Crowther

Quote: Uptoncat "This year yes I agree we need players to do a job for us. However for me we need to be starting to look toward the future from 2024 onward. It’ll take some rebuilding so I get some players do need to be retained but our problem is there’s too many older lads in the squad. Hope we keep Franco then add another young speedy winger to the squad. Possibly keep Kershaw as back up after Kay but I don’t really rate him. Two good centres needed a good half back next year and another one the year after. If anyone comes in for Lino let him go he’s certainly not the answer. If we can keep our existing props I’d be fine with that. Been heavily critical of renouf this season and rightly so imo but he’s improving with big Dave by his side and has shown us there’s a player in there, need him to carry that in after Dave goes. A good 13 would be a nice addition but I don’t think that will be 2024 with the amount of back row forwards we have under contract especially if we stay up with Kelepi still being under contract. I’d like to see dagger retained and fight it out with max for the one shirt or get a prolonged shot at halfback with Gale. Harvey Smith needs to be offered a long term deal with appearance incentives that trigger pay rises and bonuses. I’d offer Croft one more year but it would be make or break for him and I like the look of Law who could well be ready to replace him soon. A lot of wheeling and dealing to be done and for consistency and fluency it can’t all be done at once. I’d also look at bringing Hooley in from Leeds. He’s not getting a shot and it looks like they’re on the lookout for a new fullback for next year. He knows the place and has quality written all over him. He could well overtake max at the back which would leave dagger in the halves as stated earlier.'"

and someone with the nous to be able to do all of that and more