Originally Posted by
magic superbeetle
Personally rate Taylor above Watts as I don’t think you could transplant Watts game at Cas into a side like Saints, where as Taylor is just a very good prop who would complement Thompson and Walmsley well. Also heard too many things about Watts being a nightmare to manage off the pitch.
These threads can get a bit Fantasy Manager-y though and the reality is that whilst there are probably 4 or 5 props (Watts, Taylor, Fafita, Bousquet and maybe Mulhern but he seems to have gone off the boil) who could improve on Amor, I doubt we could get any of them on Amors contract. That’s the Brad Singleton, Tony Clubb, Lama Tasi bucket...
There are players like Currie (though again not on current form, seems to be going through similar to Watkins) or McMeekan who would improve our backrow, but they don’t offer masses on what we already have, other than a massive contract.
As for Connor, I wouldn’t have him at Fullback over Coote, at centre over Naiqama or Percival, and not at 6 over Lomax. Imo he’s going the way of Ratchford as a jack of all master of none. Some classy touches at times to remind us all he has the capability, but too easy to force into drifting through a game.
I really hope we do sign someone for next year (preferably a replacement for Amor) - because I think it’s important we keep improving, but it’s hard to see where it comes from.