Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Jul 01, 2014 11:43 am
Grimmy wrote:
I think it's fairly obvious we haven't kept him because we have better centres at the club.
It's very obvious we don't!
If we don't sign a centre for 2015 we will be at the weakest in that position since I can remember.
Would be very surprised if we signed a fourth first team centre unless someone brilliant became available
It doesn't look like we are going to but the performances of both Gelling and Sarge v Saints should tell you neither is good enough to be a first team centre.
They may be able to do it against the likes of Widnes but are just way out of their depth against decent opposition. I can't see that changing much even if they play the rest of this season out in the centres as I don't think they will improve greatly on what we see now.
In any case we can't afford a "trainee" as one of our first choice centres when the other (Thornley) isn't the finished article himself yet (though he is a centre).
Ultimately I think Gelling could be a beast in the back row and Sarge could be a good full back but as centres I doubt either will be good enough.
Someone get George Carmont out of retirement!
