Are we stronger? That middle belly last night was weaker than the week before. Burrow on his own gives great running and keeps plugging, but the team is much weaker from a defensive point as a result of him been there. McGuire too, I suppose a point of stronger, but his defending is absolutely woeful.
We still have some extremely average blokes in there who are looking good due to how poor the team is playing as a unit. I have no doubt that the focus from the players has improved in the last couple of weeks. It is no longer complacent, and is trying. But without a coach capable of fixing the fundamental issues on the training ground, there is no way of taking that next step. I asked one of the under 19's three weeks ago what exactly McDermott does in training, when they are training with first team. His response was that he says and does nothing, but just watches from the fringes. This would be OK with a coaching set up a lot of posters previously called for, where the coaches were capable.