St pete wrote:
I liked the look of lance at fullback, he looked more at home there and Gaskell looked more at home at 6 so wello IMO has a real fight on his hands with lance and makinson possibly going to fullback.
Jane foster looks to have carried his poor form at the back end of last year in to the year, hes a accident waiting to happen and total liability under any high kick. He's going to have a busy time under the high ball this year.
The good thing is that we have a couple of months to work out our best team before we start getting to the really important matches. The other good thing is that we are choosing from a position of strength, we have great options in the backs, we aren't scratching about trying to find a combination that may work, given a bit of luck. We also have players like Lomax, Gaskell, Makinson, Shenton, Wheeler, Ashe and possibly Jane(!) who will be our backline for the next decade. If they do gel we can focus our attention, and overseas quote on filling the slightly more problematic prop position. All in all, we are in a far stronger position than 12 months ago when we were scouring the world for any half back to fill the yawning gaps at 6 and 7.
