I think that Foz, Lewis and Cogger are going to feature heavily for us.
It all comes down to fitness for Foran. If he's anywhere close to full fitness he will provide great service for us. But obviously his fitness is questionable. Fingers crossed he proves durable this year.
Lewis showed four things that impressed me last season. 1. He's super competitive. He won't let a game slip away because he's going to get lazy. 2. He's displayed some tougthness. His defensive efforts were all pretty solid and in attack he's not afraid to take on the line. 3. He's got a pretty good long kicking game and a decent short kicking game. If he's able to keep improving this aspect of his game he'll be a real asset for us. 4. He seems to keep his options open in attack. Players that have made their mind up what they're doing as soon as they get their hands on the ball can be very easy to read, but Lewis seems to have the vision and ability to change the play he's making as the defensive line moves. As others have said he will be under some pressure to perform since opposing coaches will have studied his playing style. But I think he will still perform well for us.
Cogger isn't a player I've seen a lot of. But from what I've read about him last year he's an organizer. Our last half with organizational skills was Hodkinson. But obviously by the time he got to our club his knees were already pretty dodgy, so aside from the odd run he usually had plenty of defenders cutting down his options. If Cogger can provide us a decent kicking game and occasionally take on the line thats good. But A halfback doesn't always need to be the one making the line breaks and making the flashy plays. If he can time his passes and kicking game well it boosts the ability of our backs and the forwards.
I know that a huge portion of the kennel don't rate halves unless they're explosive runners or at least good ball runners. But looking back a little way we've had running halves pairings that never shone for us. Reynolds/Keating (hardly any kicking ability but both good support runners if our forwards set a platform), Reynolds/Mbye (both able to take advantages of defensive lapses, but neither was great at getting the attack firing regularly). So I really don't care if our halves don't both fit the ideals of a lot of kennel members. I'd love to see one half that can attack the line while the other one is able to selectively get good ball away to support runners. I really hope that between Foran Cogger and Lewis we can get a balanced halves pairing firing for a big portion of the year. JMK will hopefully have worked his way into the hooking role by providing the passing game we've lacked since Ennis left. A lot of people want flashy plays from the hooker here, but first and foremost a hooker needs to allow the rest of the team to start playing with full intensity. And Wakeham should have to earn his stripes in reserves and adjust to playing against bigger opponents. If he gets blooded too early it could harm his progress.