I`m not convinced that Ryan is an out-and-out Centre, to me he looks more like a 2nd Row filling in, I`d be tempted to bring in a centre and let Ryan have a game or two in the pack, assuming he stays of course.

Very true, don't think any player would relish being on Atkin's wing.

That bad that he got an England call up!

He may not be a Gidley or a Senior, but they are world class players. Ryan is not World Class, but he is a fine player who deserves a little more respect for his efforts and, to date, his loyalty to us.

I reckon some would moan on here if we signed Inglis and only got him for 3 years????????

atkins played very well against quins, my mom and whilst he has his flaws i'd rather have him here than leave. once again who do we get that is young and english to replace him with? answer, no f***er

agreed he did play well but these games are not often enough, ok the ball doesn't always come out, but he fails to come looking for it in my view anywhere near as often as a he ought to.
For some reason on here some people think he is untouchable and get personally upset by any negative comments about him, to these people I say grow up, take your blinkers off, accept he ain't half as good as you think he is, and don't burst into tears everytime something gets said about him!!!
To me he has all the ability in the world, he should be more of a threat than he is and that is down to laziness, his tackling can be iffy at times, but he could make up for that by Being a constant menace to our oppos defence, which I believe he fails to do.
Who do we replace him with if he goes, I don't know but it won't be the end of the world, well not for me anyway.

but that is exactly the point, he has to come looking for it inside to get teh ball where the traffic is too busty. Same as Petersen.

If Atkins played for Saints or Leeds his lack of centre play would not matter as he would be put on a one on one challenge more often and would make the break for Long, McGuire, Roby, Burrow to back up.

he still is and should be our "go to" man when we need a break or a try, there aren't many of them knocking about in SL. We would miss him dearly if he left.

We just need to find ways to get him 1v1 against his centre or the half back and he would create allsorts of problems but it never seems to happen. He has faults but he has far more positives going for him.

i think his defence is pretty solid (maybe some decision making errors) on the whole and those that say he has no pace is pretty lol.

conclusion: we should use him more effectively.

Did he run over your cat or something?

Because Martin has played at 6 more than in his centre position?

some of it is game plan, and martin has been playing at 6 a lot this season. think ryan is a great player on his day and will get better, a lot better. with the right coaching and a bit more ball

He coped well with big Eorl yesterday. Also, did you notice how many shudds players were in the tackle everytime he got the ball?

I meant when he was playing centre, but whoever is in that centre gets it more than atkins.

agreed on his day he is a good player, my complaint is that he doesn't have enough of them, therefore he is either underachieving or average.