Quote TrentBarrett="TrentBarrett"Poor stats concerning the forwards with Lima and Sean O'Loughlin the obvious exceptions, I can't help but think where going backwards in most departments under Wane.'"
It's hard to tell whether we match up to last year in the forwards to be honest. Statistically I don't think there's a massive difference but it's early in the season and the averages can change dramatically from week to week.
Going off what we all see on the pitch though I still have my doubts as to whether Flower and Lauaki are suitable replacements for Coley.
Lauaki seems very hit and miss. He doesn't make many tackles during most games but he's had some good strong performances as well as ones where he looks like he couldn't care less.
As for Flower he's very ineffective running the ball and is so small he just gets dominated in the tackle time and time again. He has the chance to make up for that with his excellent defensive work rate but unfortunately he's let himself down by missing some simple tackles on several occasions and suffering from poor positioning.