Thetalentboy wrote:
But you say about injurys savelio esp
But hoy walker and Trueman have huge injury records
And they are gunna be our spine along with brown
Them 3 don't stay fit were in trouble
Taylor and satae were good players the props will have to be good to replace them
Think ese ese will be so that's a start, ashworth good player aswell but is he as good as taylor ? ( no chance imo )
Overall I think we are actually stronger as a squad and have a little more depth. We are weaker in certain positions but in the forwards we’ve certainly massively improved.
You say about Hoy, Walker & Trueman having huge injury records but then say about Taylor who the past 2-3 seasons suffered a lot of injurues. Satae for me whilst he could be one of the top forwards in SL he lacked consistency to repeat his good games week in week out and could be quite lazy defensively.
I can see the halves being Brown & Trueman (when fit) with Walker & Hoy fighting out for the FB role with Houghton/Smith and hopefully Balmforth at 9. We then have options available to have Hoy/Smith in the halves and Brown at 9 etc if needed so that again is another improvement that we have cover.
Wing & SR are still an area of concern as the loss of Swift was and is huge. SR we were hit and miss although Griifin when in the pitch was good. Lane needs a big pre season and has to hit the ground running. Hopefully with the likes of Okunbor, Ashworth, Severs & Staveley it will mean they have to perform to be in the 17.
However it was going to be an impossible task to completely change every player and think the club has done a good job to change as much as they have such was the state of the squad inherited by Smith.
