Couple of points
1 Do you really listen to anything Wiggy or any of the sky muppets say?

2 beginning of may is 4 weeks away, end of may is 8/9 weeks away.

Wane said Bateman, Flower and possibly Crosby are back for Wakey but no mention of the others. The big one for me is Williams. We need him back ASAP because Smith is sinking on his own and with Lockers potentially being out we'll be looking at a halfback pairing of Gregson and Smith.

Williams isn't responding to treatment as expected and the club are a bit worried he will need a major operation which could rule him out for a long part of the season if not the full season.

Tomkins wont be rushed, I think it will be mid-late May before he returns. No point rushing him and he breaks down. Just get him right for the business end

If Williams is going to be out for a extended period and Lockers is also out, I don't understand why we don't recall Hampshire, if only temporarily? Seem strange that Wane is even contemplating playing a rookie back rower at stand off.

And if it was not for injuries Gregson would not even be the fifth choice as starting stand off, but he is. Having said that he looked dangerous for twenty minutes, when O'loughlin went off, until we ran out of steam and he cannot be blamed for that. If anybody is sad enough to care Gregson would have been behind Williams, Powell, Hampshire, O'loughlin, Shorrocks (is there any news on his injury?) , as starting stand off. He is not a big lad for a second row and in some ways resembles Powell. I would not be surprised if he ended up hooking.

So if Gregson is behind Hampshire, why don't we bring Hampshire back? You never know, it could work! But if not, what have we lost?

Because he's implicated in a swap deal with Justin Carney for 2017.

Even if he was, and I don't think he is it wouldn't matter anyway as the Carney deal would be for next year, and both players are "on loan" for this. Hampshire played fullback yesterday, so where does he fit in Darryl Powells plans?

This just gets better! Plays fullback for his loan club but wouldn't play fullback for his parent club? Unbelievable! However, I'd still bring him back given our injury situation at the moment, regardless of what may or may not happen in 2017.

I agree he should come back, which shows how desperate we are atm.

Shorrocks should be close to fitness by now, going off the original statement, which had him out till March.

I doubt Wane will get Hampshire back but he should IMO. If George Williams isn't going to be right for a while yet and with Lckers obviously having a couple of niggles Wane can't afford to be stubborn. You sense he's not been impressed with Hampshires attitude but the lad is a cracking young player and now would seem the perfect opportunity to give him the shot he wants.

If we play Cas next week with no stand off and him turning out for them you have to wonder what we're playing at.

Totally agree NK, Wane has got to do what is best for the club. If that means bringing Hampshire back in the short term, (and on the face of it, it is) so be it. If Wanes stubbornness and pig headedness loses us points IL should step in and sort it.

May or June I believe.

It'll be pretty ironic if we line up with a makeshift 6 and Hampshire is at FB for Cas!