I thought he was better on Saturday and he has been in the previous month or so. I think he had more space and made more ground ball in hand. Still not good enough though.

He hasn't kicked on since he got injured, but he can't be blamed for the whole teams recent bad performances. He can't be blamed for the constant handling errors Cockayne his making

He is only young, and needs time. Maybe he should be playing on the wing where his frailties are less exposed.

Also remember Mellars spent most of his time at Crusaders on the wing.

If we had a decent stand off to work with Tim Smith, move Lee Smith back into the centres with Collis, then Lyne and Mellars should give Cockayne and Fox the competition in their position which is sadly lacking.

Thanks Reece for your input.

Fox was by far worse than Lyne on Saturday IMO. I'd give the lad a chance.

The lad looked great pre season and if the team was in reasonable form and playing with confidence he would be going well.
Sadly, we are not playing well as a team and defensively we are all over the place.

Mellars played most of his games for the crusaders at centre. HTH.

..........Reece won't be going anywhere for a while......especially after he's just moved into a house on Doncaster Road.........

That'll be fine for his commute to the Keepmoat then....

I dont think he is good enough but hope to be proved wrong. He looks lightweight, dare i say it, a little intimidated/scared at times and not as quick as i was lead to believe (he got run down against Hemel twice after having a 5 & 10 yard start on there winger!)

The thing that annoys me the most, is that [uimo[/u he is certainly no better than Cowling, but he is getting alot more chances to try and prove himself as he is a RA lad/signing.
Ive watched Cowling play in the academy/U20's/Donny and he is decent. On the 2 occasions i have seen him play with the 1st team he has not looked out of place or let anyone down. What does he need to do exactly?

After communicating with quite a few neutrals ,with no particular axes to grind,I can tell you they were in agreement with Tigerade.
Lynne by no means the worst player on Saturday.
The lad showed potential earlier in the season.
Let's hope that is realised.
Get off his back.

He made some decent runs on saturday, but had no idea what to do next. Really don't think he is a centre but seeing as he played most of his rugby before joining us on the wing I'd try him there before consigning him to the scrap bin. and going by Fox's (lack of) efforts last week then maybe sooner rather than later.

The one thing that Foxy still does really well is cart the ball up from DH - he makes cheap metres to get us out of our 20 and doesn't get leathered in the tackle; I'm not sure Reece Lyne could do that.