Quote bellycouldtackle="bellycouldtackle"Anakin and Simon give us aggression they take the ball up like they mean business and tackle hard. Scruton gives us solidity and he was my player of the year last season. Not seen a great deal of Yates but understand he has great stamina and is tough lad, liked what little I saw of him, great attitude. I am hoping that England will be aggressive and bust a few tackles , again not seen a lot of him so hoping he will make himself undropable. It is reported that Walker had some good games for Scotland and that he will benefit from a pre season as he has missed last few pre seasons with injury, again he has a chance to kick on with us. Don`t know anything about Arona, hope he is a typical Islander. Molloy will not let us down and the lad deserves some luck with injuries, It will be interesting to see Shulver who had a good season in a poor under 19`s team a couple of years ago, nothing fancy but gives 100 %. Anderson needs to prove himself for me, in two years he has never broken a tackle, made an aggressive tackle, won the ground, showed any aggression, had a fight, for me he has simply been soft and gone through the motions. I am hoping that Brian Smith will put some fire in his belly and get him wound up , for me he needs to show that he means business in the pre season games in order to earn his place in any match day squad. I am not saying he can`t be good for us he just needs to man up.'"
I really couldn't disagree more about Anderson.
He is often our strongest tackler and rarely makes mistakes or give penalties away.
He doesn't bust tackles but he takes the ball often and can do long minutes if needed.
Leigh away springs to mind. I thought he was the best forward on the field.
His fault for me is injuries as he hasn't had many but each one has been a big one.