Interesting comparison raised by NGBC; if you don’t put yourself in the position to make the tackle you don’t miss any…..do you?

yes you are confused

If your talking about whilst being in the 1st team then for the amount of time on the field I would hope he hadn't missed a tackle, but I am not judging him on 1st team. I have seen plenty of him in the reserves for me to form my opinion that he doesn't move about the field with anticipation for the next tackle and he likes to shoulder charge from time to time only for the runner to hit and spin, so again in my opinion technique needs to be developed.

Both Trout and Walshaw are young lads who will develop but for regular 1st team run outs I'm not sure they are ready. One thing is for sure though if they do get in the 1st team they need to be on the field longer if their confidence is to grow.

It's only an opinion.

Admittedly I have only seen trout play about 3/4 times this season but it's frightfully obvious he needs work on his defence. Especially assisting a's the third man round legs instead of looking on in slow motion a metre away (evident on many occasions vs wire). Stats don't account for that.

William makes good points.

Walshaw and trout are two I hope will grow into SL quality players in the next year or two. Walshaw adds size and can draw a few men which at present we need.