You can't fault him effort. He takes some knocks but he picks himself up and he'll give even more. He's a hard man and you have to respect that. He is a competitor who hates losing and you need players like that in the side.

From a half-backs perspective though, he can be hit and miss. His decision making could be better but I like the way we have altered our attack structure a little bit. Age and injury have robbed him of a bit of pace and I don't think he has that consistency to his game that has enabled many halves to make that change to their game. He is prone to penalties but it's a fine line when you play the game in the way he does.

Great competitor though and you have to respect that. Quality wise though I'm not convinced.

You mean apart from the title of your post?

Is he a waste of space whose legs have gone who shouldn't be near the team or is he a "scrapper" who the team can't do without.

For what its worth, my opinion is that when Walsh was out, he was pretty good, but we don't need them both in the team for attacking options now Wilkin is back. Perhaps we should play with an extra forward and have Wilko at SO?

I tend to agree with this. When Walsh was out, I thought he was doing a great job of pushing us around the pitch and looked like a very judicious organiser. When Walsh cam back, though, he then looked like he wondered what he was there for.

Quote: St pete "If possible, Id be tempted to try Burns as a 9 with robes next year if we could bring a 6 in'" Another piece in the MEN about Rangi Chase today. I'm assuming that we won't have the cash or the inclination to go for Chase, but it does also mention that Theo Fages's tribunal is happening next week. If he wins it, he will probably be a free agent. Could Fages be the dynamic running 6 we've been calling for? www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... i-10070734

Quote: St pete "If possible, Id be tempted to try Burns as a 9 with robes next year if we could bring a 6 in'" Another piece in the MEN about Rangi Chase today. I'm assuming that we won't have the cash or the inclination to go for Chase, but it does also mention that Theo Fages's tribunal is happening next week. If he wins it, he will probably be a free agent. Could Fages be the dynamic running 6 we've been calling for? www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... i-10070734

I'd rather have Fages than Gareth O Brien.

I don't have a lot to base that on, as I've not seen an awful lot of Fages, but GOB has mostly left me fairly underwhelmed over the years.

I would also rather give Fages a go over O'Brien.