I think Addy is now an out-and-out scrum half now, to be honest. He did a superb job there for us all season last season and in some games was the stand out performer; Leigh at home being one (despite his mistake!). We don't need the line running of Mullaney for the scrum half - we need a reasonable kicker, which Addy is, and a reasonable passer of the ball to direct us around, which Addy also is. Gaskell/Addy as our pivots will see us through all year, no dramas. Oscar can cover SH if needs be - but I don't know his style of play yet. Purts can cover Addy at SH too in the event of injury as he does a similar job to Addy, albeit with worse kicking.
I think there is too much negativity around the online communities at the moment. We are in a better position than last year. I think fullback should be our main priority, but then Thomas might play there!
My biggest concern is that if Gaskell gets injured, we no longer have that line running anywhere else on the park, so we would literally be relying upon the brute force of our ever expanding pack - that would be reminiscent of the "Big Four" days (well, a little).
