Agree, if we are to keep Lee that is. Powerfull hooker to start, interchanged with the much more lively Ellis after 25-30 mins much in the same vein as the top sides.

Yes but there is no point replacing mediocre overseas players for an even more mediocre British one. There has to be a balance, you limit the coach far to much if you have a blanket policy. If the coach feels Tadulala or whoever adds to the squad so be it.

Tongia

Fox

Tansey

Murphy

George

Witt

Moore

Hickey

Ellis

Johnson

Mariano

Wilkes

Morrison



Lee/Davey

Lauitiiti

Amor

King



I know we don't own a few of them yet, but all realistic signings and back the side up with our own youngsters. I'd get rid if Griffin, Hendo, Howarth, Vievers, Blaymire and possibly Korki.

Morton, Griffin, Johnson, George already here.



Fox, Riley, Ainscough, Halley, Burnet, Pryce, Gardner, (Cockayne?)



All mediocre ish to a lesser or greater degree wingers either available or rumoured to be available - I don't think there is any need to keep an ageing import when there all these potential options available. Granted non of them world beaters but let's not kid ourselfes about how good Semi is.

George is a centre



Griffin has been awful for reasons well known



Johnson can't defend and I mean can't



Morton apart from Cas has done well and you have a point he is a proper winger.



The rest are OK apart from Cockend who isn't a winger but do they want to join us?



I think you are being dogmatic. Semi offers something none of the other wingers do. He runs the ball up strongly and he hurts the opposition literally - none of our other backs really do that just yet. Murphy is getting close but he still doesn't offer what Semi does he offers an extra dimension. What I've seen of him so far he hasn't lost it. Excuse the pun but Semi is hard and we lack that IMO.

based on most peoples sides on here, we wont be pushing for top 8.

1. Marshall

2. George

3. Yeaman

4. Murphy

5. Johnson

6. Cronk

7. Moore/Wildie

8. Asotasi

9. Ellis

10. Crabtree

11. Mariano

12. Ellis

13. Morrison



14. Davey

15. Hickey

16. Peacock

17. Wilkes



18. Lee

19. Morton

20. Anakin

21. Trout

22. Spiers

does anybody expect us to in season 1 ? I dont it will take time I would be happy with a Bradford/Salford 2011 season to start with

depends if they are going to use the full salary cap, if they are then youve got to be pushing for honours if not then no.

think they said 1.3 in year 1 1.5 in year 2 and full in year 3 at the forum meeting bet thats not far off double now in year 1

1. Tongia

2. Fox

3. Murphy

4. George

5. Riley

6. Witt

7. Moore

8. Johnson

9. Ellis

10. Amor

11. Mariano

12. Morrison

13. Howarth



14. Davey

15. Lauititi

16. Coley

17. O'Hara

I agree that Semi is in the mould of the winger that suits us best, speedsters are wasted on us to the extent we don’t usually get value for money from them, no arguments whatsoever. Regarding the merits of the wingers we have I don’t actually think Griffin has been that bad myself, and maybe if we invest time and money into Johnson could learn to defend – then we would have a very useful winger on our hands. George has played several times on the wing and no doubt could provide adequate cover there again should the need arise, as could Murhpy so we aren’t struggling for back up.



An oversees player should be worth his place and should only be with us if we have exhausted all other avenues and have no options left, and in this case given the several apparently available options I really don’t think that is true.



Let Semi go and run with Morton & Griffin for starters with Johnson first reserve and George and Murphy as emergency cover if we lose both out fist choice wingers and spend our resources (both financial and oversees) on more “important” positions than the wing.