stillinthepast wrote:
That is what I was hinting at, I did not see many on Sunday who gave me much encouragement if we had injuries to the players who did not play on Sunday.
To be fair, it was their first pre-season game against a Leigh side with several very experienced players. What were you expecting? We also had one playmaker in the side against a strong Championship team that could boast several; and our only playmaker was an 18 year old with little experience above under 18's level.
They picked out a weakness at right centre, but Burgess isn't going to play right centre for the first team, not for several years or possibly at all given he's a winger. If there were injuries in the halves we'd ideally have Powell and Williams to call on and wouldn't be sticking a hooker at 6.
Taylor and Dudson were disappointing but sometimes players do struggle to perform in pre-season. Last year several players looked below par after two or three games and we ended up finishing top. Besides, Dudson always plays like that in reserve/academy games.
Maybe we will struggle, perhaps most of the players aren't good enough but that game gave absolutely no indication of what many of those players are capable of.
