Quote ="Itchy Arsenal"I think some new blood into the squad is always a good option and SC permitting I’m sure that the club would look to cover the second row if Isa was to retire. I think that we may also cover the Hampshire departure with a “project” signing.'"
Cooper, Isa, Rocky and Chan I would be comfortable to all see move on to manage the upgrades provided to retain the quality in the squad.
I would like to see the secondrow strengthened. I know Lucas Mason is well though of (just needs to make sure his old man doesn’t get too involved with guidance) however Faz isn’t going to go on forever and a secondrow to support that rotation of Faz, Nsemba and Walters would be the only addition I would think we may need.
The versatility of the squad is one of its key strengths which means we can really focus on quality over quantity as long as we keep feeding in young prospects.
All our props are pretty much modern middles able to play 13 except maybe Byrne and Dupree.
Walters and cover Prop.
Field can play 6 &1 as can French and also wing.
Eckersley can cover centre, wing and fullback.
Keighran can cover the halves.
Leeming can play in the halves.
Then we have the likes of Farrimond and Douglas as specialist backup.
It’s clearly a tactic to build a squad around versatility and quality which means we can really use the money available under the cap most successfully.
'"
