with jamie rooney close to return should TM revert back into the centres or do we just have JR for cameo rolls or to cover injury? .

bear in mind TMs age compared to JRs

i think King kear will soon have his toughest selection dilemma ever, the only thing stopping TM being the best player so far is Drew and for me Drew is man of steel material at the moment.

Im afraid with the quality we have at 6,7,9 jamie rooney is and will always from this point be abit part player only covering injuries as his performances havent been up to this current standard at a long time.

For me you cant drop either atkins or gleeson both are scoring try's have good defence and are developing a good partnership with their s/r and wingers. Martin when playing at centre didnt overly impress me, however he seems to have a balancing affect on the other creative players and dosent need to have the best pair of hands with brough, drew obst etc around.

So keep martin at 6 his performances warrant him staying there so have martin and atkins, the futures bright .....

Don't forget JR can also be a valuble cover for FB as well.
It's a long season and a strong squad.

No back should be dropped or swapped if they are playing well. We found that out last year. So when Peterson returns he should do so when the form of players or injury makes it possible.

i did consider that but then i thought of blymire and grix

I do take that point, but we have george, murphy, grix and peterson that are able full backs with alot more speed.

It appears to me that jamie's days are numbered however, I would like nothing more for him to prove me wrong. It just seems to me all our other playmakers can do more than the "drop off" pass. We dont need him as a kicker as we have brough, martin and drew for goal-kicking duties and brough, martin, drew, obst, grix

for infield kicks.

Maybe I'm being harsh but thats how I see it.

Could not agree more, i cant see a place fro jr now, and hope he can get a nice earner somewhere.

We have had several years of promise from jamie. He is a decent player but his main two short commings for me are his defence and the fact that he is injury prone.

Think we already have better players in the squad and his money should be spent elsewhere to strengthen the team.

If there is a club out there who have a surplus of forwards and a shortage of backs a straight swap may be a good move for all parties.

Although Rooney has miles left in him, think it cant be justified to rest our current backs.

Jamie has never had so much quality competition for his No. 6 shirt and the eternal optimist in me would hope that the setting of the bar at this new level will inspire JR to show us that he can become the quality player that we all hoped he would turn-out to be

no way should Tony Martin be moved from S/O back to the centres for the rest of the season IMO

and today tony was the bottle boy / assistant

giving the lads the gee up in the academy game, well done TM

Maybe the start of a coaching career? Already heard he was a mentor after the Leon Walker tragedy and has a wise rugby head on his shoulders?

yes that will be his next step up, wouldn't suprise me if he stays in england to achieve this

TM is assistant coach with the Junior Academy team www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/mart ... 05217.html

TM is assistant coach with the Junior Academy team www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/mart ... 05217.html

if he ends up having to play there i would hope he would have been at least 4th choice cos a full back he aint

Martin to stay at SO for my money with the cover coming from Grix
Blaymire at FB with cover coming from Peterson and Grix

As for Rooney time to get him off the salary cap if there are any takers

I could not agree more, Rooney in my opinion is finished as a SL quality S/O, and has been for while. He is not as good as Tony Martin, and that is saying something as Martin (In his own words) is not a natural H/B.....I await shooting down!

Quote ="IngsRoader"TM is assistant coach with the Junior Academy team www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/mart ... 05217.html'" which suggest that after his contract expires at the end of this season he may move into a full time coaching role with the club.... but lets talk about here and now.....here and now, he's playing well at 6... and that old saying is....if its not broke..... sorry mr rooney, but at the mo....youre way down the pecking order

Quote ="IngsRoader"TM is assistant coach with the Junior Academy team www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/mart ... 05217.html'" which suggest that after his contract expires at the end of this season he may move into a full time coaching role with the club.... but lets talk about here and now.....here and now, he's playing well at 6... and that old saying is....if its not broke..... sorry mr rooney, but at the mo....youre way down the pecking order