It's an interesting one. Washbrook will be a huge loss but Whiting's ability to cover numerous positions will be a gain.

Regarding Annakin, we have to give this guy a new contract. Question is - would he sign one?

I've got nothing against Whiting as a player, as has been said a good utility player who can cover a number of positions, but for me that's part of the problem with the type of player we already have. There are too many 'Jack of all trade, masters of none' in our squad. Maybe 5 or 6 of them suffer from not quite being good enough to play at full back, wing, centre, in the halves and hooker positions etc. then end up playing all of those and never quite hitting the spot so to speak. I also think that many of them looked good at their previous clubs because they had better players around them and got 'carried' along. Put them all together and maybe that's part of the reason why we are struggling.

You are really undervaluing Whiting, take injuries away and play in the backrow and you have an very good SL player, really consistent, good defence and runs really good lines. It's no coincidence that since Whiting has come back from injury our performances have improved.

I also rate him.

If or WHEN we stay up, and if this is true, we have a very good, proven SL player on our hands.

Agreed, always played above his weight.

He had a great coach in his younger days.