in my opinion if the bulls are ever gonna climb the table in the near future we have to get rid of the following from saturdays team



platt

crookes

herbert

donaldson

patrick



undecided on one or two others but im afraid these offer absolutely nothing,and i would of played diskin for 80 minutes instead of putting addy on

Great plan, cut the squad size by 5. That'll do it.

Who would you replace them with?

He left a few years ago. Looks pretty good at the Giants TBH.

think we all know where we need quaity,hopefully lulia will solve one problem,luke gale?? dont know, desperately need a ball playing loose forward

platt - Inglis

crookes - Hayne

herbert - Orford

donaldson - Pele

patrick - Muhamed Ali



I'd also like to add to that the addition of a few others - Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, Roger Federer, Babe Ruth, Lance Armstrong, Don Bradman, Carl Lewis and Michael Worrincy.



In all seriousness though a wholesale squad change is the last thing we want this next close season IMO. I personally think the priority has to be to sign 2 quality centres and a proper scrum half. Hopefully, we are a third of the way there with Lulia - at least he plays in one of those positions full time.

Would keep faith in Donaldson, he's not the player he was before his injury but i believe he'll come good again. As for the others, i think Herbert and Ah Van could be going..not sure on the contract status of Platt and Crookes?

It's hard to judge the attacking ability of our backs when they are receiving such poor service. In all the games Crookes has played, has he ever been put away by his centre or had some clear pitch in front of him? No.

Similarly with Platt, we're so slow getting the ball out wide he has no time or space to do anything worthwhile. Fair enough he didn't have his best game on saturday, but I think he's worth keeping. He has a decent amount of pace, often looks for the offload and his defence is normally satisfactory.

Crookes and Donaldson are contracted to the end of 2012, and Platt to 2013



Whatever you might think about that, the fact is that unless someone is willing to take them off our hands they will be here next season



You should have done some research before making your opening post. Its not hard, there's a Squad thread on this forum.



I hope your 'sources' for the Luke Gale 'signing' are a bit more well researched.

I would also keep donaldson. very lively on his feet and tackles well. in a couple of years, him and whitehead in the pack should be a good 2/3 of our back row.

was dave halley not under contract



and sorry i didnt put this on the right thread for you,idiot