So according to the HDM we are not signing a full back. Is that a mistake bearing in mind that FB is a key position. Dagger shows promise but unproved in SL and needs back up,Hall has not signed yet(or do the club know something) but think his best position is on the wing.Atkin is a half and believe that,s where he should stay,(are we keeping T.Carney?) Other options to cover Atkin are Blair, but he is a forward, a quality back up but a forward. No guarantee that Quinlan will be back next season.
Just hope that we don,t end up playing people out of position. Sometimes it can,t be helped, but really think proper cover is needed.
However we have to trust TS, he knows more than me and seems confident we can cope. My concern is that without Quinlan we lose a lot of strike. Dagger may be great, but I would prefer a specialist FB on the team to cover the inevitable injuries.
Square pegs and all that. Thoughts

It's a tough one. Dagger is a specialist fullback, and I think in the odd game he can be excellent - whether he can continue to perform week in week out remains to be seen. I think saying to him now though you are our first choice gives him real motivation to have a pre season of his life and really set a marker down. The ambiguity of not knowing would of detracted him so I think thats a good move. Dagger has shown glimpses of class so the only real way we know is by putting him in the firing line.

If we are not signing a fullback, I hope we are signing a big beast of a winger. A back 3 of Dagger, Hall, Shaw/oakes would mean teams would just do what Salford did to us week 1 of the qualifiers and kick us to death knowing we can't get sets started

All this talk of Craig Hall improving and been a must sign is a little premature I think , has he been tested really ?
Lets face it he has looked improved but in all honesty we have been playing championship rugby with him in the side and as the last poster said he was average against Salford

He did well against Hull he went better than I thought he would and everyone’s raving about Jackson Hastings yet he’s played against the same opposition as Hall

FWIW

Must go: Todd Carney, Brad Clavering, Matty Marsh, Liam Salter, Nick Scruton, Jordan Walne & Connor Williams

I would have kept Clarkson but going apparently.
We must keep Hall and more so, Blair.

Not many left off contract: Moss - can probably go but backup at FB? Tickle can probably go as we've probably just seen hus swansong season.

I will emphasise this though - Marsh must go to take away the temptation to play him.

Marsh would not get a game in a kids team he is that bad

Hes looked good on the wing and scored tries, he's not quota and I don't think he'll be on big money, as long as we don't put him anywhere near full back or pay over the odds then I think its a really good signing.

To put this into context he scored a hell of a lot more tries than Carney against the same opposition, Justin never looked like scoring most games and apart from a decent out set or 2 he offered very little.

Ken sio to return ?

If he became available there would be a queue for him. Pure quality player and the type of player we need. Would love to have him back, but can,t see it.

Regarding fullback, if we’re not signing a specialist i’d assume plan A is to put Atkin there and sign a halfback. Then if Dagger kicks on that’s a bonus.

According to TS Dagger is the starting full back next year

Fair enough. Be interesting to see how he goes - certainly looks talented.