Obst to miss out for me, looking very exposed at the moment - and has done for a good few games in my opinion.

obst isnt playing well but who isnt exposed, grix, gleeson, jd at times the markers and the full back whos never near making a tackle

I have said this for 2 seasons

Jk must decide once and for all who he wants to play at hooker Drew,Obst,Latu only 2 can play and none are halfbacks so come on John make a bloody decision

Said it today at the game for me Obst is the one to drop, week in week out he's getting singled out by the big guys and they are steam rollering him. Can't knock his effort but he also comes up with some poor plays a big example today being an absolute nothing kick on their line on only the third or fourth tackle. I'd start with Drew as we look much more dangerous with him at dummy half then bring in Latu to take the line on from there as the game wears on. Why not give Grix a go at 6? He's wasted on the wing and played well for Ireland in that position at the world cup.
We really need to toughen up and get nasty with teams as well, a few times today Bulls players were on the floor and instead of dropping on them with some force we were just touching them, we also had Jeffries picked up in a tackle and instead of driving him in to the floor with the shoulder under his ribs we placed him down and let him play the ball! Its not touch and pass give em some stick!

But why is he in the middle of the field when defending with props running at him and no support around him?

I do think Obst should miss out but does Kear have the balls to drop him?

I agree, but the thing with Obst is that they are picking him out all the time. For months (last year, and early this) other teams forwards ran at Obst all day long and got no change at all from them - he leg tackling made them look stupid. I would go as far as to say he was our best defender for most of last season - I don't know what the problem is this last few weeks but he is simply not up to it lately. He doesn't offer enough with ball in hand to compensate for the poor defense, you can forgive Drew and even Latu to an extent because of the other dimension they give us, but take Obst's defense away from him and you have basically a NL1 player in my opinion.

for me its simple we lose Sam and sign an overseas specialist lose forward

Because he is our hooker, and as such part of his job description is to sure up the middle of the park. If he doesnt do this, the other aspects of his game need to compensate - but in my opinion they do not.

How many teams need their hooker to hide when defending?

We have enough of those already!

I've never understood why a lot of Wakey fans rate Obst, hes really nothing to shout home about at all.

Don't worry you may get your wish next week. Wouldn't suprise me if we get Hendo at looseforward and he is sort of overseas

well i rate him higher than bibey, wilkes, blaydire, grix, gleeson and that worst player in our history.

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