Quote: Mark Laurie "With my glass half full of mulled wine, he is young , fast which Leeds really need and will be keen to play.
With my glass half full of billy Eve's slash he is very inexperienced. Put alongside a rookie fullback and fairly young stand off we don't have much know how in the key positions. If McGuire is injury prone again and lilley comes in, I think it will be a real test and probably an unfair one on that quartet. I could then see Sutcliffe to full back, Jimmy k to 4 and moon into the halves. I know tad rhino and others are not keen on this but it would stiffen the defence and getting moon more ball can't be a bad thing.
I really don't get the sutcliffe to FB thing, which I know has a lot of support. I think he was wasted as FB as he was too slow and very apprehensive from the games I saw.
If Ashton bulks up, without losing his speed and agility, given a fair crack at No1 then he will be a star for the future
However, the supporters need to really get behind him - boost his confidence and hopefully all will work out.
I think a top 6 is realistic and with Parcell could even be top 4 . My biggest worry is McGuire I really hope he stays fit otherwise we could get into bother next season
