And anyone with a sense of humour isn't interested in yours. You stop posting (or at least make them sensible instead of this Deacon "joke"icon_wink.gif, I'll stop replying. Deal?

Err ............ ok then

Bang on!

the stand off/ second row/ combos would have more time, be under less pressure and hopefully make more mistakes if we shipped the ball quicker

We ship the ball quicker it opens up more options for a scrum half with a turn of pace to exploit and also for the dummy half

A couple of seasons ago I suggested Robinson, I don't think he would have broke the bank either

I know some don't like Deacs being picked on but he's the main weak link. Langley needs to continue with more of the same on Sunday before his recent performances are forgiven

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That's a step in the right direction. Can't help thinking that dropping him would give him more of a kick up the ar$e than a cup of tea and a chat.

problem is he wont drop the captain. Can't help thinking we'd look better with sykes/jeffries combo. with morro back menzies could move to which would have other benefit of eliminating defensive weakness we have down sykes/sheriffes side of the pitch. apart from first five minutes deacs was poor on sunday and majority of the goals sykes would have got so its hard to justify keeping selecting him.

It certainly had the desired effect on Steve himself during his playing days.

tbh Deacon has been coasting on his reputation for a long time now. a lot has been made of his 8 goals on Sunday, but Sykes would have made at least 6 of those. take the captancy off him and drop him to the reserves. we've got morrison back next week so let him captain the side for the rest of the year. we might improve with someone on the field who can actually lead

Personally I don't think Deacon is coasting on his reputation at all. If anything I think he's giving 100%. It's just that injuries and age are catching up with him.

Well which ever way you want to look at it he's not deserving, what seems to be, the guaranteed starting spot he seems to have.

I really think it'd shake the team up if mcnamara took away the captaincy from deacon and dropped him down to the reserves. a "if i can do it to him, I can do it to any of you" sort of statement.

it'd be a ballsy move and it might pay off big time. won't happen as ballsy moves are not mcnamara's strong point

I'd go along with that, and just add I think Deacs got the captaincy thru' sheer longevity of service rather than his leadership qualities.

Oh without a doubt on that point