Rogues Gallery wrote:
Have you seen ever seen Percival play?
He's a very good prospect, as a centre.
That backline would get murdered.
Murdered? Any more than our current backline does?
I don't see how it's any weaker than:
1 - Wellens
2 - Makinson
3 - Jones
4 - Shenton
5 - Meli
6 - Hohaia
7 - Lomax
Makinson would be miles better than Wellens in attack and I'd bet he'd be a lot better defensively as well as he'd actually arrive at tackles and balls Wellens just watched from 12 feet away.
Turner is replacing Shenton, I presume just taking his spot in the team. But that will leave us with an absolute liability on the wing in Meli and one in the centres in Turner. At least with my lineup, we don't have Meli dropping high balls or Turner being a turnstile at centre.
Wing is a position you can blood a player in without much worry, it's not an essential spot provided the player doesn't make unforced errors from kicks.
Gaskell in over Hohaia is the only other change and like replacing Wellens would vastly improve our attack.
