Quote: Offside Monkey "Whilst I understand your point, have you ever seen Pryce direct a game round the field? He certainly doesn't give the support to his half back partner that someone like Barrett or Bosc does. As you say - he's a runner.'"
No he doesn't, and expecting him to has affected his game as I said, what he does provide though is a steady experienced partner to an inexperienced half back.
Quote: Offside Monkey "Eastmond is a very capable scrum half, not just a speedy runner. It is the scrum half's job to direct the game from 1st reciever, so I'm afriad Kyle is going to have to do just that. People seem intend on shielding him from the reponsibilty that his chosen/favoured/best position is built around. '"
He is, he has a passing game and a kicking game which is better than Longs was at his age. I don't understand why people think he's just a runner. What he lacks is the experience at picking the right option at the right time, he learn more having to do it. But he'll still need the support of more experienced players.
Quote: Offside Monkey "I agree that a Wheeler/Eastmond partnership would suffer in someways because of their inexperince, but to label it suicide is a bit OTT imo.'"
Possibly the wrong choice of terminology, but I feel that we'll lose more games than we win with such an inexperienced combination in such a vital area of the field.