scarrie:Hasbag:Jake the Peg:
Litten is slow off the mark too and was exposed a few times in defence when he played FB previously. The club obviously see him as a centre, not a FB so we'd likely see moy there before him but it's a moot point as we'll go with briscoe and litten in the centre and rapana at FB.
Cartwright seems loyal and the type of coach who will stick with players
Yeah I agree with the bottom part. I see him as the type who has let the players know his feelings about Friday, but rather than just start dropping players straight away he will give them a chance to put things right again this weekend. Maybe if a few players underperform again he might then ring a few changes, but I see him going with an unchanged team. Possibly Watts back in for Laidlaw (who I don't think has done bad at all (very solid defensively)) but Watts will strengthen the bench (if fully fit)
If anyone from the forward pack is to be dropped it's Ashworth imo. Thought he was atrocious against Cas, almost walking the ball in a lot and quite often just passing the ball on instead of taking it in.
Looked like he's been told he won't be getting a new contract to me.
A positive move from the club if true and evidence we're moving in the right direction. Ashworth has shown glimpses of what he can do but isn't consistent enough for me. We need players in the forwards who are 7 or 8 out of 10 week in, week out, not 9 one week and 5 the next.
For me every player we sign now needs to be either better than the player they replace in the squad or someone good enough for a team challenging for trophies - preferably both
