Quote: fanstanningley "Not sure why you have mentioned the young players these are for the future not now.Smith has already stated this.You have already written this season off before its started.'"
Think as well the aim is to improve standards in the reserve set up. To me it makes a lot of sense having a set of decent standard players in early twenties mentoring the younger players coming through. Dual reg and loans are fine up to a point but they're always going to be coached by guys whose principal objective is winning with developing players something of a distant second.