If these signings are true I'm somewhat aghast that we re sign a complete set of forwards who were bullied off the park last season to set them loose in a division were its commonly recognised that intimidation is a widely used tactic.
Again too many light weight back rowers. It's ok being lightweight but you need to have some balls (see Bateman). We have Clark and Scruton to help them but desperately need more. Tilse I'd keep. He's average but any props would struggle with that back row for support. He kept going last year whilst many of our back row abandoned their post.
It's ok saying we've been relegated, who can we get etc etc. The measuring stick is Leigh and who was in their forward pack? That one that took apart ours on our ground. Paterson is better than any back row we have, including Greenwood.
Why haven't we tried to get the best players in the championship, probably improving our team whilst weakening our opponents. Instead we've stayed loyal to an unbalanced weak set of players.
Horne and Cockayne are holding back opportunities for young players.
