do we forget last week that horne set up all but 1 of the tries, some people need a reality check, we need a good 7 to replace/back up long next season, we've seen glimpses of how well horney plays with long.



getting rid of players under contract for next year isn't going to happen!



hall, calderwood and cusack will go

I'd agree that Horne should stay. Part of his salary isn't counted on the cap anyway and if he stays fit he's a useful player.

something people seemt to forget or don't realise when saying he takes up a large chunk of the cap

I always find these threads odd when no one offers available replacements.

He only frees up 50k and Yeamo would be eligible to free that up next season. Not that i want rid of Horne just clearing up the amount he saves us issue.

Agree with all of those. Until we get rid of Cusack and Dowes, our pack will never live up to its potential. As for half-backs, well as much as I hate to say it, we have never had a consistant half-back combination (thats good enough) since Cooke left. We rely to heavily on Richard Horne and in all honesty, he just aint that good. Signing Sean Long was never going to be the answer, he's with us for two years and in that time he will sit out more games than he will play (probably by some distance) and that is just no good to us. As for Craig Hall, well, the less said the better. The kid had potential, but his confidence has taken a knock one too many times imo.

Agree with that, halfback is our stumbling block. Last year i asked if Sean Long was our answer and everyone told me i was talking

Did you know he was going to dislocate his elbow?

Briggs (fev) -Washbrook

Prescott (Wig) - Cusack

LMS - Dowes

Who's briggs? Half back I presume?

Yes , 6 I think .

We should definitely sign a promising young halfback from Fev. Then we can turn him into a centre/winger/second rower/fullback.