My backs would be
Carlos
Connor
Fonua
Griffin
Talanoa
Kelly
Sneyd

I honestly can't believe that people are thinking of dropping Shaul, was excellent for 75% of the season and form dropped off when the rest of the team did, deserves to start the season at FB, if he doesn't produce then, then it opens the chance for Connor etc

Exactly this.

All about opinions Dave..

For mine...

The modern day fullback, needs to be an extra pivot, this is the area where Shaul is lacking
, IF he improved in this facet of his play, he would be in for international reckoning...

but again - in my opinion....

Agree with you there Dave
Shaul has improved parts of his game every season.No reason for even thinking of replacing him with Connor

People want to drop Shaul , unbelievable !!

I have this vague memory of Shaul scoring the winning try at Wembley. Does anyone else remember that? When Shaul scored the winning try at Wembley? The try that won us the cup? At Wembley?

Passing is nice but tries win games.

Shaul on the wing would be a waste of his support play. Having Kelly in, we will hopefully have an increased number of breaks which Jamie can follow through.

1. Shaul
2. Michaels
3. Fonua
4. Griffin
5. Talanoa

(What a set of backs!)

6. Kelly
7. Sneyd

(Mouth is watering already)

8. Taylor
9. Houghton
10. Watts
11. Manu
12. Mini
13. Ellis

(We've seen what these can do this year)

14. Bowden
15. Green
16. Hadley
17. Connor/Washbrook

We're going to need different players off the bench dependant on who we're playing. Hopefully we'll see the likes of Osborne, Downs, Fash, Turgut, Matongo, Rawsthorne all pushing for first time starts.

I still worry about the strength of depth in the forwards. The starting pack is impressive but one or two long term injuries and we could struggle.The likes of Turgut, Downs, Masi and Fash will have to step into the breach and may not be ready to play a significant number of games. Last season with good management and maybe a little bit of luck we coped but there's no guarantee next season will be the same.

It wouldn't surprise me if we sign another prop.

Agree, losing Frank means someone needs to step up, but I'd prefer someone from the 23s. Dependant on cap space, we could always dip into the loan market (Reckon Feka would come back?

) if we were desperate.

Certainly deserves to start the season at full back but I do think he'll be one worried about his position in the team with Connor waiting in the wings.

It'll be interesting how Radford rotates his backs throughout the year though.