Ok i wrote this before the Cas game.
The only thing that has changed since i wrote that is Jordan Cox, who is getting better and more confident as each game passes.
He put in 2 big hit in his small spell and a run off a kick off reminiscent of the Sam Burgess run against Bulldogs, he's a brave lad, and more than anyone really surprised me
Quote Wire Yed="Wire Yed"Sandow is our maverick, the guys so unpredictable that teams are going to struggle to do their homework on him, to coin a phrase i don't think even he knows what he's going to do. If MoS was taken right this second he'd win it easy.
He's my new favourite player, plus for the smallest guy on the pitch he probably has the biggest heart, not the greatest tackler but that doesn't stop him trying to put the big hits in. He chases all his own kicks with lung bursting effort which plays everyone onside and he's usually the first to put a hit on a fullback or winger.
Gidley is the brains, the claming influence and game manager, i still think eventually he will settle at FB.
He is the difference this season, i imagine his presence on and off the field is gluing the team together.
Dodds was looking like a solid signing, tackled hard, really got himself involved, too soon to really tell but head and shoulders better in two half matches than Asotasi ever did.
Cox, he's enthusiastic and good enough as a spell forward to give the main men a rest, the guy is a character and i imagine everyone at the club love him, being frank he's nothing special but a very good squad player with potential, that's the most important part i think he has a lot of improvement in him and i think he will improve under Smith.
Lineham, top quality finisher, good returner of the ball, strong, fast and balanced.
Had a stinker at Leeds then played fairly well with the odd error but i think he puts the fear of god in other teams, a decent signing and with better centre play or better execution of play he'll come into his own.
Hughes, probably the hardest worker of all our new signings, bags of energy and strong considering he looks like our smallest forward. I like this kid and he has a decent amount of pace too.
Westerman, defends like his life depends on it, looks to have gained weight from his Cas/Hull days but it looks deliberate rather than he suddenly discovered pizza.
Good passing skills but sometimes I think he slows the attacking play down, early doors yet so putting that down to being rusty.
Julien, from the little I've seen of him he plays well above his weight, when he tackles you, you stay tackled but I've only seen him in dribs and drabs so no idea of how is overall game is to pass a proper judgement.
Bailey, saying a lot of the right things, i was sceptical in fact one of the more vocal ones against this, i hope he makes me eat my words, and the depression aspect made me cool the criticism and now I'm definitely giving him the benefit of the doubt. Hopefully this mystery injury that Leeds/KR/Cas didn't pick up on returns him to a higher standard.
I still think his best days are behind him but perversely i am looking forward to his first game.'"
