Winslade's Offload wrote:I am a bit surprised he has been given a deal. Im wondering if it is perhaps Burgess coming to the realisation that signing high quality props is not as easy as he thought. Certainly we shouldn't have a problem with the salary cap after unloading a few players.
I don't have anything against Bullock with the ball in hand, but I think he has limitations in defence.
Yes, I’d agree here - I wasn’t expecting Bullock to stay. Both Powell & Burgess have seemed reluctant to play him at times, both suggesting there were areas of his game that needed serious work - not always the opinion off the terraces interestingly.
But I guess you need depth in the front row and he’s obviously shown Burgess enough that he’s willing to get better. I would assume he’s not on loads in terms of cap space and assuming his position within the squad is assumed to be somewhere between 6th and 8th placed prop I don’t have an issue. But then shouldn’t Luke Thomas or Lucas Green take that spot….? 22 & 21 next year respectively I think.
Would Wigan or Saints sign Bullock? Pretty sure they would promote from within.