Pretty sure Barrett will get us playing better than Pay ever could, but he'll have to be a magician (real magic, not just slight of hand) to turn JMK and Lewis into the organisers we need. We've got serviceable options at fullback for now, but even if Wakeham and Averillo find their feet in the halves, we won't play finals with JMK at dummy half. And we still don't have a proper forward leader with some proper starch.
Can't see us playing finals until we fill all those holes, but I'm confident Barrett can improve what we've got (JMK and Lewis aside). One huge plus though is Tolman leaving. Having a forward that exerts no dominance whatsoever, being so dominant in our attack after tackle 3, has held us back for a long time.