Quote ="highwire"One image I cant get away from is that of Sinfield with his gumshield in his hand, talking. He does a lot of it, To his players and to the ref, he appears to be a good communicator.
I realise that a lot of the players know what to do and when to do it but Sinfield could be just telling his team to keep things tight for another few sets or he could be saying now is the time to start offloading as the opposition is knackered, Again this is likely to be in line with what the water carrier is saying.
Never seen him dish a serious beat down out so as far as I know he could be telling Robbie Burrow that his missus is doing steak and kidney pud for tea?
I have got a lot of respect for Sinfield in terms of how he conducts himself.'"
I know where your coming from, in saying that though, Lee Briers was a very vocal captain and got slated for it, folk used to moan like hell on here about his chatter with the referees, so we can't have it both ways. We do have players who communicate alot, Briers & Monas are constantly chattering to the team.
Loads of times I've seen Briers,
a. Talk behind his hand.
b. Put five fingers up on one hand, and one on the other, I think it's to signal 'big next set' or just to let Westwood have an update.
c. Shout '74'.
