karetaker wrote:I hope Hayes is pushing Drinkwater hard for his spot.

Uncle Rico wrote:Hi gang I'm officially declaring an end to duck hunting season.

Wires71 wrote:Re Worries : Mine are mainly that Drinkwater will continue where he left off - that being having 3/4 season of having very little positive impact on games. Another worry is the fragility of the players confidence/egos when under duress.

Re: fullback. Leeds won the title in 2017 with Jack Walker at full back, Wigan won in 2016 with Dan Sarginson. I don't think Dufty will be the reason we lose a GF if we get there but he may be the reason we win one.

Re : "Challenging in at least one final" - Personally I am only interested in one final, the GF.

Boss Hog wrote:Drinkwater is Out-Of-Contract at the end of 2024, so I expect that he will playing for us to offer him a new deal and show us what we could have had for the past 2 seasons.

Even if he does show a massive improvement in form AND effort, it won`t continue into 2025 onwards.

Hope he leaves at the end of the season.

Wires71 wrote:Philbin is up end of 2024 too. I look forward to seeing him exhibit his 2019 form and winning an extension. I think SB will get a lot out of him.

Uncle Rico wrote:
In what might be considered a lean year or two he didn't lack application IMO but needed to be less predictable and discover a bit of self belief (all not helped by injury)

Winslade's Offload wrote:We are stuck with him for another year and I guess SB is just trying to make the best from a less than optimum situation.

easyWire wrote:And thankfully Burgess has been harping on about how impressed he is with Leon Hayes in training. I get the feeling a Price / A.N Other Aussie type coach would have Drinkwater as first option every day of the week.

Winslade's Offload wrote:Drinkwater

Years
2013 St. George Illawarra
2014 London Broncos
2015 Wests Tigers
2016–17 Leigh Centurions
2018 Catalans Dragons
2019 Hull Kingston Rovers
2020–22 Catalans Dragons
2023– Warrington Wolves

We are Drinkwater's eighth club. He is the classic journeyman professional and I don't believe you will ever see the level of commitment that you would get from most other players, particularly the home grown like Thewlis. We are stuck with him for another year and I guess SB is just trying to make the best from a less than optimum situation.