Thats an expensive battle to be Fitzgibbons backup

Me too.

It's a bit difficult to make a direct comparison when they haven't played the same positions, but I wouldn't agree with the 'head and shoulders' comment. If looking at the LF role alone, I'd say Washbrook looks more like the modern LF but Whiting is the cleverer player.

Let's face it - either would be a huge improvement over Radford.

www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/vie ... on-Rooney/

www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/vie ... on-Rooney/

Yeah but that's in a paper that claims "Coffee Stops Alzheimers"

Only

Would be a poor signing as he wouldnt exactly add much to what we have for next season, not that he is a crap player though. Would rather have Berro in the halves

1.?
6. Horne
7.Long
9.Berrigan
13.Washbrook.

Tansey.

1 Tansey
2 Calderwood
3 Horne
4 Yeaman
5 Raynor
6 Rooney
7 Long

8 Dowes
9 Berrigan
10 Cusack
11 Tickle (Burnett if Tickle goes)
12 Fitzgibbon
13 Washbrook / Whiting

14 Houghton
15 Manu
16 Lauaki
17 O'Meley

Would like Rooney here. Will give us another option in the halves and he is more creative than Horne. Wouldn't mind Danny Orr either.

would change the 2 in bold around so we have some agression/impact on the field from the start. The props need to be balanced and compliment each other.

Also think signing rooney is a waste of cap space as if wakey are getting rid why would we want him? Would rather see whiting at centre and horne at 6 or instead of spending money on rooney use that to find a new centre and have whiting as cover or pushing for a bench spot

I can agree with that. To be honest I wouldn't be bothered who started out the two as long as O'Meley played 40 minutes each week.