bonaire wrote:Keep saying that if Radford thinks this team even fully fit can compete next season with the top teams he is deluded.
All the top teams are on a different level to us with a different style of fast open rugby where the movement of the ball through the backs does most of the work coming out of defence and therefore keeping the forwards a lot fresher
Agree I am concerned that we think the core side of 2016 (which of course didn't make Old Trafford from a very good position at the split) with everyone 2 years older is suddenly going to step up and turn it on next year.
We've lost Ellis, Pritchard, Watts and Fonua from that side and while we've added Faraimo, Connor and Kelly and some of the younger players have gained experience, i'm still not sure it'll be enough and that we needed a big new signing or two to add something different.
Would also still like to see an Attacking coach added to the setup, all the coaches were defensively minded players and we still don't seem to have as much backroom staff as other clubs.