I'll be the 3rd person to say I can't understand why Mathers attracts such criticism. The only thing that slightly concerns me is the way he holds the ball out in front of him with 1 hand when he runs it back, but it doesn't seem to have resulted in excessive loss of possession so far.

I tend to err on the side of minimal reduction of the squad and just bring in a few quality players to add strength in depth.

We have been hugely unlucky to have so many injuries to props. I know everyone has to cope with injuries but to have 4 props, 3 of which (Huby, Walker & Emmitt) are probably your 1st choice in that position get injured at the same time is very unfortunate. The strongest sides in the comp would have struggled with that.

If we're being brutal I'd say get rid of Fozzard, McGoldrick & Widders and bring in a quality Aussie prop, utility back/halfback and then just a couple more decent forwards and maybe another back.