Doncaster RLFC • Re: Announcement expected?
Double Movement wrote:
With 19 men needing to be named in a match squad, how many players should we have to pick from? I would suggest that having three or four players unavailable through injury isn't abnormal, so 23 seems like an absolute minimum number to me.
The other side of the coin is that you can't have a huge squad as the players who aren't getting picked regularly get fed up and want to leave. Zac Braham being an example from last season.
It does look as though Hull players will be our fallback position should we get hit with injuries but as Jemmo pointed out, relying on them to plug the gaps can be problematical too if Hull get a run of injuries like they did last year.
Personally I'd be looking for a 24 man squad. Two or three new players should be added who are of a higher quality than the players we've presently got and they should be amongst the first names on the team sheet.
If Liam Harris isn't coming over on DR, we've got a serious gap in the halves. Relying on the likes of Keiran Cross and Jordie Hedges alone to cover Matty Beharrell and Jordan Howden would potentially leave us short.
Do we also need a top quality full-back to go with Richard Owen? I think so. I'd certainly be looking to bring in another half-back and a full-back.
Unless someone like Lewis Bienek is coming over, I'd also like to see another big man for the front row.
I would expect one of Lewis Bienek or Levy Nzoungou to be made available to Doncaster for the start of the season and once Green and Bowden are fully fit then possibly both players.Both young but big lads with plenty of pace.
I said before that with the reserve match issue Hull now face then it will work in Doncasters favour both as D/R and loans as players like Miloudi,Logan,Sanderson,Litten will all be pushed out to play regularly.
I would also expect some of the more experienced fringe players especially forwards to be playing D/R at Doncaster
Statistics: Posted by bonaire — Mon Nov 26, 2018 3:43 pm