Quote Bully_Boxer="Bully_Boxer"
We are carrying too many passengers at the moment and surely if McNamara is in charge for Wakefield he will drop some players? What has happened to Deacon? He looks well past his best and despite being a good player for us over the years, he needs dropping. '"
I'm not one to kick a man when he is down & while I have enjoyed the schadenfreude I have laid off Deacon this season compared to previous. He has been a loyal servant, no doubt, but one intelligent enough to be quite aware of his limitations. Not many seem to be picking up on the correlation between playing behind an awesome pack & giant, athletic backs, compared with a bunch of dinterested muppets. With the amount of time & space they created any HB, even decent amateurs, would have the opportunities to look good. Fortunately for Deacon he was blessed with a world class kicking game, which he had every chance to use as the vast majority of games you dominated opposition 20m lines.
Now he doesn't have the luxury of time & space he is shown for what he is - someone without the natural speed or talent to cope at SL level. Without that time his kicking has gone to pieces. I don't think other teams have suddenly realised this & are signalling him out, they just get far more chances to do it now. When he should be stepping up & leading by example he seems to be shrinking into his shell, knowing he doesn't have the ability to do anything about it.