Re: James Webster : Wed May 12, 2010 12:16 pm
Scrum half has been one area that we have struggled with for years and years now..In recent years we have had a number of players ply their trade there but none of them have really lived up to the Widnes fan's expectations of what a number 7 should do.
Duffy, Penny, Coyle, Kain, Myler... for me Webster is the closest we've had to a genuine all round scrum half. Admittedly he doesn't attack the line as much as I would like and he isn't the player he was in 2006. But he does organise well, he still has an eye for a gap and he's a mature head out there on the pitch when it's needed.
I would be gutted if he did leave, and it would take a signing of someone like Ben Black to give me any solace. Black and Thacks as a half-back pairing would be awesome.
Can't see Benny leaving fax anytime soon..
Unless they really are out of money and his mate Calland is kicked out.
I'd take Beswick back too whilst we're there...