Quote ="weaver93"I feel if we consistently play with Houghton as 1st choice hooker, next season it could massively backfire,
Who knows,how his body feels at the end of this season ??, i thought a new 9 would be a higher priority.
Personally,i dont understand why we used 50% of our available quota space on props, when our obvious weakness, is in the backrow, unless he plans to play Sao there.
The HB situation , i thought that Trueman & Hoy looked promising ,if Smithy feels theres no quality available we might not recruit there, Hoy's hamstrings are problematic though.
Anyone know of any decent championship players??'"
Cannot agree with you Weaver. Big props ,especially since Satae is leaving, are a big plus for me. When you look at the two we have signed , potentially both are an upgrade on what we have . Sao has been great for me, but he cannot do the hard graft all alone , so Ese Ese and Pele are great signings and both can do the impact stuff that he can’t . On recruitment ; if we get the half back signing we need , then I go into 2024 feeling very optimistic that we’ll be in the mix again , for silverware . Wigan last night was the prime example, in paper that was a mismatch and we would have been hammered in previous years , but Smith has proved he can get that last percent from a very average squad and we’ll be fine with him steering the ship. As a club we have been needing a proper coach , who coaches his team for each game , for years and I think Smith is by far the most important piece of recruitment we have made in years . He’s easily the best coach we have had since Peter Sharp and I have complete faith in him to take us back towards the top.
