Squad rotation to keep older players fresh

Exactly. We saw the result of not rotating the forwards regularly, leading to a poor end to the season.

Turgut was always very highly thought of at junior level but everyone develops at different rates and physically he's maybe a bit behind where players like bateman and currie were at his age but they are exceptional players and not really the benchmark. Turgut has a good turn of pace and looks like he's grown a lot bigger in the last 12 months plus I hear his attitude is top notch so barring injury problems he'll come through and be a first team regular in the next 2 or 3 years. 20 is very young for a SL forward so there is no need to rush him

Thought on Sunday he looked like he'd put some size on

Not sure it will be plenty of injuries, for the first game without any injuries my bench would be Green, Hadley, Bowden and Washy (Although Radford might go with Connor), so one/two injuries to the forwards would see him in, I'd have him in front of Thompson for a start.

Really ?
I think he's a good prospect

Last season I thought he looked undersized and was worried whether he'd make it. Seeing him now he looks like a SL forward but he still runs those fast, incisive lines that made him so effective as a youth.

In the back row we have Mini, Manu, Gaz, Washy, Thompson and Hadley as established players covering 3 positions. With rotation and injuries I'd expect Turgut to get a crack this year.

Interesting to see Green put himself forward as a third middle. I think we are one injury away from prop problems so I can't see it this year but its not unthinkable.

so do I, just dont think he'll get as much game time as some think

Think there's more evidence to say he will
Radders has said dozens of times already about squad rotation
Combine that with last weeks initial squad before they ammended it to include a few others in which he was THE only young lad from outside the usual match day squad I think we'll see 6 to 8 as a minimum

Captain today, Horne says he's knocking on the first team door.