Its where words in the same sentence either all, or mainly, start with the same letter. For example Jammy Jane Jumped over Jam Jars in January

the saying goes

TAKE NO NOTICE OF SQUAD NUMBERS THEY MEAN FUC-ALL

Hence the wink

1.Saints
2.Leeds
3.Hudds
4.Wire
5.Catalan
6.Wigan
7.Hull FC
8.Bradford
9.Hull KR
10.wakefield
11.Quins
12.Salford
13.Cas
14.Celtic

Didn't Cas sign a new half back this season?

09:37 GMT, Friday, 1 August 2008 10:37 UK

"Castleford have completed the signing of New Zealand half-back Rangi Chase.

The 22-year-old St George-Illawarra player will join up with Castleford at the end of the season after signing a two-year contract. "

Absolutely right !! Certainly the squad with the most mediocrity in it since we've been at the KC.

It is very difficult to see where exactly we will pick up the wins in order to finish top2/top4/top6 or even top8.

We don't have anywhere near the pack that we would need to beat teams down the middle and, therefore, the fact that our halfbacks are dubious/unproven is probably not that important.

So without the forward domination down the middle, do we change to an expansive game and hit teams with strike and pace out wide ??? Looking at our second rowers and centres, the answer is quite obviously NO.

is it? because imo we have good pace in the backs and a very good ball handling back row.

So our backrow (which BTW I think is generally quite strong) is capable of playing an expansive game with pace and strike out wide ???

Radford, Tickle and Crocker are all so renowned for that aren't they !!!

Whoever we put with Yeaman in the centres is going to be ordinary, inexperienced or both and I'm sure that the rest of SL is is quaking in it's boots at the prospect of facing the pace and strike of Todd Byrne/G Horne/Whiting or whoever else is supposed to be providing for Calderwood.

On the other, I don't think that the same teams will actually be fearing a forward battle with our front row either.

i dont know what agars planning on but a back row of crocker, tickle, washbrook with mnu coming off the bench could do.

hall could provide very well for calderwood and has pace to burn.

I think most fans can see a backrow of predominantly Crocker, Radford and Tickle with Manu on the bench. Also it seems pretty clear that horne and Byrne will be our two first choice right centres.

None of that IMO inspires an expansive game of attacking flair with strike or pace. Hence, my first point.

After we've lost the forward battle down the middle most weeks, where does that leave us ??

We needed some serious squad changes or some incredible RA/JS influenced white rabbits from hats magic tricks.

You're right about the backrow selection aswell. that would be our strongest but we all know that he will find a spot for Radford every week which is one of the issues that effects our pack the most.

He wouldn't be in any starting 17 that I would pick and he would have been near the top of the list of departures come the end of 2009 season but RA has somehow justified giving him another contract extension. It just baffles me !!!

again i dont know what hes planning but if we went out with the 'squad number' side i'd sgree with what you say but i cant see/hope he doesn't.

fully agree about radford, i said this time last year that i could only see 1, at a big push 2 of radford, dowes and king staying.

I would say definitely at least two of Radford, Cusack and Dowes wouldn't be here next season (before Radford's ridiculous extension giveaway)

I would also say King should be at risk along with the other more talked about and obvious examples of wasted salary cap.

They can keep him.

The fact Radford said he doesnt see this as his last contract signing with Hull is even more alarming.

Why

Because we currently have back rowers who are already better than him in Crocker, Tickle, Washbrook and Manu. Plus Burnett is coming through, and if he can stay fit, I think Whiting will become better than him as well. This should have been Radfords last season with us at least (personally would have tried to get rid this pre-season), nevermind 2010 and any season after that.
Not that I think Radford is crap. It's just we already have 4 better and potentially have better coming through

because he offers nothing on either side of the ball.

Is he not in the same league as Thorman?
Not seen much of him to be honest but surely he is young enough to improve.

Rubbish imo, if you look at our forwards you will see radders get's more offloads than any of them, he works his bollox off every week and gets unfair stick imo

get back in that sickbed

I am

We need players with more than work rate and an average offload. Also, the stats don't mention the quality of each offload