Quote: sergeant pepper "Not sure how anyone can say it's a decent squad when almost half of the 24 have either been injured for the majority of 2023, or play for teams who've massively under performed?
Makinson, Bateman, Burgess, Clarke, Walker, Currie, Hill, Ashton, Newman - either injured, or are big/important players in sides that have massively under performed.
A few have credits in the bank and I understand/respect that. Others have nothing and have been picked over others with some good run of form against their names.'"
Makinson is in there very much on merit. Bit of an odd one to include in that list.
Quote: sergeant pepper " Makinson had been injured for the majority of the season and has he really been that good when he's played? .'"
Where are you getting this from? He played 27 times and was in the top 5 scorers with 23 tries.
Quote: sergeant pepper "Maybe not, but he's certainly been better than Makinson, particularly at the back end of the season. That's nothing against Tommy who probably deserves his place as the incumbent rather than on form..'"
Makinson scored 7 in the final 7 games of the season. Or 13 in the last 10.