I thought Tommy Lee was good against Wakey and also calderwood, prob best 2 on the pitch. Id keep Tommy Lee now after a few undecided years.

If I were to take over tomorrow with the ability to somehow clear out those that I didn't want. The following players would be gone by teatime...


Cusack - too similar to Dowes and not good enough for a quota place

Radford - mediocrity personified

Lee - just not good enough

Thorman - just not good enough

King - best days way too far behind him

G Horne - just not good enough

M Tony - tying him down to FB was a big mistake but his injuries are also a concern.


R Horne would be our first choice FB and I would look for a 6 and a 7. We would also need a centre, if anything was left it would be spent on trying to bolster up the pack.

agree i think tommy is playing better in each game

Haven't you heard Washbrook is our new 6 acording to another post earlier!


Guess they didn't see him last season covering for R. Horne / Dykes alongside Berro

Looked about as clueless last season as he did on Friday night .

try washy at full back probably the only position he hasnt played in the last few seasons

He's a very poor excuse for a centre, he has cost us a few tries this year for me. He offers little in attack and is terrible at passing to his winger. If we want to be a top 2 side we simply need players A LOT better then Horne, who, without that last name wouldn't be here for me.

Overseas quota for 2011 needs to kept in mind for 2010 - a maximum of 5 and can't see we'd get any decent overseas player on less than a 2-3 year deal. Already under contract for 2011 are:

Crocker
Lauaki
Berrigan

I'd go for using the other 2 spots for a SH and either renewing Manu's contract or a centre.

This assumes that these would all count as the 5 overseas players and are not exempt due to the latest confusing RFL fudge about existing contracted players - not really sure how that would affect us.

We have far too many players who "do okay" and "work hard" and if we want to be a top 2 side within the next 5 or 6 years we need much much better than that.

Think he has suffered for not having a nailed down position.. I would like to see him put on a stone and play at 13.

If we renewed his contract he wouldn't count as quota.

In comparative terms, he's no more a poor excuse for a centre than Calderwood is a poor excuse for a winger or almost any other player in the team is a poor excuse for their position. You can't have a go at our top try scorer for costing us a few tries! Our entire back division (as uninspiring as they are) are playing behind a beaten pack of plodders.