Although he has had a dip in form recently, changing position does not help confidence, also i think he needs time and direction as he is a good player
getting on his back will not do anything to boost his confidence,expecting young players to shine each week will need the help of senior players guidance.

Thompson is not fast enough for a centre, his defence would be worse than Crooks

Thompson has played the majority of games in his career in the backs with a decent strike rate.

both times he had a one on one with meli a few yards out, both times he backed off and left it too late to make the tackle. Nobody but Arundel fault for Meli first and last try

Our centres and wingers have been charging in all season leaving massive gaps out wide

its funny how we all see things different, imo arundel did well to score and for there last try thought he had got meli into touch, hes not a winger and i would still like arundel to be given a run at centre, if you think we could have a backline of shaul binman crooks arundel linham rankin miller, all young quick and exiting, ok there defence would need working on but what a prospect,

maybe our pre season "scapegoats" are playing well..... thompson (why do we sign him)..feka (too old and past it) carvell..(injury prone) westerman..(big transfer)miller..(worst halfback weve had)..yeaman (not played well for years)..jason crookes (not played so cant slag him off)
so we have to have a new scapegoat.... ben crooks has a bad game goalkicking is off so we can use him until someone else plays badly
what fickle supporters

Um...

Carvell has been out injured for most of the season and Yeaman isn't playing well, so your list needs some editing. And nobody is criticising Crooks for his goalkicking.

If you really think Crooks is being scapegoated you might want to have a word with Radford.

I have a scapegoat and he goes into press conferences with a front tooth missing and rubs his face every 10 seconds.

Who also likes to put the young lads on the naughty step.

I wondered who it was who kept looking at himself in a mirror at press conferences.

I agree. Meli has made a living out of running over the top of other wingers. For me Arundels inside was far too slow to get across and help him out.