Which is one of the reasons we should sign him. Currently we must have one of the youngest squads in super league. I think only Andy Coley is over 30 (and he's no leader) and there's only really Phil Bailey and Stuart Fielden to mention with any experience.



I think at the moment we have a great amount of youth in the squad but we need some experience and leadership to compliment the young lads and give us the right balance of youth and experience.

Ill take him for 2 years

Well that didnt work because the defence down the right was as bad as it has been all season.



I really dont understand the Bailey is solid in defence myth that some like to push on here. He maybe is as long as you run straight at him but he barely lays a hand on player if they run at the side of him or put a step on him. He is far too slow at centre and even at second row he is often far too slow when sliding across. He is a complete waste of a quota spot.

Congratulations on the 20/20 hindsight. Funny, I didn't see your ideas for improving things before the game. If you want some credibility on here pal best not to wait and see what happens and then stick your head over the parapet.



We have a problem in right side defence that is purely down to Tim Smith. Bailey was an option exercised to try to mitigate that. The fact is, whoever defends next to Smith is looking bad but if my life depended on it I would rather have Bailey making a tackle than Goulding.

Because I hadnt joined by then

It doesnt mean that I cant comment on what other people have said, especially since many said it would make no difference, which it didnt. You are right though, whoever defends next to Smith doesnt stand a chance.

In that case welcome aboard (unless you are an old poster with a new ID!)





You've posted similar about Smith on another thread and I agree with you. He is simply too much of a risk in defence and has to be dropped. Try Sam for the full 80. If it fails, reshuffle with Lockers - or anybody - at 6. It can't be worse than Smith.



TBH I'm not impressed with Riddell or Roberts either. They're lucky that Smith is so shockingly bad or they would be under more scrutiny.



I'm praying Sam is able to play week , week out because we could drop Smith, Riddell and Roberts and play Sam, McIllorum and Pryce. I feel the fewer imports we have the better the unity of the squad.

I actually think that Roberts was much improved last week and covered well at times in defence. At least with him I can see some potential with his speed and on occasions such as the try he set up last week and his interception on Saturday.



Riddell I have not been impressed with either, Smith I have said my piece.



One other thing I will say about these two those is I think it is a disgrace that Noble and the conditioning staff can allow 2 players to be so unfit. If they werent prepared to come to pre-season training early, particularly in the case of Smith as he was so far behind the others anyway, then they shouldnt have been signed. Everyone could also see that Riddell wasnt the fittest. I agree as well with the home grown versus the imports, Smith, Bailey and Phelps could go now as far as I am concerned. They are no better than the English players that we have. Riddell should get better as he gets fitter and we dont really have that many options with a starting hooker.

You may note that I did tell you though



Despite that, I nearly had a heart attack when he "scored" again

There are new rumours about you signing Ryan McGoldrick, one source says that he will be a Wigan player by the end of this week, is this just rumour or is there any truth in it. The story is that Noble is offering Price and Mather in exchange.

You can have Mathers

Unless Pryce and Mathers are quota players, there'll be no swapping.

Would you call that a good deal for us?