Quote: jonh "….but we are talking about his strengths. Like I said he even admits himself he wasn’t a great runner of the ball and it was his ability to pick passes that made his career.
It’s the reason he floated around clubs and didn’t get picked up initially due to his lack of athleticism, that’s from the man himself.
When I think of Thurston I certainly don’t remember him as a strike half back.
It’s all about levels I agree though and again my comment was based on the best way to replace Field for the next 8 weeks.
I don’t think Farrimond and Smith is the right call. Rocky is clearly struggling so I think we need to look at other options.
We have gone from commenting on the ability of an 18 year old to making comparisons with Johns, Thurston etc.
Smith and Farrimond at the moment for me doesn’t work, or certainly we lose significant strike threat moving French to 1 if we replace him with Farrimond.'"
We'll have to agree to differ on Thurston. You don't score over a hundred tries by picking a pass. Quoting him saying he wasn't a great runner of the ball is disingenuous. He wasn't a great runner of the ball but he was a good one! You're talking about a player who is one of the game's all time greats. No one is going to be harder on him and his game than himself. Put it this way, if Farrimond reaches Thurston levels of running game I'll be more than happy. I suspect so will Peet and Farrimond himself.
With regards to them playing together I don't disagree that now isn't their time against the top teams. But we don't play top teams all the time. There's no reason not to try them against London (England duty notwithstanding) for example. That said, Cas and London after Friday are now gone and Hull are possibly on the up so I agree it probably won't happen in the immediate future.
