If Whitbread is true, I imagine we have lost out on Eseh (consistent with rumours of him going over the Pennines).
If Harvey Smith to Leeds is also true then I can't imagine we'll also sign another senior hooker; we'll surely run with O'Connor and Johnson with Smith in reserve. We have Aldridge and Corbett also coming through - why would be bring another senior hooker in over 3 existing hookers ready for SL and a couple more in the academy?
Would also mean we are down one quota spot for the 7 and the centre.
Croft at 7 would make a lot of sense actually if we can pull that off. Not sure where we're going to get a decent centre from but that would give us:
Miller
Fus, Newman, Simpson/?, Handley
Frawley, Croft
Oledski, O'Connor, Holroyd
Martin, McDonnell
Smith
Whitbread, Lisone, Sangare, Johnson
Gannon, H Smith, Bentley, Myler, Goudemand, various other academy lads etc in reserve.