If Gentle moves Briscoe he wants shooting!

Agree. Just musing, really, harking back to the centre murmurings of Agar. Still short in that position. Don't know if Briscoe really had true potential there or not. Perhaps Gentle and McRae will know.

Agreed. Never liked the idea of him being a centre in the first place, always looked a natural winger to me and has proved how classy he can be in that position.

We will be signing a centre so I have no worries there. The question will be who plays on the other wing. Personally I would give Sharp another go rather than Whiting.

very confident that we will sign another centre Paul,any names in the frame apart from some of the outlandish rumours of Lyon etc.

Only name I heard came at last weeks match, which was Bridge. The Lyon thing I have only heard on here.

I hope Westerman plays 13. Washbrook is an average SL player but Westerman has great potential.

Not surprised you heard bridges name , he was playing

Westerman has been in great form at 2nd row down the right hand channel.

I think we're likely to see Tickle at 13, as a 3rd, more mobile prop, rather than a ballhandler - which seems to be the way alot of Aussie sides line up. I don't think a 3rd pivot in the middle of the park is necessary really.

Horne & Seymour should be the guys putting the plays together, giving Westy more opportunity to attack the fringes, which he's been excellent at this year.

With a quality centre coming in on the right hand side, I would be more than happy to see Sharp/Lynne given a go there. We need a big, quality SR to replace Fitz and, of course, a prop (maybe Lynch).

Three quality signings (prop, SR and centre) and Mr. Gentle could have a real shout with our squad in 2012.


Here's hoping!

If we waved enough cash could we get Gasnier

I hear this argument a lot, but I don't think that it necessarily follows that getting good results at U20s level = good U20s coach. It's important to remember that Last's job is not to 'put out a competitive side at U20s level' (although obviously you don't want to be getting spanked every week) but to produce players for the first team, and in the time he's been in the job he hasn't done that enough. Most people now seem to recognise the Agar 'youth development guru' line for the utter myth that it is, but when you see, for example, the way Lynn has torn up the u20s yet looks like a fish out of water at SL level, then I don't think you can pin that all on Agar.

It's a similar theory to the one about why the England football team is so poor; youth coaches put all their focus in teaching the kids how to be competitive at that level, at the expense of allowing them to develop the skills required to be competitive at the very top level.

Obviously though, all changes to the backroom staff are now down to SMc & PG and I certainly trust them to make the right decision (I read that the 'conditioner' has already been given the boot which is very encouraging).

I see Wakey have just signed a centre, a fairly average one by the sounds of it though?

Collis is not the calibre of player we should be looking at. Rather have Turner.