He is definitely the Nathan Graham of this generation..for Fuck$ sake don't play him at fullback again..

Every team we play will bomb him to death for the rest of the year.

Just remember Wembley 96!

He dropped.. what.. one kick today...

Give the kid a break...

Oscar was outstanding today, in fiendish conditions, so you owe him an apology. As you do to Nathan Graham, who was let down by his team-mates leaving him totally exposed as the whole team began to panic.

In attack his handling is good and I think he will be understudy to leon for next year.

However he is a long way off been a safe established full back.

As my previous post says he will get kicked to death for rest of year.

He's been great as an attacking player and his goalkicking has been good too. I'm not totally convinced about him defensively but overall he's deserved to keep his place.

He made one mistake today. And I want Campbell to play FB! But Thomas deserves his spot. Solid game today and his goal kicking was good excluding the dreadful penalty kick before half time!

As someone mentioned before Graham was exposed and his team-mates did nothing to help. Our wingers now a days go back and support the fullback all the time.

I suspect he's getting picked over Campbell because of his ball skills. I'm not sure Campbell would be quite as effective coming into the line as an extra pivot, Thomas was great today and set up at least one try (with another disallowed).
However he still makes dumb mistakes at times. Twice his passes from dummy half were so diabolical that the receiver had no chance of catching the ball and we turned over possession as a result.

I also noticed that Lee Smith was called out as having the number 1 shirt, so maybe his time there is limited?

Looks that way but at least with Campbell he is safe. And previous to the Bulls was the most effective fullback in this league (bar Hardaker) going forward too. Maybe not a pivot but I'd sooner have a safe fullback that one that blows hot and cold.

Yes Smith has number 1. But I'd put him in the centres instead of Mendeika to strengthen that right side.

Yeah I'd be much happier with Smith/Caro than Mendeika/Macani.

Campbell was bullet proof in first two games..

A few weeks ago you wouldn't have imagined we'd be having a debate about which of three very capable full backs we should be playing!

All said and done they were friendlies.

I thought we saw some of the best and some of the worst of Thomas yesterday. On the whole, he played quite well. But he did make a couple of really stupid mistakes (a couple of his interchanges with Macani were shocking) and his attempted tackle for Toulouse's first try was quite rubbish. In general, he's on reasonable form though and I think it would be harsh to drop him unless it's for some proven quality, which I'm afraid if he's fit, Lee Smith is exactly that for me.

That being said, I'd be tempted to drop Mendeika or Macani for Smith before I dropped Thomas. Their defence has me in tatters every time someone goes down their side.

If the rumours are right macani will be sitting out soon enough with a new winger coming in...

As well as Caro been fit,
Mendeika should all things been right give way to Smith.
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Thomas's attacking play was quality yesterday. His passing was superb and he linked superbly with Leon. But i do feel nervous when a kick goes up and some of his positioning play. As Hamster said, his tackle for their first try was pretty poor. But to be fair, he didn't let his head drop. I'd put Smith in at centre for Mendieka to tighten up that right hand side. Macani has offered enough so far in terms of the yardage he makes when going forward, and got a couple of tries.