After watching the guys play and having a few beers with the boys the same topic always arises with numerous different preferences. So what i'd like to know is, imagine that that we are injury free, everyone is fully fit and ready to play and Dave Halley is still here, who is your prefereed 1 - 5 and why?

Then, again assuming everyone is injury free, who would be your 1 - 5 for the first game next season?

1. Blaymire
2. Halley
3. Gleeson
4. Atkins
5. George

Purely because they are all British.

My current 1 - 5 would be;

1. Blaymire
2. Blanch
3. Martin
4. Atkins
5. Halley

I think Peterson will probably prove to be a superb signing although i just haven't seen enough of him yet. Halley and Blanch both score tries for fun and i think Martin defensively has it over Gleeson at the minute.

For 2010 i'd like to see,

1. Blaymire
2. Peterson
3. Gleeson
4. Atkins
5. Halley

No issue with Peterson but surely you would prefer it to be George?

and 2010 no blanch?

blaymire
peterson
gleeson
atkins
blanch

for me

I would, but i think 2010 will be the season whereby he covers for injuries, then in 2011 he'd be in over Peterson. I think George has a very bright future but i'm just not so sure whether 2010 is too quick for him to be first choice

So you would prefer to lose two prospective top young Brits in favour of two foreigners





That IMO is what is wrong with our game, too many people yearn for antipodeans rather than see our own blossom, and too many clubs bow to the pressure of the fans wanting foreign signings.

yes i would i dont care if they come from mars so long as they play well for wtrlfc
in my opinion whats wrong with the international game is not going to be resolved by issues at belle vue in next 3 to 5 years. answer me one then who would you have matt gidley or ryan atkins?

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ok fair point
my further point would be that in our current financial situation if we nurtured a really good one he would not at bv long, sad but true.

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I'm not so sure now! We are a very competitive team and i'd suggest we could spend pretty near to the full cap as we were tailing Bird.

Under Kear our philosphy looks to have changed. We have alot of young British lads who whether they came through the academy or were bought in are playing well. When that happens players tend to stick together as a unit because they enjoy their rugby and they have been through the same experiences.

Leeds are a prime example

There is also a possible knock on effect from that as well in that other young British players may look at what's happening at Wakefield, see that players like them are given a real chance to prove themselves and may well decide come to us in favour of other clubs. Dave Halley could well be a prime example of that.

And what do you count Gleeson as?

Well, British, obviously....

1. Blaymire
2. Blanch
3. Gleeson
4. Atkins
5. Halley

6 Martin from what I have seen this season Martin looks a far better player at SO

I expect George and Murphy to develop and push for a start this season and next

As for Peterson I have seen nothing yet to convince me he is any better than the wingers we have dose not look that quick dose not look safe under the high ball we will see what he can do when he is fit