And that will result in them finishing in the same place as last year , bottom

14 southern hemisphere players ' Quota ' , plus some on euro passports plus whatever english he can get , be lucky to have more than 2/3 real Welsh per game

If they're going after players like that then it sounds like they're banking on average attendances of 6k+ minimum. Good luck.

And why do you say this?



With the confirmed signings to date I'd put our starting 17 as -



1. Kear

2. Dyer

3. Blackwood

4. Martin

5. Youngquest

6. Withers

7. Witt

8. O'Hara

9. Lee

10. Bryant

11. Chan

12. Winterstein

13. Lupton



14. James

15. Flower

16. Peek

17. White



Looking a lot better than it did a month or so ago.

Obviously depending on future signings and what Nobby's thoughts are Withers and Lee could switch at 6 and 9 with a shuffle in the backline.



Our pack, despite our rubbish league position, actually had a decent go last year. Our back line was bad to say the least. One game against Bradford last year saw a clear field ahead of a centre and wing and not the pace for either of them to finish the chance.

From what i've seen the Crusaders props are actually pretty good, certainly a good foundation to start from.

Yeah decent props and we had a decent platform in some games.



You get in the opponents 20 three times with no return then concede the first time they get into yours and it starts to take your confidence down a peg or two.

You are the welsh version of Paul Cullen.

Calm down I haven't even said upstream until now.



I think I'm a bit more screwed on than crazy Cullen anyway.

Upstream in your reverse pivot boat, targetting the C wave defender.





Im liking your thinking.

You read my mind. I think.





Imagine some faces in the dressing room when he comes out with that.



Like that Rowntrees advert.

If they are after one or two marquee signings on 150k + they will need at least 6k averages to pay for them. I cant see that happening. Gateshead, Sheffield, London/Quins, Celtic Crusaders mk1 have all struggled to break that kind of figure in SL. Why would Wrexham Crusaders be any different? Gateshead averaged approx 4k, didnt spend big and still went bust.



I cant see it being any kind of a success. Not even nearly.