Now we know Orford is gone for the season he must get his chance. We are running out of options and kearney is not the answer at SH.



The only other option is a loan signing IMO or its season over.



Thoughts?

He should at least get a game or two to see if he's ready. Maybe Wire on Sunday is not the right time but if he's good enough, he's old enough as the saying goes........

Give him a pinch of snuff and throw the lad on the pitch. Might just play a blinder.

Considering we can pretty much write the season off now in my opinion, I don't see any reason to not let him be first choice for at least 5 or 6 games and let him get used to playing in the first team.



Anything's better than Mr. Predictable Sykes in the halves, and regular game time in the first team will be an excellent benefit to what is supposed to be a great prospect.



We're not going to be winning anything this year, so why not use the season to build for next year?

TBH we really do not have much of a choice but to throw Southernwood in at the deep end. Kearney and Sykes simply cannot play together in the halves and if McNamara persists with this combination then we will create absolutely nothing in the remaining games of the season. It will also mean that we are wasting our best available back by playing him out of position at scrum half when he has clearly shown that he is much better at full back.

What we could do with is an experienced organiser on loan, preferably one who can kick, too. I bet they're on the blower to Wigan as we speak . . .

What have we possibly got to lose?

Hope we do give Southernwood a chance at some stage.

Agreed..

Yes, our key men playing in position would be Kearney at FB, Orford at 7, L'Estrange at hooker and Menzies at loose. Now that lot of playmakers and attackers can be guaranteed to play proper together, so why would McNamara change it around? I mean, that was the line-up at Murrayfiled, and it worked great there just like you'd expect.

I would also like to see Southernwood given a shot. However, we do need to be careful not to throw lots of these youngsters in together for long periods.

Give him ago, he's proved how good he is at academy level. Southernwood at 6 and L'Estrange at 7, with Godwin at 9. We just might unearth another Tomkins, Eastmond or Myler, they were all given there chance at a young age.