Too risky to change both halfbacks in that way. If we were to go with Cockayne at scrum half then shift Smith to stand off to offer the organisation needed.

That actually sounds quite sensible - both players have a style that could potentially complement each other; Cockayne is very direct and seems fearless around the collision, whereas Smith is better at organising plays and has an (intermittently) excellent passing game.

I'd stick Walshaw on the wing to replace Cockayne - he's a massive human and difficult to stop - and he needs game time.

Tell me your joking - right ?

I dont think the term " Nightmare" is used in the context that he would outclass Orr in terms of skill in that position but in the context of he is a real handful, Agressive, a tough Player, Rattles a few cages and generally not a nice player to play against. And thats the reason he will cause orr a few problems

for a moment i thought it was April 1st, crikey we are feeling desperate if the OP is serious

Correct and pretty obvious I'd have thought.

That is a more realistic description, but what is hard to understand (and I obviously don't watch John & Smith on a regular basis) is why would you play someone out of position (Ben) when you have the aforementioned half-backs fully match fit and in the process of learning conbinations together ?

Il Let somebody else answer that one

Because we had hoped by now they may have started to show signs of improvement.

What you are failing to grasp here though ( as has been pointed out on many occasions by my fellow B&W's) is that RA doesn't do a plan B, when other people ( mostly fans I admit) can see where the problem lies and can provide possible solutions, RA just keeps on ploughing the same furrow regardless, which in time just leads to frustration and alienation of said fans.
I know you will tell me to p**s off and mind my own, but we know what you are going through and I genuinely sympathise with your frustrations. Good luck for the weekend.

We could go always recall James and drop Johnson to accomodate him, thus going with three props again.

The backs aren't the problem, you can't do anything if the forwards aren't doing their job. 1st half against wire they gave John and smith a platform to work from and they delivered good free flowing rugby and some good kicks getting us good field position. 2nd half forwards were dire and 15 mins in agar brings on wood instead of rotating the forwards.

You mean Smith is supposed to be a kicker ? It's a new one to me.