KaeruJim wrote:
The squad is starting to look decent to me.
At this stage I’d rather Merrin just went and we replaced with quality. He’s never really settled properly.
I’d swap Hurrell and Newman, and probably partner Mellor with Martin in the second row with Ward at loose.
Leeming to start at hooker.
Not sure whether we need another heavy artillery prop, or a good winger. T Briscoe coming back from a serious injury and in last year of contract in 2020 (?), might be time to look at wing because nobody from the Academy looks ready yet.
I keep flip-flopping on this Jim.
One minute I think that things are going ok, we have offloaded some average players, got a decent scrum half, a hooker and those players that came in late last year will get a full pre season with a newly appointed coach - all seems quite positive.
Then I remember that our front row consists of only 4 senior players, one of which is injured and one in oledski that is still very young and green. We have no reserve backs to speak of though I was shot down on this being an issue. Now with the Merrin thing we may not have a captain.
I remain hopeful there are two or three more quality signings to come and things will look better for boxing day but I'm just not sure.
