Quote ="Smiffy27"In addition he wasn't being placed under so much pressure last year.'"
Nor last year was he FB, dropped, left out, brought back in as a right winger, dropped, left out, brought back in as FB, dropped, left out, brought back in as a right winger, dropped, left out, brought back in as a left winger. Couple that with a lack of kick protection as a winger (which is a waste of his talent as he's a FB), no wonder his confidence is shot. We also have Dufty from the latter part of this year, so Thewlis is now waiting for him to get injured to get the FB shirt, only to be dropped, left out and repeat. No wonder he's lacking in confidence.
I was baffled with Dufty's signing, as FB didn't look like a position that we had a problem with, but he has come to play and has an attitude we've not seen in some previous signings who just played under their reputation. He's showing his class, but that creates a void for Thewlis.