I agree that we are significantly stronger in most parts of the team. We have unloaded the unnecessary fringe players and recruited players that Lowes knows a bit more about and probably rates more highly. I felt that good players became deskilled over the course of the season and often played at less than their capability and I see that being an issue for any good player moving down a level.
Leigh have recruited players with experience of playing at a higher level........We already had a team full of such players. However for the first 23 matches that's a bit like a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
There is still little opportunity to gain neither the intensity nor the momentum required to hit the middle eights at the required level and that is the real challenge for Lowes and Rowley.

Quote: Bulliac "My first thought was Bertie Bassett to be honest....still it takes all sorts... I still think this is the Bertie that 'Fax fans are on about - especially as he's now in the Guinness Book of Records, for his outstanding pace! www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... akers.html

Quote: Bulliac "My first thought was Bertie Bassett to be honest....still it takes all sorts... I still think this is the Bertie that 'Fax fans are on about - especially as he's now in the Guinness Book of Records, for his outstanding pace! www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... akers.html

Well, he's not going to help us in our apparent quest to catch Sheffield and London.

Big names don't make good teams.

Harrison Hansen is a fine player. The rest of the 2016 signings are journeymen.

We heard all this talk last year but for all their big names that went with their big talk they flattered to dicieve when it mattered.

Think you will be pleasantly surprised by Weston! He looks the real deal! Patterson has been steady up to now! Matuai has always looked good he's far better than a journeyman and rangi chase is top top draw