Ha I had to read through my post again to get that. Bit of both I reckon, it helps team spirit.

Agree on the pack.That's the key area I hope we improve on,without a good pack (with a bit of depth) we'll stand still at best. I reckon we'll struggle against alot of the better teams with any injuries to our big props.

Another one who only recognises half of the game. Defence is as much a valued skill as carrying the ball. Someone who is energetic and mobile in defence and dominates collisions is as welcome and someone who churns through carries.

Yeah. We need bigger and more skillful players around Donaldson to work as a unit. I think we've got that.....

That's assuming when we meet the better teams they will have their best props available also.We have 5 props I'm counting Prior as he will do alot of minutes in the front row. Thompson is the 6th but the juries out on whether he can be a success. I've not looked at at the strength depth of Wigan, Saints, Wire, Dragons and Hull props.

Yeah very true.
Wigan lack experience, and big metres for me.
Wire - too reliant on Hill and not the player he was.
Saint's - very strong, but Walmsley is key, and if he gets injured...
Catalans - strong but we all know Catalans big game failings, and don't travel well......
Hull - pretty strong but ditching Watts was worst decision they ever made and Taylor was injured most of last year.....

Hopefully Tetevano will settle in nicely and really give our pack a boost. Remains to be seen but hes got the right pedigree.

We need the likes of Mikolaj and Cam Smith to kick on again now. Tommy and Walters are still young and we need to bring them both thru gradually, we need them both to feature and contribute thru the season though.

Prior, Mellor, Thompson and Leeming are all in their 2nd years at the club and should be better for it.

Saints and Wigan again for me. The rest battling for 3rd and we should be in that mix.

Agree with all that. From reading comments by Agar and Cam Smith the latter is to be used as a ball playing forward to work outside Gale. That tells me Eastmond is going to be used more as a running six which should gives us pace and spark we were missing when Lui played there.

Cam has all the ability in the world. Just needs to apply it. He will used off the bench i think, introduced after 25 mins to make an impact.

Cant imagine Walters will be rushed given the depth we have in the second row.Surely if he is fit we should be able to rely on holroyd to do 20 odd minutes a week?

Hands wise, he's as good as anything else we have other than Gale and Eastmond. My concern with Cam is his lateral movement. He's grown so much in the last 2-3 years that he's lost that bit of pace, but more worryingly he's not as agile as he used to be. That's the type of conditioning I'd be doing with him to get his step and first 5 yards back.

He's 22 now, if he's going to make the 13 jersey his own it needs to be this season really. If he does, he's a pillar of the pack for the next 10 years.

Seen Tetevano wearing a knee brace in his Instagram story, hope he’s good to go at the weekend

I like Smith, but he didn't look like a natural athlete. Can't imagine there's much more they can do with him re- speed and Agility. Has other qualities...

I get a feeling from the Agar interview that both Gale and Eastmond will be held back another week.

From the interviews Ive read I get the impression it will be Eastmond to miss out He has said Broadbent will be in the squad. Agar is and rightly keeping his cards close.