I am reasonably happy with 14 Lyons 15 Brown 16 Dupree 17 Bent. Unlike last year we should be able to name 3 bench forwards more often. Surprised at Fleming, Holdroyd & especially Nzoungou being so far down the order. Has Nzoungou not trained yet as I know was injured last May? Anyone know? As others have said squad is better balanced & deeper than last year but at least one bustling prop could mean the difference of hoping to finish 6th & knowing we probably would finish 4 th to 6th.
There again do squad numbers mean that much as Heremia wore the 31 jersey when here.
Nzoungou is training, has been through pre season and is looking good I believe.
Batley looked good against Bradford so will be a good test for a first run out.
We have a pretty good spine with plenty of experience and a big, mobile loose forward with plenty of energy. Just how the creative players use the rest might give us a clue as to what our tactics might be.
Nzoungou's had 12 clubs and he's 23 - not sure why people are surprised he's number 26, he was never going to get a starting number.
Hopefully he hits the ground running with a point to prove.
From what I can see, Levy has only played 16 games since 2018. On paper, he has all the credentials and has been associated with some very good clubs, but he must be a big risk.
I still feel we are short in the middle of the park. Dupree could be an inspired signing as he scored plenty of tries in a poor Oldham team. On the whole though, I think our props are reasonable defenders and hopefully will stop our normal habit of letting the opposition forwards to rampage through the middle of the park.