I haven't seen a lot of Shaw so not sure.Croft gives of his best but looks Championship to me unfortunately.
Olpherts has gone well and been a good signing but in SL he tended to be hesitant and error prone when the pressure was on and maybe that's the reason DP has decided against keeping him.

Again, who were you expecting?

That's not really a surprise.

Just two current internationals
One previously played for England still under 25
One played for England Knights 26
Goal kicker heading for a top 5 points in a season in the World
Average age of squad about 25

I'm whelmed

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One of the things I like about Croft is his passing game he has the ability to create an opening for his winger and is a great timer of an accurate pass. This is one area of his game that Ollie Pratt needs to start to develop in order to become the top class centre he is capable of being

Feel our forward pack will hold their own against all comers , happy enough with hood , Johnstone speaks for himself. If I’m honest I’m uneasy with our half’s, Trueman hasn’t been tested for a long time due to a catalogue of injuries which has blighted his career so far , was the best thing since sliced bread for a while until the wheels fell off , big risk imo , let’s hope all that is behind him now. Russel,seen nothing that makes me believe anything other than a pretty ordinary guy , then everyone’s favourite

Lino ,at times looks like a world beater but far too often takes the wrong options and what looked like good attacking structures ,collapses into nothing . Lots of work to do off season with these to get them singing from the same hymn sheet ,as they will be playing behind a cracking pack which will offer them time on the ball to hopefully orchestrate the downfall of our opposition, but more than happy how things are shaping up , with a few reservations