???

Why no Ryan Tandy???

To mount a serious challenge on a top 6 spot we should keep the following as first 17 players

Steels

Goddard

Cooke

Webbo

Vella

Morrison



Squad players



Cockayne

Murrell

Fisher

Chester

Netherton



Plus at least another 16 additions.



This is based onn the fact that it will take at least 3 to 5 yrs to achieve this and the majority of the rest will be to old and the likes of Tangles, Gallagher, Dyer, Ford, Ward are not good enough for the higher levels of SL.

Very realistic and if you stay in SL this year, could be a possibilty. Think you've been a little harsh on Dyer though.

Problem is that Dyer and Goddard are good in defence, but neither has shown the ability to capitalise on any breaks that our forwards have made. I have said all season we need a couple of fast, strong backs to take on the opposition more affectively, especially when you consider the amount of sets we tend to get camped out inside the oppositions 20 metre (Salford, Hudds and FC) without crossing the whitewash.

Wigan

Are we back in 2002 or something

Or a video ref against Salford and an inside pass from Bauer in the first derby...



Anyway...



Fullbacks



Cockayne

Hardman



Wingers



Hodgeson

Raynor

Steel

[uFord[/u



Centres



Yeaman

Bauer/Goddard

Hall



Half-backs



Webster

Cooke

Murrell



Hookers



Fisher

Lennon



Props



[uVella[/u

Aizue

Ward

Gannon (on a 2 year deal)

Tandy/[uTangata-toa[/u



Second Rowers



[uSamoan type line breaker

Fitzgibon/Hindmarsh

O'Neil[/u

Netherton



Loose Forwards



Chester

Gene



26 man squad, non GB players underlined...

not Fitzgibbon please! He is my most overated NRL player of all time! Never makes a break, never offloads and always 2nd or 3rd in a tackle which makes his stats look good. He can kick and is a workhorse, leave him be!



Two big props, a big winger, a fast centre and an offloading 2nd row and we will be up there.

Remember a few people chuckling at the Cooke rumours!









Now the King is home, you've gotta believe that anything is possible for the club over the next few years.







Just wish the shop wasn't always sold out of the letters C, O, K and E though - dying to get the messiah's name on my shirt!







Hope that helps!

How long has Azuie & Gene been GB eligible,



no wonder we lost the tri nations missing them out

Full Backs



Ben Cockayne

[iA.N. Other (Hardman or Hodgson if he becomes available)[/i



Wingers



Jon Steel

Andreas Bauer or Byron Ford

[i+ 1 big and fast winger[/i



Centres



Jon Goddard

Luke Dyer

[i2 new centres (Ryan Atkins if he becomes available via Wakefield relegation and Yeaman, dependant on contract situation)[/i



Halves



Paul Cooke

James Webster

Scott Murrell



Hookers



Ben Fisher

Mark Lennon



Props



Michael Vella

David Tangata-Toa

Makali Aizue

[i2 big props (Korkidas would be one if Salford relegated imo)[/i



2nd row



Jason Netherton

Mark O'Neill

[i2 second rows (a line breaker in the mould of Manu of Hull and maybe an aussie similar in style to Glenn Morrison from Bradford)[/i



Loose



Chris Chester

Stanley Gene



+ Dave Wilson. If Tandy goes well he could well be retained instead of macca or tangles who are both off contract. Unfortunate to be released would be Gannon, Ward and Morrison inparticular but to move on you may have to upset some people. Personally id keep o'neill but i think he could be released to free up a quota spot.



Giving a shopping list of 8 players.