George showed real promise at the end of last season. This should have been the year that he kicked on and established himself in Super league, and as an integral part of the Wakefield team but injuries have curtailed that.

It not the lads fault, but he seems to be far too injury prone to ever be more than a bit part squad player in Super league. He’s been injured every season whilst at Wakefield.

As for Blanch, I think that the injuries have caught up with him, he seems as shadow of the player he was a couple of seasons ago. Positionally he seems all at sea, however, that might be down to the defensive structure we play.

Is he up to it health wise? Dont take it the wrong way but the way his body shape changed after his illness he needs to put a fair amount of bulk back on to have more chance of being effective in the front row I feel.

I thought that Chromes Desease was one of those things that doesnt get 'cured' only controlled, if so are we taking a risk on needing him to be 'bulky' when he appears more suited to the back row? Hopefully its not an issue and he will not be affected, but its out of his control as I understand things.

It's rlCrohn's Diseaserl btw and can be really nasty; hopefully RM's will be sufficiently well controlled as to enable him to continue to play top flight RL, if that's what he wants.

Hats off to him either way - I know someone who has the disease and is almost completely disabled by it, so to continue to train and be involved in the rigours of SL week in and week out is pretty impressive.

Thanks for the link. It wasn't a dig by the way - respect to the guy living and working with it. Lets hope it is managed enough for him to have an impact for us next year. It always gets tricky though when evaluating a player, similar to the Scully/diabetes situation. When you consider he was a diabetic playing pro RL he was in excellent shape, but compared to his pears he wasn't - if you see what I mean.

Nope - it didn't read at all like a dig; I agree with you - RL is probably the toughest sport in the world and players have to be supremely fit just to compete and avoid getting smashed to bits every week, let alone battling against a debilitating illness.

Wonder if Wakefield will recieve compensation for Blanch ? or are we glad to get rid ?, thats 7 now with no new signings announced yet !. Must say same old same old, lots of players departing and im sure lots of new faces arriving at BV, we will never be a top team when you have so many changes in personnel year in year out im afraid, you have no consitency within the squad, to change pivitol roles at any time is difficult just look how we struggled after Brough,Tronc and Newton left. No wonder there is no queue to get season tickets at BV with half the squad gone, HMRC wanting a chunk of cash and Ted and the board wanting out. The Club has been run as a family concern for too long and not a business, let's hope we can attract a backer who will take WTW to the next level or NL here we come...