He's not sharp enough mentally for me. Part of the reason his backing up is poor is because he gets taken by surprise too often or is in the wrong place on the field to be able to back up a move.

But he is alert when he scores from kicks or makes the short run off Manu. I think the problem is people remember Barnett and there are not many centres if any in the whole of SL that could lace his boots.

That may be part of it, but IMO there have been and continue to be plenty of better centres in SL than Yeaman. Granted not many of them are English, as the recent display in the 4 Nations rather clearly demonstrated.

Which is why I still maintain Yeaman is still one of the top centres in this country, along with Senior, Gleeson, Atkins and Shenton, all much of a muchness.

Agree with that, apart from Atkins. He's a liability IMO.

i agree , could never understand why he was picked for GB, was courted by Leeds, warrington and wigan when his contract was due to expire last and why macnamara wanted him to go to this years party down under...

and will walk into the international squad at the end of this coming season..
he suffered a few injuries and the baby wore him out plus other issues but this year he will shut everyone up and i hope everyone will hope he does too

consumate professional then?

I wouldn't get away with poor performance at work because there was a new arrival in my house.

He gets picked for England because we don't have much choice, he's fairly average (as many have stated)

There is a dearth of even decent English centres. An on-form Yeaman compares pretty favourably.

He does need to up his game and hopefully pressure from Berro, Whiting and Turner will help him. If he does then we will see the benefit.

yeamo would walk in to 95% of teams in super league.

and i also believe turner will improve dramatically next season.people seem to have forgotten,he is young,and had one season with us.

In your opinion.

Id sooner have kept Hall.....Turner offers us nothing...he is another Graeme Horne.

attacking wise hall was better,but defensively turner is more solid,and scored tries when the opportunity arose.