Williams getting a decent run would be a start.
And frankly the Dragons have far more pressing concerns at present. Their backline is young and quality. Their forward pack is shithouse outside Merrin and Creagh (at club level anyway). If you were recruiting that's where they should be looking for players. Especially hooker
The money they'd have to commit to Mullen would be misguided. Williams has, whenever having some sort of run, show some form before getting dropped again. See what you've got there, if you have a reasonable halfback inside the very dangerous Widdopp, with Dugan at fullback and a quality three quarter line you want them getting decent service, which depends on a good hooker (which it is becoming more apparent Rein isn't) and forwards laying a decent platform (which i'd question the ability of most of the Dragons ones).
It's not about Mullen being better than Williams (he is) it's about the Dragons having other options (if not Williams maybe Quinlan, Stanley) and other priorities.
Our forwards aren't bad, per se. The wrong ones keep getting played, and the current ones are in the wrong position. Should be:
8. Merrin
9. Rein (pains me to say that)
10. Stockwell
11. Thompson
12. Creagh
13. De Belin
14. Ah Mau
15. Frizzell
16. Cooper
17. Garvey / Witt (hooker)
We're probably on the smaller side, and thats one of our issues. But if Price stuck a bit of mongrel in them we'd compete well enough. Cooper is a bit like James Graham in that he is a long minute player with a strong workrate. Let Stockwell and Merrin cop the big hits early on, weather it and then slot Cooper in for the rest of the game.
Rotate Stockwell, Frizzell and Ah Mau for the props and get them running hard and off the first and second hit up, get Merrin in at third to roll over the advantage line then either go down the left / right for Thompson / Creagh for impact before spreading down the backline. Jack is basically a tackling demon and assists in the metres gain when we're bringing it out of our own half.
The problem is we keep playing Dan 'Soft Hunt', who is a waste of space and overweight.
A Gidley extension would have to be up there. You know based on "locker room presence" and "leadership". Or something. But certainly not due to on field form.
:lol: I got a good laugh out of that one. Well done Hoppity, very sly and clever humour there. Would read again.
Doubt it will happen, but bloody hell that'd be an awesome signing. Widdop and Mullen as a halves pairing would make me feel warm in all the right places.
