Quote G1="G1"Not a great showing from the coach last night. Delaney, Peacock and the other props were looking gassed defensively after about 20 mins. But we kept three fresh forwards unused for nearly 50 mins. The coach realised two late after the two quick strikes by Cas in the 2nd half and Singleton and Kylie made an immediate impact but the move was too late.
And a short turnaround after a trip to Perpignan is not the time to utilize his unused sub masterstroke. For all the deficiencies last night we have a chance to win that game with better use of the 17, IMO.'"
Maybe the thinking was the team could beat Cas without spending too much personnel for the next match.....but as you say he realised too late.
(God knows what his thinking was/is really). The non-use of a sub is especially utterly bizarre: why select somebody you have no confidence in? It doesn't matter what the apologists suggest, it makes no damn sense whatsoever. It's a 17 man game, not 16, isn't it? !!!!
I wonder if it was the old 15 (13 and 2 subs) man game whether McDermott would have left Dick or Dickinson kicking their heels on the bench while the team run out of steam?
