Whilst not the most exciting signing and certainly not one that I was initially impressed with I think we need perspective.
A lot of folk on here rate Brown (coach) at the Giants (I personally don't as he fails to get a side up for the games that count). Now he has signed a squad which is made up of misfits and never have beens. He has managed to gel them into a side that challenges for the top 4. As I say I don't think he can take them further.
Now Bomber and Gentle are starting from scratch. Their hands tied by the signings made by Agar, but they have managed to shift out some dead wood. Aspinwall is an improvement on Burnett and Washy imo so is an addition. Will he shift Manu, Ticks and Westy from the starting 13, I doubt it. He will though be a decent back up. Forget his previous off field stuff. How many millions would be in prison now if we never gave people the chance to be rehabilitated? Grow up people on that score.
I see Bomber and Gentle over seeing a period of improved performances and consistancy next season. Aiming to win at the KC and away at the "lesser" clubs. Whilst at the same time giving us hope against the likes of Wigan, Wire, Sts etc.
In other words a quiet revolution in much the same mould as Brown is alleged to have done at the Giants.
The biggest problem that has been created for us fans is AP shouting his mouth off when he arrived. Big name signings and the like, was always going to raise expectations. Thankfully I suspect Bomber has had a discrete word and we will start to see actions speaking louder than words.
So I guess its a warm welcome to Martin and I hope he does the shirt proud and silences a few doubters including me.
Exactly, everyone on here was saying we needed a signing or 2 to add a bit of depth & ensure that we don't chuck the kids in at the deep end. We've now done that & quite a lot of people aren't willing to give those a chance. Most of the kids close to stepping up are 2nd rows, what chance would they have had if we had of signed a top quality 2nd row aswell as what we've already got?
