My point was more that the weakness is so obvious it hardly counts as scapegoating to point it out.

No doubt that Lindop is the future, it's just a case of whether he replaces King on the left or Tai on the right.

Wrench has shown his attacking class both from a solo point of view, and also his ability to put his winger away. The only question for me with Wrench is defensive positioning and decision-making. And of course his unfortunate injury record.

Tai is great in defence though.

I seem to remember two gingers in that PNG squad for the World Cup. Maybe that was down to what I was drinking at the time.

Not forgetting Lesley Bruines I would say we seem to have too many centres atm. Wrench and Lindop need to play next year to 1) 2 gain the experience and 2) show that they can step up another level. it's no use picking Tai and King every week, we can already guess what is likely to happen in the first 5-6 games - the coach will stick with the same players. So barring injuries we are likely to have 3 centres kicking their heels.

So let's move on the Drinkwater. Who of course get's slated (by those who love to throw crap for some sad reason) for not being able to stop second rows five yards out. Well to be honest not many scrum halves can. Wigan have 3 backs who might be even weaker than him in the tackle. What a great surprise that our scrum half is pretty average at stopping big lads five yards out. Who else could have been picked?