Quote: Houghtons Heroes "Nonetheless, the signings you have made will not get you far next year, compared to the lost players - Watts has turned out to be a great signing for us and will get better in 2013. Taylor and Green too.
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Brown, Paterson and Gleeson. The only good thing to say about this is that you will find out what sort of coach you have if he can get wins with those players.'"
Of the 3 departing players you mention, only Taylor made any contribution to 2012. Watts did nothing in a Rovers shirt last season, so Tuimarve (sp?) doesn't have to do more than make 1 tackle on his debut to be an improvement. Green played 9 games, and looked unfit in all 9. Burns might miss a few games at the start of the season, but again, doesn't have to do much to be an upgrade on 2012 Blake Green.
Of the 3 you mention coming in, Brown won't be an automatic 1st choice, but a solid squad winger is something we had to rely on Latus for (who you have personally chuckled at, so even you will agree that Brown is an upgrade). Gleeson will replace sickbed Webster, and Paterson in for Galea. Now, this is the only replacement who has to step up to be an upgrade on the player leaving. That said, BG missed 10 games last year, so hardly value for 100K pa.