Re: New Signings/Re-Signings : Wed Sep 24, 2014 7:28 pm
The most important factor about this new squad is that it is essentially a ground zero squad. the only other GZ side in SL or the Champship is London. I haven't called it a dream team, but in the sense that Jimmy and Steve were able to pick the type of player they wanted does sort of make it one. The clear downside mentioned by others is whether they gel. Regarding the props, Jimmy said when Sidlow re-signed that he was a solid player that would do the hard work for the interchange "fireworks" props to capitalise on. and IMO we have three solids, Sidlow Clough and Fleming with the fireworks the other three to save me looking up how to spell Samir's etc. So we have cover for each type for injury and rest. I see them as a set of props to have the potential to be SL standard.
With the other Championship teams stepping up their game to claim our scalp I have no doubt that come the super 8s we will be in with a chance. We will lose a few on the way to the S8s, but that's what is needed to improve our performance. and with the ability to rest players we should arrive at the business end with a lot fewer injured players than the bottom four SL clubs that have been battered in their prelims.
I can see plenty of reasons to be optimistic, but the heart, bruised by the last couple of seasons of disaster, is a bit more cautious.
