Sorry, don't agree with any of this post, that's just my opinion mind.

Me and my mate was talking at the match yesterday when Briers drew the fullback and gave the ball to Johnson for his try. We said imagine in the last minute of the semi final with the scores tied and we make a break. Imagins if it was Monas who had the ball and had to draw the fullback. Would you have any confidence in him whatsoever? I would expect an intercept and a defeat.

29 errors so far this season is absolutely shocking stuff from him, and he is still making them at 9. His error count is on track for being higher than the 33 last year.

Don't get me wrong, he has improved and is doing some good stuff, but he is still doing the stuff which makes you shake your head and wonder why the hell we persist with the bloke.

higham and clarke

if you read my earlier post you will see that i think monaghan has a lot to offer going forwards but not a lot to offer when he is first receiver,clarkes defence and distribution helps the team settle into games,monaghan should be used latterly to make the yards out of acting half whilst we are without the option of higham.
i think he has made a lot of errors this year but on his day he is a very good player,we just need more of those days from him,it's a bit harsh to just do an error count on him when we have been making errors all over the pitch from 1 to 13 this year we have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous too often,hence our yo-yoing league position.

Monas is back to Oz at the end of the season - already signed.

Im suprised nothngs been confirmed.
Wouldnt suprise me too much, I think we could get something out of him though.
I definately want King to stay now.

Where to?

He got a dead leg at Huddersfield so I think the strap was a precaution more than anything. He looked like he was moving ok on Sunday and played the full 80. Pretty sure he'll play on Saturday, mainly as we've no one else. I'm told Clarke won't play at Leeds and might not make the semi final so the pivot trio Monas with Briers and Grix will be playing for the forseeable.

But you said that Clarke and Monas combined is the best hooker partnership in the league, so why now do you only have him covering for Higham?

IMO the error count is very relevant, as that is his main issue for me. You can't question his commitment in defence, despite the sometimes glaring missed tackles, a lot of his scooting from acting half is very good, some of his distribution from 9 can be good, but then he makes a load of errors! My main frustration is that some of the errors he makes are really poor - things like the offload on Sunday, which was schoolboy stuff, the intercepts that he throws on a semi regular basis.

If these mistakes had suddenly stopped now he was at 9, then we could put it down to him being out of position, but they haven't.

If you get a chance, re-watch Sundays game... he ran the show... second half he was MOM by a country mile!

wrong

No thanks. MOM by a country mile, he doesn't even get a mention by the coaching staff. Westwood, Briers and Carvell were leagues ahead of him.

dont talk rubbish

the option of higham i said,where did i mention covering for higham.

nice post Mick Monas

You said use Monas in this position whilst without Higham, which surely should be read that Higham is above Monas in the pecking order?

Nope, just not a blinkered boo boy that once a player comes good appreciates them! eg. King, clark etc etc...

that should be directed at tony smith.

never had a bad word to say about the wig. Sorry Monas

Appology accepted

You will never hear me boo a player, and I support them all as they are Wire players.

I have given Monas praise on here when he has deserved it, a couple of times it has looked like he may have turned the corner, but unlike King, he hasn't been able to kick on IMO.

Just because I don't rate a player doesn't make me a boo-boy, and I try and keep debate to a higher level than that, and try to back things up with stats where applicable.

I think folk can tell that you have a bit more about you than that, ace.

I agree with what you say a large proportion of the time.

On the footy show last night, Canberra was the team mentioned, but they would have too offload a couple of players as there already at cap limit! It was said he is willing too take a dramatic pay cut in order too play in the NRL next season!

Which channel was it on? Since the demise of Setanta I've really missed the footy show