I liked Charlie, but mainly 'cause everytime he ran at someone I had an Incredible Hulk stylee "Charlie Smash" in my head.

Back to topic, I'm looking forwards to seeing the new guy in action this w/e.

He also conceeded a poor penalty after only just coming on that cost us a try. Again not knocking the kid please don't think I don't rate him because I do, just pointing out that he is still a bit raw even in a team that is fairly raw.

I have watched young Gledhill in the reserves quite a bit and I rate the kid. As for yesterday I thought he possibly tried too hard and made silly errors, he will learn and will come good.

The thing that worries me is, when I first saw him play for us at on cold night in fev, he looked massive. We signed him shortly after that and I remember a game at HKR when he came on and knocked the opposition around. Since that time he seems to have lost a great deal of weight and is now looking more like a s/r than a prop.

I know what you mean but I think it's more a case that players like Mariano and Amor are big lads and oddly we are a bigger team than last year.

He has actually put weight on but it must be difficult coming in and out of the side. He must feel the need to impress and cement a place and with such little game time confidence can be knocked.
He held players up twice over the line yesterday to save tries and the offload to Frankie is what people remeber which went to ground.

This is the bit that causes the problem. Clearly Ben is ambitious and wants to play. Yet for me at his age in that position he doesn't need to cement a place and is putting pressure on himself. Why his confidence should be knocked I'm not really sure. The reason he isn't getting more game time IMO is not a reflection on his game but rather the reality that other players are playing even better.

I must admit I have occasionally wondered in recent weeks why he at least didn't get a bench spot but I'm not the coach. However even being in the first team and playing as regular as he has isn't bad for a 21 year old prop.