanks and good luck with leigh

Spot on w-q. He's obviously shed a few lbs. since he joined us but he's still just as cumbersome at turning in defence.

Maybe he'd make a decent prop? Can't see any other prospect.

He's obviously got a bit of talent but always seems to be lethargic in the way he plays. Nothing is done a speed. He runs slowly, he doesn't get up of the floor with any conviction or intensity, he doesn't [ihit [/iin the tackle or even contact going forward.

Those sorts of attributes can be coached into players with increased fitness and pressure training sessions- but they dont seem to have been taken on board.

If you watch Clubbs last ditch tackle on R Paul in Scotland Clubby had no right to be where he was. What he had done was track the play from the previous play the ball behind the defensive line and made himself a last line of defence resulting in a try saving tackle. All the work was done off the ball. You would never see that with Mick. As I say with a bit more effort at the PTB on Thur he could have saved Leigh on the last try.

That the difference between good players and average players

Im inclined to agree, unless he's prepared to bust a gut for 2 years getting his fitness and strength up to SL level i dont see the point in him being with us.

Matt Gafa joined us as a utility back/second row who could act as a back-up goal kicker. I thought he looked painfully mediocre at times in his first season, but he's improved beyond all recognition since and he was older than Mick Nanyn when he joined us. Perhaps there's reason to believe Nanyn can achieve the same?