Quote: Harold Rigby Jnr "Craig Hall is a better FB than McNally for mine, Peter M'atautia has been excellent and is SL class. I would rather have Bodene Thompson than Glenn Stewart. I would actually have Hutchison than Drinkwater, who will become a real asset for us IMO. We are not losing anything by replacing Higson with Evans personally. I take the point about Ridyard, especially in this division.
It is an issue that so many changes have all been made in one go without any continuity and questions do need to be asked about the merits of that decision.
This is a side now extremely low on confidence and it is difficult. A new team that in all 7 games played have only experienced winning once. Sadly losing is habit forming but break it we must and break it we will. We have to.
We desperately need a quality 6 in there to help Hutchison, short term I am inclined to place Hall there and I do think we need another grunt.
Derek is under pressure like any of the boys as it is a real challenge to now secure top 4, and let's be honest if we don't hit it there is no real point in anyone committing £60k of your own money each and every month. Pointless. However no one is throwing the towel in yet as far as I can see.'"
Very good post and no argument against the player comparisons, and I agree that Hall is probably a better overall fullback than McNally, but at this level McNally is a proven performer that we did not need to change. And he has shown his willingness to play gis heart oit for oir club. The money for Hall could have been used elsewhere in my opinion.
Hall to 6 for me too for now but only as a stop gap.