Chris71 wrote:On the subject of Shaul I think teams have seen the threat he possesses in his running early season and now defend against us a little differently to try to nulify his running. Plus apart from Sneyd we still do not have a quality pairing at 6 & 7 (don't think Sneyd & Carlos pair well personally) so agaion this makes it more difficult for Shauil to be as effective in an attacking threat as he can be.
The way you really notice as to how good Shaul is and how important he is to this team is in the games when he hasn't played. When this has happened this season we have really struggled to break teams down and score, we certainly miss his link up and running.
Defensively he is sound and attacking threat he has a plenty if we can use him fully. Yes there have been a few occasions where he should have passed to allow us to score and vice versa but he hasn't been and won't be the only one who is guilty of that.
Shaul hasnt been as affective fir the last 7-8 or weeks because as a team weve been a lot more conservative, only off loads coming out wide from fonua, and not down the middle with shaul supporting . Im not having a go, because weve done pretty dam good in that period, would like to see us been a bit more risky again, and getting shaul some ball with scattered defences. Think carlos and snyed have worked together well, and not the reason for shauls lack of attacking threat in recent weeks