Very little improvement unless the middle forwards improve. Kikau and Crighton are good defenders when they are not surrounded by players who obviously struggle in defence. Burton is a weak defender as is Addo Carr, Crighton and Kikau will be placed beside them. The middle will eventually contain the likes of Knight, Mann, Morrin and Salmon, all are below average size wise and none of them are going to get picked for their defence. Others in Edwards, Sutton, Hughes and Patolo are either lacking in aggression, speed or agility. The hope is that King, and Curran have big years, which might allow CC to pick purely on form rather than size and experience, which might even favour players we have seen less of, Hughes, Patolo, Morrin, Edwards, Kautoga, Hopoi, Hayes...who knows with the clubs obviously lack of middles they might unvover a middle like Preston was on an edge last year.
