Great Performance!

Quote: ShortArse "its great that we have players coming back to give the lads a break, but i cant understand how you have such a downer on Eric when he hasnt even played yet (especially given how poor preccy was when he did turn out, and how decent a 2012 eric had).'"

Because based on his performances for Wigan since he has been here he is IMO downright average at best.

Quote: ShortArse "we may have a good young pack, but the game we lost (hudds) was down to us not being able to compete with the size of their pack over a full 80 mins (in particular crabtree). a second row of faz and tuson may be good at backing up, but it lacks grunt and power. having H and Eric back is going to be key to bolstering that part of our game (esp as we are also missing the physical impact of Gaz - even if we are not missing his indiscipline).
the kids are doing well now, but as has oft been said, we need everyone fresh for sept. we also dont know how the inexperienced players will do under the high intensity of play-offs, so old heads will be important to have around. it will also give us experience and size if we want to rest lockers and use Lloyd/Faz/Tuson to cover loose.
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There is nothing wrong with your logic about wanting to rest players, needing some size etc but for me Lauaki simply isn't the answer. When he gets tackled it's all arms flailing about and very showy but for such a big man he has very little impact when he runs it in. I reckon Dudson for example is already a much better player. If you reckon we need to add some size to the front row then we need to bring in a Pongia type player not rely on Lauaki.

As to the back row there is no doubt we will be better off with Hansen back so I hope I didn't give the impression I was saying otherwise. We will also be better off again when Goulding returns. So IMO the players to come back who will improve the side are Mossop, Hansen and Goulding. I have always liked Prescott as a player but am just concerned he will come back and be out again injured.