Quote: Last Son of Wigan "Well in the halves we'll haveHastings
Tommy
Sammut
Sharrocks
French
Powell
Smith
Looking a little closer....
Hastings nailed on starter, great signing
Tommy; could potentially partner Hastings or fill in at 9.
Sammut, I could be wrong, but I think he's down the pecking order, was an odd signing to begin with for me.
Sharrocks; personally I don't think he's good enough.
French; could have great potential to be a running half, but who knows at this stage if 6 is the best position for Bevan
Powell; can cover 7 in the wake of a crisis, but for me is a 9.
Smith...too young, for me his goals should be getting as much experience has he can with least expectation and pressure, possible a loan move etc, he's one for the future, let's not rush him, let's develop him properly.
Depends how we look to play.'old school' attack with a dominate 7 playing both halves of the ruck with the 6th playing off him. On paper this means we play Hastings at 7, as the main playmaker and controller, with French playing off him as a second receiver allowing Zak to remain as our FB.
Or.. we split the halves, if this was the case I'm be more interested in Lachlan Lam. When you split the halves you're basically playing with two 7s, two controllers, one places first receiver on the left, the other on the right. If this was the case, in attack we'd be better off with French as our FB. with his pace and movement finding holes out wide as the second receiver as the half would be more suited to French than Zak.
Then I was assume we have Zak in the centres.
I can debate pros and cons for both really.
But the plus side is we're developing a squad with 'ball players' creators who can make things happen. It's merely a case of working out who fits where to maximise our team.
I don't think we need Lachlan, but having him would provide more creative options for 2020.'"
What about Woods on loan at Leigh? Saying that I can see him and Shorrocks leaving and Sammutt/Smith in the reserves next year with the odd game in the first team when injuries dictate. Tommy and Powell to share the hooking duties, probably with Powell being bench hooker as his running game has improved so he could come on as a scooting hooker once the opposition tire.
