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| Littlewood looks a big lad. I hope he gets a chance against London.
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| I don’t accept that version of where Leeds are at or that Rohan Smith has ruined Leeds etc.
We are in my view probably three starting players short of a top 4 side.
Not easy to do but hardly cataclysmic.
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| I agree Kaeru. The defensive setup is something that a new coach would seek to fix straight away, and as you say, all of our players will have played in a range of defensive structures, many of which will have focused on linespeed. That would at least put us on a level pegging with opponents. If we then add in some extra power in a couple of forwards we would look a different beast.
Where we may differ is that I think we need three big, strong forwards to make a real difference.
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| I know a fair number on here are critical of Bentley and whilst he isn`t the barn stopping forward we crave for.
We have imo missed his tackling and defence these last few weeks.
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| When he keeps his head, he's an asset.
The problem is we are loaded with workmen backrowers. Only Ruan offers size and he's young / raw.
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| Bentley has been discussed to death but one thing he isn't is a player who will get us on the front foot. You can't just have one or two forwards responsible for all the momentum. Good sides hit the opposition with heavy artillery on successive carries; we have generally been unable to do this.
He works best as a bench player but then we have O'Connor for that role who is arguably better at it.
I'd be surprised if Bentley is retained beyond his (confusingly long) recent contract. If Blease wants a Murray-era pack we need a few different players.
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