Re: Starting Props : Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:12 pm  

Young Delaney for Saints isn't massive but he's clearly better than your starting props at present? He's only 20.

Re: Starting Props : Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:19 pm  

Rommel wrote:

Young Delaney for Saints isn't massive but he's clearly better than your starting props at present? He's only 20.

That's probably a fair assessment at the moment Oledski is too nice and I don't know what's happened to Holroyd seems to have lost his bite.

Re: Starting Props : Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:57 pm  

Letting Dupree go was another great choice too.

Re: Starting Props : Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:18 pm  

I’d only keep Oledzki out of the main four props if there were better options available. If Lisone and Sangare are classed as “impact” props, the only impact they have on me is raising my blood pressure. Lisone gets bullied by better teams and his stamina is poor. I would also question his work ethic at times. Sangare is another one with low stamina, and his impact isn’t big enough for his minutes on the field. Holroyd for whatever reason can’t seem to bend the line, but I wouldn’t question the lad’s effort. How we beat the big teams with a poor pack is unfathomable really.

Re: Starting Props : Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:33 pm  

I honestly think we went into this season 2 props short.
Holroyd is too young and Sangare is not fit enough for either to be in the regular 4 rotation.
For me, they should be 5th and 6th props, and would still get plenty of game time.
Goudemand is a back row and should have been Donaldsons replacement.

Said it many times, but we lost Tetevano and Walters and did not adequately replace either of them.
Anyway, we are where we are so we have to make do with what we've got for now.

Re: Starting Props : Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:40 pm  

Pretty much spot on.

Also consider Mik is coming back from a shoulder op and struggling for form still.
Holroyd os young and really struggled towards end of last season.

Priorities were elsewhere and clearly someone thought / hoped that we could manage with shortage better than we are.

I still think we are doing better than last year, beating saints in the cup was always a tough ask.