Nothus wrote:?????
I really wish there were some official stats taken in the lower leagues to prove how wrong this opinion is.
This team was just outplayed for 70 minutes by a patched up side playing a PROP FORWARD at stand off and you think losing Chisholm is no great loss? Keyes is done, Milnes is only a kid and Lilley isn't good enough. But yeah let's just sell one of the only skillful players in our squad
I can't wait to watch us play 5 drives and a kick for the rest of the season.
Ok, perhaps I over stated it. A fit Chisholm would probably get in the side before Milnes at the moment. However I’m not convinced he’s transform the side or anything. We hardly played champagne rugby with him in the side last year did we? If anything the side lacks decent attacking shape or any sort of plan in attack. I’m not sure Chisholm would improve that given that he’s an individual who tries to create for himself rather than for the team.
IMO Chisholm is a good individual but he can be a loose cannon, miss tackles and run down some blind alleys or go missing. I’m not sure stats for last year are much to go on really given the standard of the opposition. The fact that teams haven’t been falling over themselves to sign him speaks volumes.
Personally I think the loss of Keyes is the bigger blow. Whatever we think we do need a new halfback if we’ve lost them both as we can’t risk going into the rest of the season with just Lilley and Milnes.