Kosh wrote:
We've had poor recruitment and retention for years. Last off season we started to turn that around. It will take two or three years at least to put things right due to cap, contract, and player availability constraints. It seems odd that you'd abandon all hope just at the time when it looks like corrective action is being undertaken.
That's fair enough but have we really started to address recruitment and retention?
Last season we signed 2 former greats at the end of their careers - hardly long term planning; a promising youngster who looks OK but no world beater and ogre, who was great for much of the season but needs better quality around him if we're to get the best out of him.
This time around we've handed out new contracts to yeaman and radford, plus we're talking to dowes about renewing and the only player we've brought in replaces 2 former international wingers so in pure ability terms is a step backwards from what we had this time last year (I know there were a million and one issues with calderwood and raynor before you start on that one). We're also looking at a back up half back who won't set the pulses racing
