Looking at those pictures on sky it's looks far too easy to get round Mathers I think Agar should look at moving him to somewhere else on the park.

So where would you move him, coach? We're short of props...

to the dressing room ,saw the same pctures

Listening on the radio it seems meli strolled passed his opposite number on many occasions so I think picking on mathers is unfair. That said I wasn't there.

Mathers has been one of the better performers this season so far.

I agree going forward he reads the game well and gets himself into some good positions but his defense is shocking.

I have asked this question before and so far got no answer - who do we go for that is better and available ?.
There in lies the problem.
If Mathers was as good at defending as he is on the attack he would not be at Wakey he would be at a top four club.
I did not go last night due to being at work so cant say what he played like but Mathers has been on of the better players so far this season.

never expected a win but the defence was lousy we were exposed for our lack of weight in the pack Fox and Mathers could not tackle my gran and they throw the towel in

I would move Sykes to fullback we also need to look at both wings because Sinfield is going to have a field day next Friday

Keep saying it Aiton fantastic in defence cant fault him BUT he gives us nothing in attack should have kept Ellis and let Wildie go

Are Mathers and Fox our scapegoats this year?

FFS support the team, I would agree that Fox is defo going through a dip in form, but there is far too much hate for Richie Mathers, he is one of the few players that puts in 100% (that's 100% of what they're capable of not 100% of what some people want him to be capable of) He is playing his head off and has been one of our most consistent players this season.
A few months ago in a similar "Hate" thread I posed the question, who in WTW wildcats recent history was a better fullback than RM and who that are available and affordable would people suggest as a replacement for him.
Personally it's a long time since we have had anyone in the FB position that gives us as much as RM does and personally I don’t think there are many other FB's in SL that would give us more that are within our budget and available

I was saying last night that Fox has been similar in a way to Mathers. His defence is definitely not his best asset but when you see him run the ball in (bearing in mind that a big part of our attack relies on good early yards from Mathers, Fox, Cockayne ) he very rarely gets driven back in the tackle and quite often makes yards even after being tackled. He gets his centre of gravity low and has a strong leg drive.
As people have said re Mathers, as a club we're not really in a position to be able to afford players who are the best at both and we have to compromise to get the best we can from our budget.

Last season wasn't much of a fan with Mathers he was abit inconsistant in my opinion, this season I can't fault him apart from his 1 on 1 tackles, he helps in attack and is normally decent under a highball.

Can't believe Mathers defence still merits a thread.
He is what he is (an attacking asset more than a defensive one) as are others.
Until we can afford a fullback that can be a sensation at both, he is as good as we will ever get.
I'm still waiting for a list of affordable replacements from the lynch mob!!

thought it wouldnt be long before the cavalry came , believe it or not richie mathers as never done me any harm im just amazed that im almost alone in noticing the mans frightened to get hurt everything in his play shows this .The man lacks bottle end of.

Lacks bottle?