Things Id like to see changed when Nathan Brown comes in. : Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:33 pm
Having watched 99.9% percent of the games this season I can only remember 1998/2003 being a worse seasons that the current one we are in. So only three average seasons out 17 years of Super League is a remarkable achievement. How many other clubs could boast of such a record??? I know people will say we have lost the last five Grand Finals but at least we were good enough to get there which in my book qualifys as a succesful enough season.We have some marvellous young kids in our squad like Jonny Lomax, Lee Gaskell, Tommy Makinson, Josh Jones, Adam Swift, Carl Forster to name a few. These kids will become stars of the Super League in the near future but we are lacking in many areas of the side that need addressing. I know these changes cant happen overnight but little changes year on year will make us a better side in years to come.
Here's a few changes I would like to see made.
Paul Wellens has been on of the best Full Backs (if not thee best) in Super League. All good things have to come to an end and I think its time Wello stepped aside and allow Jonny Lomax to takeover the Full Back role. Jonny Lomax has done a great job at Scrum Half but I believe Full Back is his long term position.
We need to inject some serious pace into the three quarter line. Francis Meli and Ade Gardner have been good players for the club but now are sadly in decline and have been for quite sometime. Francis Meli has become a serious liablity under the high ball for a few years now and should be released at the end of the season. As everyone knows Michael Shenton is being released at the end of the year and I would love us to go out to the market place and bring in a Right Centre thats got tremendous pace, good hands and solid in defence. We have never really replaced Willie Talau at left centre but I think Josh Jones should be given a serious run there to see if he is capable of making that slot his own. I think the kid could prove to be a star in the making.
We also have to sign a organising Half Back. As much as I think Jonny Lomax is doing a great job at 7 he hasnt got the organisational skills that we desprately need. Lance Hohaia is never a Stand Off in the memory of man and it competley amazes me why on earth Mike Rush isnt playing young Lee Gaskell at 6 every week.
The forwards with the exception of James Roby, Sia Soliola and LMS need a serious overhaul. Everytime we have played Wigan this season we have looked beaten up before the hooter has even gone for kick off!!! Josh Perry has been hit and miss this year with more misses than hits. Where the hell is the form what earned him a place in State Of Origin??? Anthony Laffranchi has done a sterling job upfront but is more of a backrower than a front rower (also been told a rumour that he is off home at the end of the year due to his wife being homesick) Jon Wilkin has been off the boil for sometime and needs to be told a few home truths in my opinion. There is no doubt in my mind that Wilkin has some serious ability but he cant do it on a consistant basis week in week out.