I have a feeling the backline will be
Roberts
Pryce
Gleeson
Carmont
Richards
Sam
Tommy

Could be; in which case "in Madge we trust"! I won't argue with him if he picks KP ahead of Goulding!

That's not really the case. He hasn't faced a man running at him with the ball as often as the other winger has (though it is hardly his fault who the opposing team choose to run at) but he has faced a lot of attacking kicks. These have been a mixture of high kicks with a competing opponent jumping for the ball and short kicks designed to turn him around into the in goal area. He has dealt well with these (on one occasion yesterday he swept up after Richards made a blunder of dealing with such a kick saving a potential try against us) and when he has faced a man with the ball he has stopped the attack.

Karl Pryce,
At the start he was shi'ite,
Karl Pryce,
But now he's alright,
Karl Pryce,
He's as big as a fridge,
Karl Pryce,
He's got an 8ft widge.

To the tune of 'Go West' by the Pet Shop Boys.
Just made it up.

Pryce has certainly moved ahead of Goulding in recent weeks. 8 tries in his last four games speaks for itself and as others have pointed out he's only let one try in!

Both Goulding and Pryce should be offered new deals IMO although I'd hesitate to offer them more than 2 years at a time.

The strength in depth they give us has been a massive plus point and both are still talented youngsters with the majority of thier careers in front of them.

Pryce is at the moment, our form back.

I think his arrival in the first team, will sadly, see Phelps gone at the end of the year.

When needed Pryce has played to his size.
At Hudds they had an overlap on his wing and zipped the pass out to Cudjoe, Pryce turned round and sort of bearhugged him in the tackle and steered the Hudds man into touch. Not sure too many would have forced Cudjoe into touch as easily as Pryce did, their Leroy is not a small man either.

Yesterday Gareth Thomas thought he had Pryce too far inside and went to take him on the outside, next thing it's not Thomas taking Pryce on the outside but Pryce & Carmont who were taking the Welshman towards touch. OK he squirmed free and hit the ground for a completed tackle. Thing was GT ended up going where he didn't want to due in no small measure to Pryce's strength.

It was mentioned previously that he could well play wing with Pat on the other side when Amos returns. Can you imagine the size, speed and overall power those two wingmen will bring to the team?

Yeah i think the writing is on the wall now unless he can really pick up his form

He should get another contract elsewhere no problem, maybe hudds will make a move?



It has the potential to be the best back 3 by a country mile, still Pryce is a big IF for me, having 3 decent games does not make you a worldbeater

Karl Pryce could well turn into our signing of the season - he has come on to the scene under Madge, scoring tries and generally looks alot fitter and interested.

The next improvement out of him I'd like to see would be the ability to breaks a few tackles, for such a big guy running on to good ball he should begin to dominate his opposition winger. He really is progressing each and every week, against Celtic he was involved a lot more, coming in and taking the ball up much more than in previous games.

Gradual improvement is all we and the coaching staff can ask.

He's looking more like the player he was at Bradford before he went to yawnion. He was nigh on unplayable back then. He does need to carry the ball with more aggression though. He's built like a prop forward so he should really run like one and make yards like one

The expectations of Pryce are greater than any other back because of his size. People expect so much from him. After having his confidence shattered by Brian Noble it's pleasing to see him get four tries against his side - walk ins or no walk ins. It's a gradual process, but Pryce is looking much better. He deserves to keep his spot. How can you deny him a place?

The one little thing that has brought a smile to my face is Karl celebrating his tries now. Before he just had a blank expression on his face and didn't look like he was enjoying his rugby. Now he looks far more enthusiastic and seems to be enjoying his rugby. Always good to see.

Keep it up Karl.

He's improving with his extra game time.

He's played 4 full 80 mins games in four weeks and with very little signs of injury. That's one of the most pleasing aspects IMO as we've seen his injury record in the past.

One of the great things about when we have Pryce playing is its like having a barricade down one side of the pitch Nobody is stupid enough to take him on!