Okay, including Ellis that’s three major players but again does that really contribute to us suddenly becoming a poor team? We score from kicks because we play to the strength of the players we have both in the halves and in the centres (for example Jake connor being great in the air). We score off the cuff tries because we have players that thrive off of that (Albert Kelly and Jake Connor). Obviously the lack of confidence is coming from the end of last year but we had a largely second string team out on the field. I could link you plenty of examples of scoring out wide and therefore stretching teams hence why most of the tried scored by us last year were scored out wide. We had young lads in the middle last year who are inexperienced and are prone to brain farts- they’re not seasoned professionals- they will lose concentration and be exposed its just the way it is. Most of what you’ve said as to why we are poor are mostly due to the circumstances our squad were exposed to last year.

Just my opinion of course

I don't disagree tbf. The only issue is how he would adapt to the positional and defensive side of the game. Connor has played the position, I'm not sure about Kelly? But yes his pace, strength and ball skills would make him a nightmare to defend against when he comes into the line late.

connor would be a much better option than kelly at FB.

Thats a Dream Team combination.
Only in the eyes of Radford im afraid
its one of the reasons why we need a new coach if he goes for Dawson on the wing and Griffin at centre.
If we sign Ratu he should play ahead of Dawson.More pace, better defence and strong going forward.
I would play Logan at centre and Miloudi in the halfs or on the wing.
Radford will go for four forwards on the bench so use Griffin off the bench as an impact second row.
I guess a lot will depend on What happens to Connor and whether we sign Ratu.

The thing is, I don't actually think Shauls asked to do those things , I can't remember to many scenarios where , shauls in a position to make those kinds of passes, surely if they trained everyday using those structures , Shaul could surely learn to do that. I'm not sure a change of fullback would lead to different results in our attack

I agree with most of that except that I think Scott has overtaken Logan now.

Shaul
Faraimo
Scott
Tuimavave
Ratu
Miloudi
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Paea
Hadley
Minichiello
Manu

Griffin
Matongo
Nzoungou
Thompson/Litten

I quite like that side but unfortunately the one Radford will pick will bare no resemblance to that.