MadDogg:
I definitely think it was a year too much but Im hoping we're looking to bring in a back rower for next year that can be first choice with Faz rotating in. Moving him to the right side so late in his career won't have helped but defensively he's really struggling and he carries almost no attacking threat.
Yeah agreed on the positional switch - it's a tough one but if he'd still been playing like the old Faz, Nsemba would've had to learn the right side instead. I think Farrell made one decent run last night but 2 seasons ago he would've done that 8-10 times per game and be our top metre maker. And make a couple of breaks. And score a try or two.
I'm guessing we'll look to play him like Lockers in the next coupe of years but the difference is that Farrell isn't picking up injuries... And Lockers was still playing internationals at 35/36! Faz is probably England's 10th choice SR at the moment.
When you consider that we've lost Nicholson, McDonnell, Pearce-Paul and Smithies from our back-row in the last 2 or 3 years alone, we have still done quite well
