Bring back the Boyd

I think Williams has been an absolute star for Wire and would shine again in the NRL—— as much as I don’t want to see him go, I think a healthy transfer fee would be the best option rather than hanging on for his contract to wind down. Wire’s recruitment for this season has been very poor— we have a number of young talent coming through but what we have been lacking is a really explosive impact player from the bench and basically size in our pack. Holroyd, Crowther, Yates are just too small for me and I just don’t see enough aggression from Harrison to take any game by the scruff of the neck. We are definitely in need of the likes of Lisone or Ese Our half back situation is perilous also—Sneyd hasn’t got much left in the tank, not really enthused about either Hayes or Leyland and if/when Williams does go, we are going to need at least 2 quality half backs to be able to compete with the top teams. In short, try get a fee for Williams and invest it wisely

As a massive Wire fan I have to say that it was a try— tenuous technicalities aside, Lindop simply failed to ground it. Absolutely superb performance from the team and emphasises how underrated Sneyd has a half back has been. He won’t get anywhere near the England side against the Aussies but in my opinion he should be. He has by far the best kicking game in Superleague and would still cause the Aussies problems which neither Lewis or Williams .

Paul Cullen was a poacher before he became a gamekeeper

My dad started taking me to watch the Wire when I was about 10 years old so I reckon my first favourite player has to be Parry Gordon. In all those years since, nobody has come close to Les Boyd

I’ve not posted on the forum for a while. I’m 60 years old and have loved the game since being a kid and for the first time ever, I have enjoyed watching the NRL far more than our own domestic competition. I think what frustrates me is the amount of laying on and slowing down of the play the ball, coupled with teams abusing the six again rule which results in a total lack of momentum in many games. Whenever a “ weaker “ team makes a break, by using the above tactics, it allows the “ stronger “ team to reset their defence and then use their superiority in attack to win games. Granted, this year the games appear to have been closer but still the main suspects have been top at the business end of the season. Make the play the ball quicker and the game more exciting again

Talk of Drinkwater—- the Catalan version I’m afraid—- heading to Wire with Oliver Holmes adding to the job lot heading to Leigh