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I dontthinm pace is too much of an issue, as long as we made breaks we should score with our wingers and when price is back.


We have 3 decent centres IMO in Hardraker, Rapana and Litten, unfortunately two of those have hardly played there, in an ideal world we would have a top class centre  but very unlikely with a quota spot, so unless we release someone, we have those three there next season.


We also have 3 quality  backrowers for next year, just hope we can get them on the field.


Some decent depth too with Bailey, Chamberlain and Hardraker. Add in another year and some league 1 experience for Westermam and Kirby.


Good to see the club looking at the training facilities to reduce the injuries.

Hardaker apart i dont think we have a decent centre at the club and given it now looks likely Hardaker will move to the second row it has to be a priority for next season.
Rapana has been poor but in his defence was brought in as a full back and  dont get the hype about Litten who is playing centre as we dont have anyone else yet has Championship quality written all over him

I think litten has shown glimpses of promise.  Too early to write him off.  

I think one problem we do have which may have been overlooked is the fact that we don't have any natural centres at the club aside from Chamberlain, the following have all played centre at some point this year:


Chamberlain- actual centre
Hardaker- played most of career at full back but made a late transition to centre
Barron- Winger
Briscoe- Winger
Rapana- Winger/Fullback
Litten- Fullback


Out of all the above the only one with any real size and pace is 35 year old Tom Briscoe. We need some real size and strike in the centres, looking at players like Nui and Hanley at Leigh, Wardle at Wigan, King and Tai at Wire etc... our centres don't carry that same threat.

It's not a late transition for him, in fact im sure he started out as a centre at Leeds and played mostly at centre since he signed for Wigan. I would argue he is an actual centre, a better option at full back than Rapana but sadly is our best option in the back row until Lane and Cartwright are cleared to play.