lucky 13 posted:
The signing of Coley would give us some size and cover for prop , even if he is used at second row it also adds competition for places that may bring the best out of Hock ,
If he is a direct replacement for Fletcher he will start alongside Hock as Fletcher does now. There will be no more competition for places than there is now as we are shipping Fletcher out to get Coley in.
the team as more or less picked itself this year and a few more players would be a plus even if we don't think some of them are world beaters , we had such players when we where at our best who we wondered the point of signing but then became favorites so this hopefully could happen again .
It seems to me Coley isn't an out and out prop (as Fletcher isn't) so while we are desperate for one or possibly two genuine props we are signing Coley to replace Fletcher.
If our wishes come true we will also have a new centre with possibly Goulding getting the job full time as well so with Bailey, Hock and Hansen all competing for the 2nd row places it seems we are possibly recruiting Coley for a position we can cover already.
We need one (or two) props, one (or two) centres and a full back. That is where the money needs to go. Second row could be covered easily with current players if we recruited for those positions as it frees up Bailey.
Unfortunately I think we will be seeing Richards at FB, Bailey still in the centres (with Walker perhaps) with Coley replacing Fletcher and if we are lucky we might get one genuine prop (who is anyone's guess).
Dave
