It's easy to say at the moment, but the Dogs squad doesn't inspire much confidence. The bench they carried last year was ordinary. J. Morris saw little ball most weeks. Ben Roberts was bloody horrible. Ennis is a Jekyl and Hyde player - good one week and f**ken horrible the next. I like Tolman though. Great buy. Eastwood was good before he left. A couple of positives there. The rest of the pack are ordinary. Who knows what the halves will be like. Barber looks like he will develop into a great attacking player but is a very, very poor defender. Where does he play? What will they do with idris??? Centre or second row??? They will do well to make the eight with that squad.
Ben Roberts missed most of the season with injury.. How can you say he was "bloody horrible"? He was the key to our left side when he was on the field. The try assists and line break assists he gave to Josh Morris on that left side when he played was fantastic. When he got injured, we lost our left side strike.
Can't agree that the pack is ordinary. Tandy, Tolman, Ryan, Stagg, Eastwood, Pritchard, Millington, Foster etc.. Very strong stuff. Tandy was phenomenal when he came on board for us last year. 2 man of the match awards in a row to kick things off and didn't take a backwards step.
The bench we carried last year was ordinary, yeah. The fact that we used the most players in the comp out of any team because of the highest injury toll in years probably attributed. This year the bench will be much more deadly with Eastwood and Paea coming off it.
Looking at our 30 man squad, with the players and the depth we have, I don't see how anyone can talk it down. Potentially it's one of the best in the comp. We just need to gel in the opening rounds and we can go very far..
