Agree with that , think its a very good signing . Just now need a top notch centre , even rule and agar have mentioned one coming in . If he has to be english i"d be happy with atkins . A class centre and the team would look a lot better and balanced .

So who do you think are viable options/targets for a centre spot.

Atkins (although my gut feeling is he'll end up at the Rhinos)
Tom Briscoe (do we play him there next season)

and tbh I can't think of anyone else at the moment.

Agree with all of that. Horne will go well with Long and for me a centre is a must.

I would rather go with Briscoe than Atkins or Turner. I was thinking more like a experienced centre who can assist Briscoes development at centre.

As I said when Long was signed, I do worry about just how many games we are going to get out of him. A creative SO will help when he is missing. Horne is a good SO but he doesn't really have any sort of creative side to his game IMO. I'd also say his long passing isn't the best and slows us down when trying to get the ball wide.

His left to right passing is terrible however i think Thorman puts Horne under pressure as his passing is very slow too.

Next season though the speed and accuracy of Longs passing will give Horne alot more room to work with like he does for Pryce, i hope.

good signing in my opinion" >]

I really rate Briscoe, but if we are to persist with 'up the middle' rugby, we have to go for a bigger centre for the time being...like how Bradford backed up their huge pack with the unstoppable Vainikolo and Hape.

I think Briscoe could spend the year learning of an experienced centre, and I'm sure he'd still get a lot of game time with the way we get injuries.

Not gonna happen mate !
Champagne rugby all the way next season !!

Richard Horne or Jordan Tansey.

Very true. I guess time will tell. Certainly starting to shape up as a very good squad for next year and Agar will have no excuses if it doesn't perform.

I reckon next season's starting line up will look something like this

Tansey
Calderwood
New centre/Briscoe
Yeaman
Raynor
Horne R
Long
Dowes
Berrigan
Cusack
Fitzgibbon
Tickle
Washbrook
Subs
O'Meley
Luaikai
Manu
Houghton

that is far better than what we have now

I mean its very radical, with an actual half back and a loose forward, it'll be interesting to see if this experimental approach works, it might revolutionize RL

a quality centre really would get me excited for next season! and better still a new coach!

matty head