Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:29 pm  

Our backs and half backs at the moment are nowhere near good enough to compete with the Aussies and NZ!

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:42 pm  

1.Tomkins
2.Hall
3.Bridge
4.Yeaman
5.Briscoe
6.Widdop
7.Brough
8.Morley
9.Robinson
10.Graham
11.Ellis
12.Westwood
13.Heighington ( top player ..about time we took him up on his offer)

14.Burgess
15.Crabtree
16.J.Tomkins
17.Roby

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:26 pm  

who is Heightington?

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:32 pm  

The Ginger Pearl wrote:

who is Heightington?

13 for west tigers

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:34 pm  

Is he better than O'Loughlin?

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:35 pm  

The Ginger Pearl wrote:

who is Heightington?

very good player, think he'll be getting SOO and maybe Aussie reps soon enough

don't think we'll ever see him in an England jersey

Better than O'Loughlin? Who knows, he's just a very good player in a very good pack at Wests

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:55 am  

He doesn't have the passing game of Lockers but we could move Burgess to prop and play him in the SR.

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:28 am  

I'm suprised Keith Mason hasn't been called in to the squad, I know he has played for Wales before but lately I feel he could do a better job at prop than Peacock and Carvell. Peacock has been an outstanding player throughout his career but now I think he's relying on past reputation.

As for Widdop at 6, it can be quite easy to look good at 6 when you have Cronk at 7, Slater at 1 and Smith at 9. With Cronk and Smith doing the organising at Melbourne he will have no experience at that, with McBanana wanting to play Brough at 7 who also isn't an organiser we need an organsing 6.

My team would prob look like this come the four nations.

1 - S.Tomkins/Widdop
2 - Briscoe
3 - Yeaman
4 - Bridge
5 - Hall
6 - Brown/S.Tomkins/Widdop
7 - Brough
8 - Morley
9 - Roby
10 - Graham
11 - Ellis
12 - Westwood
13 - O'Loughlin
14 - Burgess
15 - Mason
16 - Crabtree
17 - Robinson

I would also like to see how McIllorum, Lomax, Gaskell, Mossop, Farrell, Prescott, BJB, Watkins, Welham, Atkins and certainly Larne Patrick perform over the season as I would be adding them to the squad to gain experience for the future especially Patrick and Mossop.

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:50 am  

post wrote: As for Widdop at 6, it can be quite easy to look good at 6 when you have Cronk at 7, Slater at 1 and Smith at 9. With Cronk and Smith doing the organising at Melbourne he will have no experience at that, with McBanana wanting to play Brough at 7 who also isn't an organiser we need an organsing 6. What about the match on Monday when the Storm beat the Roosters, no Cronk/Smith/Slater, Widdop main playmaker, got a big write up from the Aus press about how good he was, how he controlled the game. Can't find the article, but the team line up is below. http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/matc ... RL20111405 I also don't why people are still deciding which way round to play Widdop + Sam, one has been playing stand off all season, the other has been playing fullback. Why on earth would you switch them around?

post wrote: As for Widdop at 6, it can be quite easy to look good at 6 when you have Cronk at 7, Slater at 1 and Smith at 9. With Cronk and Smith doing the organising at Melbourne he will have no experience at that, with McBanana wanting to play Brough at 7 who also isn't an organiser we need an organsing 6. What about the match on Monday when the Storm beat the Roosters, no Cronk/Smith/Slater, Widdop main playmaker, got a big write up from the Aus press about how good he was, how he controlled the game. Can't find the article, but the team line up is below. http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/matc ... RL20111405 I also don't why people are still deciding which way round to play Widdop + Sam, one has been playing stand off all season, the other has been playing fullback. Why on earth would you switch them around?

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:35 am  

inside_man wrote: What about the match on Monday when the Storm beat the Roosters, no Cronk/Smith/Slater, Widdop main playmaker, got a big write up from the Aus press about how good he was, how he controlled the game. Can't find the article, but the team line up is below. http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/matc ... RL20111405 I also don't why people are still deciding which way round to play Widdop + Sam, one has been playing stand off all season, the other has been playing fullback. Why on earth would you switch them around? My thoughts exactly. We've got a stand off who controls games (to whatever degree) every week in the NRL. That's good enough for me.

inside_man wrote: What about the match on Monday when the Storm beat the Roosters, no Cronk/Smith/Slater, Widdop main playmaker, got a big write up from the Aus press about how good he was, how he controlled the game. Can't find the article, but the team line up is below. http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/matc ... RL20111405 I also don't why people are still deciding which way round to play Widdop + Sam, one has been playing stand off all season, the other has been playing fullback. Why on earth would you switch them around? My thoughts exactly. We've got a stand off who controls games (to whatever degree) every week in the NRL. That's good enough for me.