Quote ="HU8HFC"Been able to tie down one of most highly thought of halves in the comp as a Academy Marquee signing is a decent bit of business imo, granted there is the obvious worries over his injuries/weight.
I like that this frees up the opportunity to use a quota spot on a centre/back rower.'"
But it would mean 3 marquee players of Trueman, Asiata and Abdul...it could, unless they all suddenly and miraculously become injury and issue free, turn out to be the worst use of the marquee rule ever dreamt up.
Not sure it's good for the squad, or for morale, when other players are getting paid much less for potentially much more, and it means any new quota players or even SL players won't be top drawer.
There seems to be no plan, no planning, no thought at all..it might result in a 7-9 finish but at what cost and what happens when these and Hardaker, Holmes, Briscoe etc are all finished in a couple of years? Do Myler/Pearson honestly believe the young lads will all be top class internationals by then? Or is it hope someone else throws some money in and start again?
Myler and Pearson appear to be throwing around someone else's money with no thought nor any regard to the end result.
