nick hkr wrote:I know Fox messed up with the kick off after Welhams try but to me it looked like Green was the one going towards the ball and half way there decided he'd leave it to bounce to Fox then in typical Foxy fashion he just let it go over his head. However Greeny blue eyes won't get any stick for it!!!
After that although not doing anything startling Foxy didn't get the service to do anything with. He returned the ball when he had to, he wasn't found out of position too often and there were certainly far worse players out there in the middle of the park than him.
It makes me laugh that people can have a right go at Fox but as soon as someone even dares to have a go about one of the 'in crowd' they are being made scapegoats! Briscoe and Fox two years ago were the best things sinced sliced bread to most on here, in the past 18mths they have both become very average players and seem to have lost any spark they once had. Colbon has gone from a confident kick returner who crossed the whitewash with ease to a player who is scared of touching the ball. As a team we have gone from brilliant goal line defenders to the poorest in the league!
How does all this happen in just one off season? You can't blame injuries to just three players, one of which being one of the poorer defenders among the team!
Who is this with the turquoise eyes....
On a serious note, I think defensively we are missing Vella, don;t know what he does but with him on our goal line defense always seems more solid.
I agree with the your summary of the Fox / Briscoe / Colbon situation. Our wingers don't get enough ball and certainly none quick enough. If we got the ball through hands quicker we'd maybe see the better of them both.
Colbon got hung out to dry for his goalline defence in the Cats game. What happened was we invited too much pressure on our selves and they had a very good kicking game. Colbon had no chance with a lot of the tries as the kicks made him stand and jump against Blanche who was coming at pace. Our line speed caused the problems and Colbon got blamed.
Fox looks like he's struggling for confidence, the Cas game aside where he had a stinker I don;t think he's been any worse than the rest (I never went last week) He just needs some quality service and a try.
Briscoe's defence has been ok but what is the worry for me with him is his misjudging of high kicks, this was an area he was so strong in in previous years, its almost got back to the days of Cockayne at times with the wondering if it was going to be spilt. i still think he'll come good again once he's back and fit.
I do agree some players are almost untouchable in terms of criticism, regardess of how they play.