Quote: jonh "Sadly it doesn’t work like that though.
Contract lengths injuries ageing players and form etc all contribute.
Even the traditionally top clubs go through dips and transitional years.
Looking at the squad for me it’s the 11th best in SL at the moment. We can all point the finger about the who why’s and wherefores but that is the reality of it in my opinion.
If someone offered me 11th at start of year I’d have taken it, and if someone did now I’d take it.
It’s where we are at the moment whilst ever we are in this cycle.'"
I fully accept that injuries, especially to key players, have a massive effect on sides to compete, especially with clubs like Trinity who run with a relatively small squad.
However, I really dont accept that, when the coaching staff and management sit down at the end of last season, that they believe we should be aiming for a lower finish than in previous seasons.
Of course, stuff happens but, as a business you aim to move forward year on year and on the back of 9th, 10th and 10th in the last 3 seasons, no way ate "we" planning for 11rh.
Tbh, remaining 10th and with good progress on the stadium, Trinity would be "moving forward".
Getting back to the op, I fully agree that we need an additional prop forward or 2 if Fifita is departing at the end of the season and whilst accepting that Toulouse seem to have made a decent signing, decent props are almost as hard to find as decent half backs, certainly not easy.
