We have to be ruthless if we have aspirations of challenging the top 4....we should ger rid. I like Washy as he always tries hard whatever position he is asked to play....for me he lacks that speed of thought/football brain...Westerman has this...Washy doesn't.

Exactly.

That is ruthless. You could be the RLFans version of Ghengis Khan with that level of ruthlessness.

To be honest, whether Washy stays or goes, I'm not that bothered. If he stays, we have a cheap, homegrown squad player, who can cover the backrow. If he goes, he's easily replaceable, perhaps from the U20's.

This is a persons livelihood your discussing on here what gives you all the right to talk about cutting his wages i'm sure you would like your earnings to be discussed on a forum

Where's Westy?, or the after-watershed Where's Willie?






I don't think that I would keep Washbrook, tbh. The only position that I would play him is Loose Forward and we already have Westerman who is far far far superior to him. If Westerman isn't fit, Tickle would move there.
I also wouldn't like him as being our interchange backrower. A backrow of Manu, Tickle, Westerman, Washbrook is weaker that what we have this season (Manu, Tickle, Fitzgibbon, Westerman) and so isn't the direction that we need to be going in.
Whilst he would be adequate cover for if any of our first choice 4 became unavailable, he would presumably have too large a salary for this role.
I don't see him progressing much as a player, although he isn't bad, so I would rather this cover opportunity be given to one of the younger players - Cunningham or Green for example.

Agree with this.

Can't remember the last time Washbrook had a stand out game. Bradford at home in the playoffs in 2006?

He's not lived up to his early promise and I think it's time for him to move on.

You mean Tickle



I feel sorry for Washy in all honesty as he was replaced by a modern day legend of the game and unsuccessfully spent a full pre season this year training to become a hooker.

Peter Sharp has massive hopes for him even highlighting him as a future captain of the club however I don't see a future for him but he most defiantly is a Super League standard player.

Radders

Washbrook is another example of a young player with potential wasted by this club. Moulded into the robotic and dull workman like-player that has lots of graft but no skill (hence why we do alright defensively and are awful in attack!).

Hope Pearson can sort out the mess that is our coaching systems.

Sadly very true.

Washbrook, if he wasn't born in Hull we wouldn't think twice about speaking the truth about him, he's a championship player at best.