Willzay:
A) Trueman wasn’t signed “halfway” last season, he was signed towards the end and if you think he was going to contribute for one game then you’re living in cuckoo land.
B) Last year is incomparable to this. Rodwell and Doyle might not be on as much as Trueman individually but they did both sign new long term and improved deals.
C) when Trueman has been on the field he’s certainly helped max and mason look a lot better, and set up some nice tries for TJ.
I honestly don’t recall Gaskell getting this amount of heat and that guy was useless to say he was our main playmaker.
Completely agree. As you say, Trueman came here at the end of August while still recovering from a calf injury, that was done so we could take charge of his rehabilitation. It was even said by DP at the time that he'd be unlikely to play a part last season even if he was fit because he'd rather let the lads that had done that 2024 season complete it.
So far we can only go on this season, talking about last season is done just to fill an agenda someone has about him. We're just over halfway through and he's played in 9, we've won 6 and lost 3 . That tells you how much difference he has on our attacking structure, we're just so much better balanced when he's on the field and he lets Lino play his best RL as well. Plus it gives us 3 playmakers on the field at once, so we're far harder to defend against.
IMO All we can do is hope he can get back soon, get a bit of luck and see out the rest of the season and our push for the Top 6, obviously missing games isn't ideal but as we've seen this season with so many of our players, crap happens.
If for some reason he misses more games, that's a conversation between DP and Trueman towards the end of the season and an honest talk about his future needs to take place at this level, but let's leave it till then, especially as he's currently out because of concussion protocols otherwise he'd be playing and looking to string some games together. At least it's not the same problem that's hampered him this season.