Quote: secondstanza "We don't actually have that many missing though. We played pretty much the whole season without McIllorum and Tomkins and look how that turned out. We had our 2 second rowers. Basically, all were missing is Lockers and the 3/4s. Would we have won that by having Burgess and Manfredi on the wings? Doubt it because our props, Tautai aside look like theyre running through treacle and defend like they're scared of contact. Backs can only operate on go forward which our forwards aren't providing and haven't provided for 3-4 games.'"
Tomkins, Manfredi, Burgess, Gelling, Gildart, Mcclorrum, Bateman and SOL, I make that 8 out of 13 starting players, how many have to be out for it to have an effect?
We created chances in that game but we're not good enough to finish them off, I don't want it to look like I'm blaming the youngsters however more experience in the 3/4's we'd likely have finished a couple more off and hen it's a very different game.
Williams though has to how more faith in the kids and stop trying to do it all himself. He's trying to hard to force something rather than just playing his game.