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I've not conveniently forgotten any of those. You stated 'I guess signing in Kelly, Griffin & Connor was a step in the wrong direction' so I responded to that point and added that shortly after we also signed Langtree, Nzoungou, Miloudi & Dawson-Jones.

So I'll ask you if think our recruitment since the 2016/17 has seen us improve the squad or not. Would you see the likes of St's, Wigan, Warrington Catalans etc sign the likes of Langtree, Nzoungou, Miloudi & Dawson-Jones?

Jones & Mau were players who had been playing well a regularly in SL & NRL and were good signings.

Sao & Satae were pretty much fringe players as neither played many games in NRL but have turned out to be good signings much the same for Swift down the order at St's hardliy getting a game has proven a better signing than most thought at the time

Savelio was a gamble due to his injuries and took a while before he was fit,

Cator was decent signing and workhorse.

Reynolds the jurys out as he didnt really get much chance to get any form due to picking up the hamstring early doors then the covid situation but in his first few games he looked like he'd do a good job for us.

Fonua was and has been a poor signing second time round for 2 reasons his form since he'd left SL and we needed to strengthen other areas.

If you look at who we had and what we've lost compared to who we brought in I don't think we are as strong as we were.

I just don't think for a club that had done so much to get where they were in 2016/17 it pushed on after the first Wembley win and we sat back instead of continuing to push forward as we had done up until that point.

In terms of squad I don't think its improved since then and we are now paying for the poor recruitment since then especially if we are in top 3 of clubs at max cap. I don't think i am being over critical in any way and its a fair observation.

Statistics: Posted by Chris71 — Tue Sep 07, 2021 11:22 am — Replies 236 — Views 14668

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