Quote: NickyKiss "I’d feel more confident if we had Havard in for Clubb or Flower I think. That feels a better balance to me. We’d have Bullock making ground, Singleton roughing people up and then once Bullock went off, we could bring Havard on and still have a guy capable of making good ground through the middle. I just worry Walmsley makes his usual 150 metres, which in turn gives room for others and we get pinned in our half. Our two bench props last night made 15 metres (Clubb) and 38 metres (Flower) each. Even with Walmsley off the pitch you’re risking getting squeezed in that period and unless you’ve dealt really well with them in the first 20 mins, you could be in trouble. I fancy us out wide against them mind and would probably look to push the ball a bit more once he’s back in their side.'"
Oh absolutely. But I was thinking more in terms of us having Havard or a fit and firing Burgess (if that's going to happen) to counter the return of Walmsley. We also have Manfredi due back and, although he hasn't been at his best this year, he still gives us more go forward than either Bibby or Budgie. I guess what I'm saying is you can't just factor in the return of Walmsley in isolation. We also have players who would make a difference to come back, especially in the forwards.
Incidentally we're completely disregarding the return of O'Loughlin too because of 1 bad game. An on form SOL can take Saints apart on his own.