Quote: Jukesays "Do you think Burgess deserved to be "Dropped" Monday after his performance Friday and previous games (6 tries in 4 games?).
Not arguing about Marshalls abilities and it's a fantastic position to be in but I thought Budgie on Friday had probably his best game since returning despite not scoring any tries.
IMO his all round game is superior to Marshalls and as long as his Effort is there I think he's the better player.
I don't perceive any weakness for Tom Davies under the High ball? Not sure where that comes from TBH but again I don't think he could have done any more than he has and he is deffo a Better Right winger than the other 2 who are both "Lefties".
Marshall's all round game is improving - He's getting better under the high ball, he's not falling off as many tackles and he looks stronger returning the ball than 12 months ago.
I think Budgie was really good in his first 3 games in a winning side this year and then IMO has his best performance in a losing side at Saints under real pressure. I just think that's something Marshall needs to do, perform under pressure in tight/losing games.'"
Burgess has been good and he was certainly rested more so then dropped but then did Marshall deserve losing out in the first place if we’re looking at it like that? He had 2 blinders followed by one ‘quiet’ performance at Wire in a game where everything was fatigued and couldn’t get going. I’ve said previously it’s a great spot to be in but if he’s not in at Catalans after Monday then I just think that’s extremely harsh.
Moving on to Davies, I think he is weak under the high ball. He doesn’t look like grabbing many contested bombs in either attack or defence. He hasn’t had any howlers from memory where he’s dropped one with nobody near him but in those tight situations I think he’s got work to do. He has also made a number of errors when he’s been given the ball in positions where he’s got the chance to go for the line. I’m not bagging him, I think the world of him but he to has things to work on. As you say the fact he’s a right sided winger could really help him.