For mine, prioritise Tickle, Manu, Fitzgibbon, Hall.

Also keep Yeaman, Whiting, and Houghton providing not for silly money.

Calderwood wait and see how our youngsters go if they get a chance, but probably another year at least anyway.

Cusack to retire, and if we can replace with the likes of McCarthy-Scarsbrook, perhaps choose between Dowes and Radford depending on who else we could also get and how Moa goes.

Agree with all of that. Some nice options to have there.

I'll only bite on this one. Largely down to not having a consistent partnership on the right so little understanding has been built, and our only consistently picked centre being the one least capable/willing to put his winger away on the left.

We have one centre who doesn't use his winger enough, the others simply haven't had enough of a chance to do so for the last 2 seasons to say that with such certainty.

I forgot to include as well, definitely go after Ratchford if possible. Although I wouldn't necessarily want him right away. If Horne can continue as he is and with Turner also in the ranks, a pre-season learning with Long then back to Salford on loan could be good for all parties, like Huddersfield did with McNally.

Whitehaven aren't in SL. I'm not sure Salford would react as well to developing other teams' players for them. Also if he wants out of Salford, the obvious next step isn't to spend another year there. He's about 3 years older than McNally too and ready pretty much now. Hull just don't look to have an attractive vacancy for him at this stage. If Cooke leaves Rovers, he'd be a good option for us. He's under contract for 2011 at Salford, though, and I can't see us coming up with a big transfer fee. 2012 might be more realistic if you lot want to swoop. The value of mentoring from top pros (like Long and Fitzgibbon) is being slightly exaggerated, IMO. There is no substitute for playing.

Thought you lot were happy with I'anson?

He deserves a proper chance, certainly. Best case he makes 6 his own. Should at least be a decent utility squad player - already is in fact.

Yeaman I'll give you.

Hall definitely can put his winger away.

Briscoe hasn't had the chance to show one way or the other.

I'll defend Yeamo a little bit here. I agree, he doesn't pass to his winger enough, but i also think with the limited ball he gets he isn't as bad as some think.

I really rate Ratchford but i'm not sure where we'd play him long term or whether he'd even add to our squad.

As can Whiting, just had a bit of a brain fart at Wrexham.

I wasn't counting Whiting as a centre as such. He fills in there well when needed but shouldn't be considered as one of the centres in terms of squad balance.