Joined: Jul 31 2003 Posts: 36786 Location: Leafy Worcester, home of the Black Pear
PAUL M wrote:I reckon so too, he needs to get fitter so we can get more gametime out of him.
Is he that unfit? Someone who was at the game said to me that he didn't seem to be blowing at all when taken off and could probably have had another stint towards the end of the game.
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Joined: Mar 25 2005 Posts: 1746 Location: East Hull
carl_spackler wrote:Don't want it to appear like an I told you so, but I have been expecting this to raise his head eventually, and have mentioned it on here. It was only a matter of time. A 10-minute sub does not help the situation either IMO, you simply can't expect 3-4 members of your pack to play 60+ minutes every week and it not have an impact on their level of performance.
Agree 100%, it's Agars achilles heel by his own admission last season that he didn't get the hang of working the bench, seems he is still having problems there.
FWIW I thought against the Bulls we looked as though we could score in every set, whereas this week I thought our playmakers (Thorman & Berrigan) in the 2nd half where at a loss and looked alienated to each other. In the 1st half Houghton had Cas on their back foot, and not to utilise him in the 2nd was strange to say the least. Moa in 10 min spells does not give any respite to Yak/Dowes as he doesn't weaken the opposition defence for long sustained periods, he is minimally effective at the moment.
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me 'n' our kid wrote:Agree 100%, it's Agars achilles heel by his own admission last season that he didn't get the hang of working the bench, seems he is still having problems there. FWIW I thought against the Bulls we looked as though we could score in every set, whereas this week I thought our playmakers (Thorman & Berrigan) in the 2nd half where at a loss and looked alienated to each other. In the 1st half Houghton had Cas on their back foot, and not to utilise him in the 2nd was strange to say the least. Moa in 10 min spells does not give any respite to Yak/Dowes as he doesn't weaken the opposition defence for long sustained periods, he is minimally effective at the moment.
he better get the hang of working his bench sharpish then.
Its not rocket science either.
Dont start a young hooker, play him 20 and then not put him back on for the last 15 when the hooker on the pitch is shattered.
Stop trying to play your 2 starting props for over 60-70 mins each.
Stop playing Manu and tickle for 80 mins.
Joined: Feb 12 2005 Posts: 13126 Location: East Staffordshire
Kosh wrote:Is he that unfit? Someone who was at the game said to me that he didn't seem to be blowing at all when taken off and could probably have had another stint towards the end of the game.
That's how I saw it. The interchange seemed a bit premeditated but I accept that as a fan in the stand I might not have had all the facts to hand that Rich did.
Standee wrote:I hate it when you get the impression that the changes are planned before the game, subs should be used to react to what is going on.
Planned or react, he did neither on Friday.
I have no issue with planned as he should generally know what stints his players are used to dealing with but agree that flexibility needs to be there to react.
Big Dave T wrote:Planned or react, he did neither on Friday.
I have no issue with planned as he should generally know what stints his players are used to dealing with but agree that flexibility needs to be there to react.
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