Yeaman

Quote: airliebird,runninglate! "When yeaman missed games last year when he come back it was massively noticeable.
When on form a tremendous line runner, consistent try scorer, powerful runner, good metre maker, hard hitting defender and always a good 100% attitude.
Without sounding to personal that list is truly dumb. A few 2nd rows n then goulding? If kirk was at Wigan how do you think that would make him look? Cos goulding was a walk the ball over the line without a hand on him winger that's made good in the centre playing with a top team. And Mellars?!! Serious? He played his 1st game weekend. He is massively 4th choice behind Collis smith n Lyne at wakey as centre.
Yeaman has flaws but people seem to be forgetting about just how well he does the stuff he's good at. Has a good rep around the league among his fellow pros. A player opposition don't like playing against.'"

How is that list truly dumb? Only Soliola and Menzies are 2nd rowers and they both can/are playing to a higher standard at centre than Kirk. Goulding does look good playing in a good team because he makes them the good team they are. You ask how Yeaman would look in that side, even more exposed technically than at Hull probably. I'd hazard a guess Charnley wouldn't have scored nearly as many tries last season playing outside of Yeaman.

As a side note I also disagree with the good meter maker comment. His runs from dummy half are awful and often result with a carry of less than 5 meters and a slow play the ball. Couple that with the handling errors that have crept more and more into his game the last few years I think I'd rather he let Tom do twice the work instead.