Quote: Winslade's Offload "If you look at the problem from the coaches POV you see he is juggling several balls in the air;
Toby King needed tackling practice and to improve defence so he was stuck in the BR for a few games - weakening the side, he is not a BR forward. Jake Mamo needed game time to gel with the team so he has been squeezed in and played FB, Centre, Wing. He is clearly a wing that can cover other positions and moving him around is not ideal - but it plans ahead for injury problems. Matt Davis is a Championship player, but if he doesn't get any game time he will never develop. With the end of April approaching the coach needs to decide if he is going to keep fringe players like Akauola, so really they need a game. And then there is the mad Easter period with not just fatigue but a higher risk of injury to worry about.
I think the one thing that you can guarantee is that SP will pick a side he believes can beat the opposition, but outside of that you can expect change for all the above considerations. I think a few posters were having a bit of fun with some of their suggestions but you can bet that SP will certainly try and rest some players either by omission, or on the bench during the game.'"
Cheers Winslade, appreciate the sensible come back. I agree with all you say there, players do need to stay involved and ready, thus far it has usually been one man at a time for example like you highlight the Mamo situation which is absolutely fine. And as it looks here one player whether it be Akouala or Davis will come in for Hughes, no problem at all. I appreciate and apologise if I have picked up my 'mass changes' theme from other threads or social media and thrown it in here and confused this thread a little.
