I can't see 12 going, 6/7 more like. Also I would not want Rooney, pointless signing imo.

I heard its certain for start of next year

Hope not, where does Horne play? Please don't say fullback and as a centre I am not convinced.

Duggan I would have assuming he has gotten over his injuries and O'Hara I would not bother with. Maloney and Moa would be better options.

Rooney is a DONE deal

Don't get me wrong I have always thought he was a decent footballer but not sure where he fits into the side?

my thoughts exactley

Agreed, im not a big fan of Rooney and he isnt the best player in the world but just look at how well he kicked on thursday, if you have the skill to be able to put the ball were you want it at one level you can do it at any, A lot of people dont like it but to be honest with our pack shaping up well and someone with a kicking game like Rooney the boring rugby what we play under Agar would be a lot more effective.

So Horne to centre then or fullback?

Tansey
Raynor
Yeaman
Horne
Calderwood
Rooney
Long
Dowes
Berrigan
O'Meley
Fitzgibbon
Radford
Washbrook

Cusack
Lauaki
Manu
Houghton/Lee/Whiting

Or Horne to fullback, Turner or Whiting to centre and Tansey off the bench in place of Houghton as the hooker/back utility?

As Staffs FC said, on this season's form he's not an automatic pick anywhere. He's not producing at 6 and has looked solid but uninspiring at FB.

And I say that as a big fan of his.

Not sure if he has yet to come to terms with his medical condition or if it's fallout from his injury (or some of both) but right now he's a shadow of his former self. I really hope he can get back to the kind of form he's capable of but at the moment he's going backwards if anything.

Rooney, as also stated, does at least have a kicking game and a footballing brain - two things we are short of.

Think 12 would be too many, and can't see it at all with too many of the like we need rid of being under contract. In an ideal world without contract complications and if it was the right players though, so long as we brought in a few other players who'd justify it I wouldn't be too displeased to see maybe even as many as 9 or 10 go.

I'd take Radford out completely and move Washy up to SR, with Whiting at LF.

I would like to see Whiting have a run this season at 13, I am unsure if he could stand up to it physically. A 13 is expected to do his fair share of hitups aswell a load of defence and whether this would take too muhc out of him I am not sure.