the rhinos are in good nick

Vinnie Anderson- matt diskin 4 gf winners rings, harry sunderland winner
Chris Riley - ryan bailey 4 gf winners rings
Kevin Penny - ian kirke 3 gf winners rings
Simon Grix - jay pitts
John Clarke - kallum watkins
Tyrone McCarthy - paul mcshane

then you mention:

Matty Blythe
Lee Mitchell

leeds have simon worrell, dane manning, ben jones bishop, luke ambler and our 2 new belting signings from nl1 kyle amor and mike coadey, all with duel reg for 2010

you are looking good but you dont have that kind of depth

Well its no disgrace being compared to Leeds.

Yes, Leeds have got the strongest squad, but comparing Vinny Anderson, Penny and Riley to 3 forwards is pushing it a bit, in fact it's ridiculous.

I'm not going to go on saying that Warrington have more depth than Leeds etc etc however the fact that it is Leeds' depth that we are being compared with is a positive for Warrington.

I will though pick you up on a couple of points:

Matt Diskin will be in your first choice 17 so throwing him in the mix here is mis-leading. I also note that you are comparing like for like, in your list of players only Watkins is a back and 4 are out and out front rowers whilst another has the potential to move up there from the second row.

Not sure about the dual registration situation and whether that adds depth however I do know that Worrall and Jones-Bishop have gone on loan for the season and cannot be recalled so do not add any depth to Leeds squad for 2010.

I'll repeat, the fact that we are being compared to Leeds' squad depth is a positive for me.

Well that'll teach me to stop waffling or learn to type quicker.

thought he was great as Ted Bovis in Hi De Hi, not seen much of him since though

its about strength in depth? all clubs will have different positions covered in their squads. i think our squad is stronger than yours due to the quality of player leeds can bring in. its rediculous to think all squads will have like for like postions covered out side the first pick 17

i think you a wrong, i think leeds will go with a bench of 4 big lads in the big games. ali, eastwood, burgess and any one of bailey, kirke or amor.



no i wasnt see my above post


pretty sure your wrong on this but like you i havent seen the contracts so we are both just guessing, my point was we are also loaning out a bunch of lads who are cracking players, i could have also mentioned we sold/released gibson, broughton, tansey and lost lee smith to scramble and peep. as well as having a great squad we are a big feeder club for sl.

its your own fans who are comparing?

I do worry if we lose Carvell and/or Morley for any period of time.

Interesting reading on the Warrington Guardian website today.
All though most of our fans don't seem to rate Lee Mitchell, he gets a special mention in the Andrew Johns interview.
In the League Expreess last week Tyrone McCarthy was nominated as our Rookie to watch.
Of the 2 who would you pick in your 17? based on what we've seen.

playing for hull city and the republic of ireland at centre back. bit of a come down from hi de hi if u ask me

Nonsense. If I'm wrong why doesn't Lee Briers have No 27, or Matty Blythe No 4? Whilst TS will feel free to pick whomsoever he likes, the incumbents of the 1-13 are clearly the starting choice for the season. No doubt injury and form will move things on quickly enough, but if I were a professional player I'd be happier to be given a 1-13 jersey rather than a higher number.

So you think smith has signed atkins to not play him in the starting 13?

Atkins at centre alongside King according to this.

[urlhttp://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/wolves/wolvesnews/4850511.New_boys_are_looking_good/[/url

Good to hear the new lads have fitted in.

Solomona to operate at prop it seems at times this season, that'll test that shoulder out.

Hope we've got plenty of Tubeigrip.

Do you mean Tubigrip?

Yes, for the same reason he has signed Solomona.

No chance, not a chance in hell. Assuming, we had a fully fit squad, he'd go with,

Mathers
Hicks
Bridge
Atkins
King

I'm pretty sure of this.

For me, I'd have King left centre, play Riley or Atkins outside him, but I reckon that's how we're lining up, Smiths telling you that in that article. That's how they've practiced, and given weather doubts, he's using this friendly to sort of put his 'first choice' team out.

I think you're wrong.

Close enough. On reflection we might need a bit more to keep him on the pitch. Cotton Wool or suit of armour springs to mind.

Solomona's job will (or should) bed simple.
Go on for 12 minutes a half and cause destruction

*bump*

That is precisely what he has been doing - good call

Indeed.
Solomona is everything Paleawhatsits wants to be.