Quote: FOREVERTRIN "Not really sure that Hood and Doyle will be ok for next year.I know it's a project and not a one year thing but we have talked about being in the top half of the table and I see hooker as a very important component of that.I don't want to come over as moaning but I see all these top players coming in and think we are perhaps neglecting the most important position of all in todays game.Maybe there is a quota problem,a cap issue or just nobody available, or DP thinks, as does a previous poster, that Doyle is SL ready.Hope so.'"
As discussed I think it’s a mixture of the above.
Doyle is ready for the SL step it seems.
If Hood re-signs short term it will be because he’s the best available otherwise until 2026.
Smith may be in an out but isn’t fully ready yet (a loan spell in championship would do him well).
Kay will be cover in emergency too as will Russell.