Thats were we differ as id rather have a hooker who is more attack minded who you put structures in place to protect him from having to defend too much so he can conserve his energy for attack.

I'd actually swap Berro and Yeamo's positions in defence.

Maybe they can it's just the players are that shi[it[/i and don't know how to create opportunities..

Horne's nothing great at fullback I don't see why so many people want him there...He's safe that's it, offers nothing going forward when he has the ball from the back.

I think you do...



There you go! Many (most, probably) in this country hold an antiquated view of what a fullback should be and that view seems to consist solely of 'being safe'.

Oh I agree and have said so many times in recent weeks. He lacks any kind of urgency on his kick returns and I would personally play him at 6.

but we leaked less points with him at full-back and won games.

No seriously I don't I've never rated him at fb and don't think he's that great at 6 either tbh. My opinion of course.

You missed my point but no matter.

great, leave us a gap right in the middle

in your opinion

and no its no sloeley being safe, but being safe is part of the requriment as is backing up breaks, 2 thins which Horne excels at. Id bet given a bit of time there he could work on his ball returng and quicker PTB's

mind you what more should we expect from someone who thinks wingers need to be defensive and workhorses

I hate the term deadwood - would we like it if someone called us that at work during a round of redundancies or "restructuring"? "But who was last year's growth that needs pruning" doesn't quite have the same ring to it, I know. I think:

G Horne (I'd love him to have a magnificent season and prove me wrong)
Cusack (very good start to the season but can we have more dynamism?)
thorman (I'm sorry but not making the grade to my mind)
Thackray (not delivering what we need)
King (certainly playing with pride - not sure it's enough anymore)
Radford (great servant, fantastic effort every week, great tackler, offers us little going forward - time to move on)
Crocker (can anyone tell me what he's brought to the club this year?)

Now, who to replace them with.... hmmmm... maybe we ought to keep them all.