Jake the Peg wrote:
I'm not negative, just realistic. I've given Mcrae, Kear, Sharp and (to a lesser extent) Agar time in recent years and none have managed to assemble the squad that a club of our stature and resources deserves. We've gone backwards since McRae left in terms of the squad and the current one looks weaker on paper than last years' to me
I think that for 2004, McRae had assembled a very, very good squad. In fact, iirc, we were 2nd for alot of it until injuries hit towards the end. Wasnt the team something like:
Briscoe
Best
Barnett
Yeaman
Raynor
Cooke
Horne
Dowes
Swain
King
McMenemey
McNicholas
Smith
Carvell
Chester
Lupton
Scruton
The only problem was keeping the likes of Barnett and Smith fit. Remember McNicholas been very good that season (considering how the latter was awful in 2005), and Lupton was cracking when coming into the side for Smith. We recorded some right hammerings that season as well