I assume you haven't seen his performances? You saw the game against Hull, he knocked on three times, possibly out of 5 he's knocked on all season but hey other than the three knock ons he was one of our top performers in that game.



Why wont those three want to sign for HKR? A SL team with ambitions, as a fan your expected to look no further than the end of your nose but as long as Rovers are in the SL these players will be looking at their bank balances and not a lot else. Imagine the convo with Justin when he tells these players that they'll be playing alongside two GB centres and an Aussie international second row coupled with the likes of Vella, Cooke and Gene. With that kind of a squad these players would be mad not to want to play in it!!!



Oh and since when has Wellens and Withers had pace? Yet they are regarded as two of the best full backs to have ever played in the SL over the past 10yrs.

Wellens is faster than people give him credit for.

???

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!