Yeah he does, but being aggresive makes him the player is ala Terry Newton.

Like Terry he does need to curve that aggression.

Just think.
We could have signed Buderus or Berrigan.

Then there could be REAL cause for complaint.

I think you play your Hookers the wrong way around Riddell should be your starting hooker and 1 trick mack should be an impact hooker when defences are tired apart from that the rest of your pack bar hock is rank ! and without a dominant pack your on a looser

welcome to last year
both higham and mcilorum have been used as impact hookers and i'm not sure it works.

One win and we are getting advice from Wire

In all seriousness i pretty much agree with you bar you've missed O'Loughlin off our good players in the pack list who's exceptional at the moment.

We need to rid of Riddell at the end of the year, pay him off or whatever.

Starting hooker McIlorum as we now know what he can do, quality player.
Tommy off the bench for impact.
S Tomkins at 6
New quality 7 to partner Sam, on a 3 year contract.
Lockers at 13

That should be the core/spine of our squad for at least 3 years. The continuation of a core squad is the key to success. Look at Leeds & Saints.

Leeds: Diskin/Buderus(lately), Burrow, McGuire, Sinfield
Saints: Cunningham/Roby, Long, Pryce, Flannery(Used to be Sculthorpe until last season)

When was the last time we had the same half backs, 9 & 13 for more than 4 years? You need the spine of the team, that and a good full back.

Think Fielden would be a priority there.

Had a few drinks have we?

Tomkins at FB? Never.

S Tomkins is a creator and oppurtunist, he'd be wasted at FB. Wouldn't get the ball enough to do much.

Plus, it would mean getting 2 new halves and going through the whole "building a team" process again.

Tomkins has played FB in the Reserves IIRC, and he's filled in a few minutes for First Team this season.

Look at their comparable stats this season, and why would you pick McIlorum first.
I like Micky Mac but hes conceding far to many penalties and missing far too many tackles at the moment. His time will come.

Just look.
rlhttps://www.superleague.co.uk/statistics_player.php?season

If you "pay up" a player it still counts on your salary cap.
How do you then replace him?

A fullback can get the ball as much as he wants. Look at Brisbane and Queensland when Lockyer played fullback. He played a dual role as stand off and fullback. A most dangerous element to contend with. Also, Newcastle play Kurt Gidley in a similar role.