Quote: dayvoz "Tony Martin is an adequate SL centre,Turner is an ok third choice you talk as if all other clubs have massive strength in depth at centre,current champs Leeds are starting out with 2 young centres for example'"
Nobody's saying Martin is not adequate, but 'adequate' is not what I want us to be aspiring to for recruitment. I understand why he was brought in, but it's still a bit disappointing/embarassing that an adequate player of his age was the best we could do, and that we were in such a position where we needed to do it.
Not all clubs have better depth than us, but those around the top 6 do IMO, and that's what we should be aiming for/judging ourselves against. It's not so much about the depth I was getting at though, it's the first choices where we are behind the rest. I would say that several (if not most) SL clubs have 2 better centres than Martin.
The key with the Leeds comment is the word young. They are giving 2 good prospects a crack at it, which is to be applauded. We rightly did the same with Turner, but unfortunately he hasn't turned out to be good enough defensively.
