You can't say Hock is a first choice 2nd row when we've loaned him out, and Farrell is showing why he was preferred over Hock every game at the moment.

My fear is him or Lockers getting injured, then we'd really be in it.

Did anyone see the article on Hansen in the wigan evening post? It's quite worrying, his wrist is completely shattered because he decided to play on in 2006 to save us from relegation instead of having surgery.

When? The only indication of that was Farrell getting the 12 shirt but Leneghan expressly stated that this was because he knew Hock would be leaving, not because Farrell was seen as the better player

IMO it's worth giving Tom Spencer a shot. I played alongside him at St Pats and he carried the team on his own at times. It couldn't hurt to give him the chance to prove himself at this point, especially now I feel we're nearing the point where we'll have to bring our boots to the games with us in case we're too short on numbers!

You were saying?

Wane doesn't rate Spencer at all, his core skills are very poor. He may be able to bench press record weights but if he doesn't improve his skills he won't be in Shaun Wanes reckoning.