cant knock his performance at all on friday, 3 tries sums up how he played going forward.

about not passing to calderwood let his partnership develop more with calderwood and in my opinion he is by not passing choosing the right decision. calderwood is best in open space and hasnt that yet. By going himself he isnt risking calderwood being dragged into touch and therefore losing possession.

defensively, very solid and only every had problems on that side due to numbers and therefore team issue rather than individual. he played the sliding defence very well and prevented cas having the extra man constantly.

But that depends on the reason for him fading IMO. Often (but not always) it is because he is being asked to get through too much work and/or play for too long. The issue then is as much, if not more, about coaching tactics for him rather than him being a bad player.

Agreed. I didnt say it was always Manu's fault!

ive been an advocate on here for a long time of him being limited to 2x20 min spells off the bench.

great post suzie, I thought Graeme had a decent game cant single him out for us losing.........oh hang on a minute.