Quote nantwichexile="nantwichexile"I cannot understand why esteemed 'southstanders' (him) state we have 'enough second rowers' !!! IF for the start of 2016 they were all fit that might be an arguable point, but we already know we will be starting without Stevie Ward and JJB, so that leaves Ablett, Delaney and Keinhorst...and who else exactly? Walters needs to vastly improve to be a genuine contender .....
Like Faloon, Ali IMO would have made a very good stop-gap signing for 1 year - until better longer term solutions can be implemented.'"
Because I think we've got enough second rowers. We've got JJB, Ablett, Delaney, Ward, Achurch, Keinhorst, Walters to fill 3 spots in the 17 every week.
Yes a couple are currently injured, but they won't miss much of the season.
With Cuthbertson or Singleton probably playing/being named at 13 that's one less backrower we need each week.
If we needed to add an offloader to our squad then I may be tempted by Ali, but we don't. We need a shed load of hard work from our second row. Mainly helping the back 5 drive it out of our half following a kick and in tackling anything that moves to help our big pack in defence.
As I said, if a player of real quality was available that's different, same for a long term option, but Ali doesn't fit either of those for me anymore.
