Quote: SaintsFan "Lomax has played no.6 throughout his rugby career. Rush has been quoted as saying that all his coaches have stated he has been their best player within his cohort.
Lomax is definitely a halfback but which one? Simmons was quoted last season as saying he wasn't ready for international honours but hey-ho he was promoted from the Knights to the England team anyway. He hasn't yet had a full season in the scrum half jersey and I would like to know what Longy was like after less than a season in that position? My guess is he wasn't setting the world alight.
Lomax needs continued coaching, he needs support, he needs time and he needs an experienced halfback partner who is actually going to help him rather than hinder him.'"
Ok, maybe he's a number 6 then...but he's not a scrum half. He was a makeweight. As talented as the lad is, he was just meant to be covering and now it's like everyone's accepted it.
To top it off he's got no leaders around him, he's trying to win games on his own, in defence as well as attack.
Look at the current top sides in Super League. Wigan have got Finch, Huddersfield- Brough and Robinson, Leeds- Burrow, Hull- Seymour/Horne/Ellis, Warrington- Myler/Monaghan/O'Brien....Hull KR have got Dobson, Bradford- Gale/Sammut, Catalans- Dureau
And what have we got, a stand off playing scrum half and Lee Gaskell. Putting head before heart...would Lomax get in at number 7 at the above teams? Would Gaskell?
There's no point having a big flashy, fancy ship if no bugger is steering it and that reflects in our current league position. I don't want us to just get by, Saints is a big club and they should have a specialist scrum half.
