Blairs been tested at 13 earlier in the year and the fact he's not played their since (even before our HB crisis) says it all. SR is his best position in SL. Sign welham up and I think we're okay for centre, definitely will have better quality next year than what we've currently got playing in centres atm. Sign Lunt up, sign Puletua up if we can, if replace if not replace him and sign another big nasty prop. This with a big nasty strike second rower and we would be going places next year. Blair, new strike SR, Horne and Larroyer good enough for back row.
Dixon
Sio
Thornley
Welham
Mantellato
Campo
Kelly
Walker
Lunt
Allgood
New strike SR
Blair
Mccarthy
Big nasty prop
Tilse
Horne
Boudebza
Would look good Id say! Would push players like Green, Larroyer etc down the pecking order but it would add to needed depth, especially when the inevitable 100's of injuries come in.

I don't think anyone is questioning that and as utility / cover value he should be retained but he really isn't good enough as a 1st choice second row.

McCarthy is a strange one, Vice Captain but in my opinion not really impressing, tries to play the enforcer role but not really up to it. He in my mind is one person who needs replacing, with someone who can break lines and offload. A person like that in our existing second/back row line up could flourish.

On top of that we do need another prop, but with Clarkson and Kirmond's names being bandied around is our recruitment all but done and dusted?

Clarkson & Kirmond, added to our already contracted back rowers, would condemn us to another season watching our pack get swatted weekly and see us back in the bottom 4 as quick as you can say wembleyhorrorshow.

When you get a few posters on the Wildcats forum saying Kirmond has been bang average for them the last 2 seasons you have to worry about our recruitment thought processes and objectives.

On a separate note, I have just summoned up the stomach and courage to watch our Wembley Horror Show 2015 on the i-player, while my darling wife treated herself to an hour of Emmerdale and an hour of Holby City.

Leeds played superbly and Ben Thaler had a good game.

If it's any consolation, we didn't look any better second time around. We were total cackamallabab. We had no gameplan and no onfield motivator and organiser. Tyke is not captaincy material, Chezzie, any more than Horne or Welham. Boudebza half decent. On current improvement and progress, French John will be our marquee player for 2017 come contract renewal.

Your front row isn't too bad and should be good enough to hold it's own against all but the top 2 or 3 sides but your back row is absolute garbage. This season, we haven't had anything much prop wise other than paea and watts but because ellis and mini have been so good the props have been fine.