Seriously good rugby brain, he's going to be a massive loss next year.
With Sarginson likely to be out for a good while would anyone like to see him given a run at centre against Widnes and Hull ?
Charnley
Gelling
Burgess
Manfredi
Pretty quick threequarter line.

Iain Thornley might be back, not sure if he will be match fit though?

could be on his way to rovers, according to the local rag

Let's hope so

I don't understand this comment???

Whenever he's played he's always looked like a decent squad player.

On top of that we've probably spent a good amount of money getting him back to fitness. Did we also pay a fee to bring hI'm back from Sale?

We should give him 12 months to see if we can recoup some of our investment. If Sarge is leaving theres a slot available.

Problem with Thornley is he always looks like he's dragging a three piece suite behind him, not very quick.

Agreed, he lacks the flair of Gelling and Sarginson as well. Having said that I'm not sure Gildart is up to the role of reserve winger/centre yet due to his size so would have preferred to keep Thornley for another season, perhaps with Gildart loaned out to another SL club

I think it's time we got ourselves a real centre from somewhere. Maybe easier said than done, but the acquisition of George Carmont was a smart bit of scouting and didn't cost us the Earth.

We seem to have been experimenting with centres for quite a while now. I think Sarge fits the bill from time to time - despite his occasionally ridiculous decision-making (such as the try he gifted to Saints and the sitter he failed to lay on for Burgess last night) but he's going soon anyway. Gelling's performances can range from superstar to donkey in the course of one game, and Thornley is always injured, but given the fuss that surrounded his return from Rugby Union, he doesn't seem to offer much even when he's fit. It says something when the most punch we've got from a centre was John Bateman's performance last night - he may not be lightning-fast, but at least he scared his opponent and looked dangerous with ball in hand.

It's probably not a priority in the team with Gildart waiting in the wings - but you can never be totally sure that a kid will do it for you. I just wish we could get at least one centre to fill one of our centre shirts.

Not many players can boast 1 season and a league/cup double. 13 tries, 10 assists in the league. 4th highest tackle busts for us, 4th highest clean breaks, 3rd highest average gain.

apart from those stats in a double winning team, get rid!

Thornley is definitely worth keeping, he was looking great before he got injured last Good Friday. If he's over his injuries then he should stay, and I'm not convinced Sarg will still be here next season anyway.

As a rugby league fan and an England fan, I'd love to see Burgess at centre or fullback. As a Saints fan, not so much. He's wasted on the wing.

I thought he would struggle in the NRL, I am starting to think he could go well as the season progresses. Reminds me of SKD, ironic he may well end up replacing him at the Roosters.

As for Thornely looks like he is gone and personally I'm not too fussed. It's a shame about the injuries but ultimately there is no point paying a player to sit in the stands. As someone else has commented he also seems to lack pace for a winger and the basic centre skills to be a centre. For me he falls into the void between centre and wing without excelling at either.

Would be nice to see us sign an experienced quality centre but where you find him is the question. Talk of Gildart is very very premature and we would be daft to base our recruitment strategy on an unproven kid who may never make the cut.

Thornleys gone now so who cares about his stats, not Wigan standard

I was grateful for his skills in the 2013 Challenge Cup Final. He was definitely Wigan standard that day.

I'm really surprised that we're letting Thornley go. He's had injury problems and he's got a lot if improving to do but he's got plenty about him.