Re: 2021 squad : Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:00 pm
Trojan Horse wrote:
In the back room we have strengthened considerably in my opinion and this along with recruitment on the conditioning will I hope make the difference.
When you look at the current squad to 2020 we have lost some considerable depth in some positions.
Bjb*
Kirmond
Atkins
Gigot
Koppy*
Gwaze
Now out of these I’ll be brutally honest in that only BB and Koppy are losses in terms of lessening the quality of the first team.
Mason Lino brings some much added quality (we hope) in the halfs and kicking which has been one of our problems the past 2 seasons.
The other issue for me is props. There’s a lot of discussion on whether what we have is enough. For me it isn’t. Last season I believe we had many games where we had props injured and we struggled to make metres and impact down the middle. It was glaringly obvious in a number of games with there being 100s of metres difference between the two.
Baring in mind we struggled the middles in terms of injuries and availability last season and are two props lighter I honestly do think this is an area for concern.
I also don’t think we should be rushing out and signing any prop forward and we need players that will improve us only.
If we go in as we are I’m happy with the squad but don’t think the props are strong enough in depth or ability as they are.
I’m hoping with the continued growth of players like Crowther, Batch, Jowitt who are starting to mature and the investment in back room we can offset that loss in depth from the above players.
So I feel 2 props are needed still.
I’d love it if we sign Battye but still think we could do with another prop who can eat up the hard yards. Easier said than done so I don’t envy the club looking g for that player!
When you look at the current squad to 2020 we have lost some considerable depth in some positions.
Bjb*
Kirmond
Atkins
Gigot
Koppy*
Gwaze
Now out of these I’ll be brutally honest in that only BB and Koppy are losses in terms of lessening the quality of the first team.
Mason Lino brings some much added quality (we hope) in the halfs and kicking which has been one of our problems the past 2 seasons.
The other issue for me is props. There’s a lot of discussion on whether what we have is enough. For me it isn’t. Last season I believe we had many games where we had props injured and we struggled to make metres and impact down the middle. It was glaringly obvious in a number of games with there being 100s of metres difference between the two.
Baring in mind we struggled the middles in terms of injuries and availability last season and are two props lighter I honestly do think this is an area for concern.
I also don’t think we should be rushing out and signing any prop forward and we need players that will improve us only.
If we go in as we are I’m happy with the squad but don’t think the props are strong enough in depth or ability as they are.
I’m hoping with the continued growth of players like Crowther, Batch, Jowitt who are starting to mature and the investment in back room we can offset that loss in depth from the above players.
So I feel 2 props are needed still.
I’d love it if we sign Battye but still think we could do with another prop who can eat up the hard yards. Easier said than done so I don’t envy the club looking g for that player!
2 props are needed 1 or 2 injuries and where buggered in that postion deffo but a thing for me is players getting back to where they where 2 years ago i think its fair to say for different reasons not all there own fault a good amount of players form dropped in ladt 18 months hence a win ratio of about 8 in 40 so these lads need to get back to where they where.
