Quote: knockersbumpMKII "Don't care about his interview technique personally but media savvy IS important in this day and age.
What I do care about is his lack of being able to identify the problems we have and his lack of judgement with respect to players who are simply not cutting it. Heighington and Hill are way short, why Taylor hasn't had a go I can't understand. Not playing a proper centre which is stunting our attack, no back up specialist winger, not giving McMeeken a go when the Lebanon game was an ideal time to pick him in place of Heighington.
Even things like the Watts exclusion which for me is baffling, a ball handling forward who IMHO is the equal to James Graham, what was the reason for Tomkins not being selected ahead of Ratchford and Lomax given we lost our first pick FB?
It just seems to me we aren't getting full value from what is available and yet the coach is sticking to his guns and that isn't working ... still!'"
I think not taking Tomkins could prove to be the most telling mistake he's made. It was interesting to hear the pundits on the BBC highlighting the positional weakness of Ratchford in the Lebanon game. That's the sort if thing Tomkins does instinctively. He would also solve the lack of creativity down the left hand side by acting as the extra pivot. Something neither of the incumbents has shown themselves to be particularly good at. Don't understand the thinking behind this non selection at all once Hardacre self destructed again.
