Quote: NickyKiss "The problem this side has is that it needs those flashes of individual magic that French brings because other than that, we have very few avenues of scoring try’s. We look totally lost in attack and have done in Lams whole time here, even when we’ve been playing pretty well overall.'"
Without a shadow of a doubt. Lam is massively to blame for the current situation and adds more proof to what we already know - a good coach can make or break a team.
I do like to think however that, in spite of Lam, we'd still have been in a much stronger situation if we'd have signed a prop instead of resigning French. I keep harping on about it, but the Salford side that Hastings bossed, had a cr@p backline. I'd take guys like Zak, Manfredi, Smith etc over what they had. What set them apart tho, was the good work done by Mossop, Dudson and Jones. Our props our downfall imo and a guy like French is an after thought when you don't have guys to make the yards.
You put French in the Saints, Wire or Hull team and he'd have a field day. You wouldn't however swap him for a Walmsley, Satae or Wire prop imo.