I'm affraid we do and JT's aswell. I have just watched the game in full and Tommy's contribution is massive. The other thing that puts me at ease with Paul and Neal are the signings that they have made for this season. I personally think they have brought in players that on saturdays show will gel a nucleus of last year players together and as someone else posted continuity of good player with a good coaching setup is a winning formulea. I think that the two week gap between the first two friendlies is perfect for us and I also think that Wigan will send more first teamers than we are expecting as it will be a decent knockabout for them and their coaching staff.

Not a massive fan of Deano, he never seems to get away from the markers when he scoots and I feel Pownall does well getting to the C-D defenders. Also Pownalls kick return looks decent and looks confident under pressure. Somebody didnt include Maden in the starting 13 which I feel is laughable he was one of our better players last season and one of our best this year, he would be one of the first names on my team sheet every week

Completely agree about Maden though I think you're being a little harsh on Deano. He gets through a ton of work and take a lot of pressure off the forwards early in the tackle count, and he genereally has a quick PTB even if his scoots don't take him particularly far upfield.

Glad Tommy Goulden got MOM as he did a hell of a lot of work. Was hard to pick a single one out on saturday though as everybody did so well. Personally thought Ridyard ran the show and if pushed I would have gone for him. I know its early days but I can see Riddy being the Championship Player of the Year for this season. Wonder if there are any odds on that

I still think we need a good song for Ridyard this year....

Duffy looked chuffed when they sang Scotlands Number one to him

I remember being in the Legends bar at the end of last season for one of Basil's speeches and he was heaping praise on Maden for his performances during the season. Apparently Maden regularly smashes his personal match KPI's. Consistently making more than 20/25 drives a game for instance.

Expect that to drop now he's been moved into the centre position

If that remains the case.....

Would have thought against Fax wingers would be Deano and Adam Clay with Maden marking the guy who used to be alright

. Have to say though I liked Pownall on the wing last week.