Quote: Bovrick "Really struggling this year if I'm honest. Far too much disruption in the squad for anyone to have put in a particularly memorable run of form - and those that do spring to mind I wonder if I'm being a tad biased due to what I'd expected of them (Bateman/Burgess). Subdued year for me, with a great exploration of our depth without any major standouts. If you forced me to pick I'd say Taylor has probably scraped top player for us this year imo.'"
Taylor would probably drop out of my top 3 because he had a bit of a mid-season dip in form IMO. If I had to pick 3 now I'd say Smith, Farrell and Bateman. They've been pretty consistent and haven't been hit by long injuries like some of our other top performers (e.g. Green, Lockers, McIlorum, Clubb). Burgess has been very good but I think there are areas of his game he needs to improve, particularly defensively. Gelling has had a great season also, but I still have concerns that he does some things very well but struggles with some of the more "bread and butter" aspects you expect from a centre at the top level.
