I don't get what Jonh has said that is a) wrong, or b) sounded like he has a high opinion of himself.

He's stated his own opinions, that's what the board is for, most of which i agree with, especially that Mossop will more than likely in a few years move to the front row.

You and the other one are just picking arguments for the sake of it and not actually contributing anything towards the discussion, so whats the point in you being here?

Flanagan going to Oz seems a great move for all tbh, he's not guaranteed a first team place here, he would get a few games but is likely to be rotated around if he stayed, plus he actually wants to go to Oz with his missus and will therefore play week in week out at a higher standard in different surroundings, the experience he would bring back just from a couple of years abroad would set him apart from most already.

Problem is that he's out of contract at the end of the season, so hopefully we can get some sort of deal sorted with him so that if and when he does return we get first refusal, or we keep hold of his rights so that if he doesn't return to us we at least get some form of compensation.

Or maybe they've seen the lad play and spotted the potential that many supporters have.

The key aspect for me here is that it is a 'Pommie' who hasn't even established himself in Super League trying to establish himself in the Australian NRL.

I wish him luck and hope he does well, I just think he faces an uphill struggle.

Why not? That's exactly what we did with him.

It's going to be a tough task for the lad to make it in the first team over there. He may have to rely on a couple of injuries like he had to here but if he ever does get the chance and plays aswell for their first team as he has done for ours he'll be hard to leave out.

Reading in the Observer this week Tim Sheens said they'd done alot of homework on him before he broke into our first team and were interested in him after being tipped off by Frank Endacott so that must be encouraging for the lad.

Hope it all goes well for him.

Tim Sheens signed him because of his pure talent and potential, I think he’ll struggle to play at the start of the season, but the odds of a second row/loose forward playing every single game in an NRL season, well it doesn’t happen a lot.

The main competition within the Tigers are Corey Payne, Heighington, Gareth Ellis, Galea. Young lad currently in the Tigers squad called Mataka, roughly same age as Flan, but IMO Flan is way above him already.

Half way through next year, he’ll be in that first team, coming off the bench, aslong as he stays injury free. Fighting it out with Mataka for the spot on the bench.