BJ's problem is that he won't be cut too much slack. Fans will be patient with Tronc provided he puts in the effort, and Millard won't be expected to gel immediately. If BJ takes a while to settle into his new team, people will be on his back pretty quickly.

wasn't brough directly involved with 2 tries? and both caused you more problems than tomkins caused us..he was more likely to damage the referee's hearing with his moaning!

Unfortunatly thats jeffries all over can be great but can be terrible. Hope he can consistently good this year we all know he has the ability. Good luck to him he has a lot to prove this year.

That's not how it works. BJ, Brough or any H/B can only look good if there pack is on top. If the pack isn't on top they will look poor.

Some H/B's can get their pack moving, but even this is dependent on them wanting to. Some H/B's will produce individual bits of magic even if the pack is beaten though this will rarely involve actually winning the game.

Some H/B's will run around like nutters, bawling, ducking and diving. Sadly although it looks good and pleases a section of the crowd it rarely achieves much.

BJ is not one of the above, but in a team that is on the front foot he will have a field day. For what we need he fits the bill and will compliment Brough who's all of the above some of the time.

IMO BJ is one of the most consistent players I have ever seen. He always plays the same game at the same reasoned tempo, his success almost always depends on the teams performance as a whole. He is a team player.

I don't know but I suspect Kear finds BJ a very easy player to coach.

What's Luke Robinson got to do with this thread?

Exactly the sort of H/B I was alluding too, at first glance looks really impressive until you realise it's a headless chicken act

agree 100%

well said that man!!!

Sounds like Jeffries is going to find his best form again under Kear. I hope he does well 2nd time round with you, you could never fault his effort, I just hope he can be consistent for you lot.


Btw, how have Newton and Morro got on in the friendlies?

Both look good so far, especially Tesco