Quote flyingkelvin="flyingkelvin"We have a good squad of decent pros, not much in the way of world class though. For me, a constant problem for us this season is we are weak at prop and centre.
The problem is, world class is hard to come by. I can't think of too many super league players who could improve us in these departments.'"
Perhaps because these players simply aren't available. British rugby league has 1 world class prop, and his name is James Graham. We have no world class centres. There are currently no world class centres plying their trade in superleague, nor are there any world class props. All the best players go to the NRL, bar a couple such as Lockers. Simply put, if the players aren't available, we can't sign or play them.
We're not going to be able to attract a Greg Inglis or Jamie Lyon, a James Graham or Sam Burgess so we'll have to make the best with what we've got. We've got a young squad who are only going to get better. Factor in young players already played this year; Rocky, Manfredi, Williams, Sutton etc. Include ones due for a game in 2015; Doran, Gildart, Forsyth and we have a production line of good solid British talent.
Will these players be world class? It's hard to say so early in their careers, but as long as they stay fit and work hard we've a solid spine to take us forward.
Remember, we ran Saints close playing with 12 men and getting no joy from the 50/50 calls from BENTham. If the bookies were laying odds now I'd put money on Wigan doing the double next year.
