2016 Squad : Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:11 am
The Ferres debacle has got me thinking about our squad for 2016, the team we can put on the field and who will fill in given injuries.I see the starting 17 as follows
Grix
Jerry
Leroy
Connor (think he is out for the first month or two)
Murphy
Brough
Ellis
Crabtree
Hinchliffe
Huby
Wardle
Ta'ai
Lawence
Rapira
Smith
Patrick
Leeming
Reserves:
Robinson - Will probably get picked over Leeming.
K.Wood - Will return a couple of months into the season I think, good player but do we need all these halves?
Roberts - Apparently bags of potential but he's never played first team for us.
Simpson - Looks a great player for the future, not sure if he's enough cover in the back line.
L.Johnson - Don't know much about him but heard good things, will probably get 1/2 games this year.
J.Johnson - Has played some Super League and I liked the look of him at Loose Forward I'd imagine this is his opportunity.
Dickinson - Out on Loan to Keighley.
M.Wood - One for the future, might get a game this year.
2015 Outs: Lunt, Koppy, Mullally, Hughes, Broughton, Bailey, Fairbank, Learmoth, (Ferres)
2016 Ins: Hinchliffe, Rapira, Patrick, M.Wood
We have lost a lot of quality there with lot of SL experience (Learmoth aside) and while I'm confident the young lads can step up and we can potentially shuffle about if required, I think we are slightly short in the centre/wing, back-row and prop area, more so given that Anderson has said Rapira has been struggling for a while with injuries.
Any thoughts on potential line-ups, or rumours of further signings, with pre-season underway i'd imagine our options are limited, unless we can get someone in a swap deal for Ferres, or we splash a couple of quid?