And whilst he remains there we will always be 54it.

Maybe so, we are rumoured to be after Mathers though.

What looks better

1:Mathers
6:Tansey

1:Tansey
6:Horne

I think it would be the first one.

Yes indeed. Our current state of crapness is entirely due to Tansey pulling on the 1 shirt every week.

Do you ever give it a rest?

I was simply saying that we will never be any good whilst our last line of defense plus our main kick returner is a at best a utility player and not a very good one at that.

If you hadnt noticed a previous poster mentioned Tansey and i replied giving my opinion of him. I am not blaming Tansey for everything but dont let that get in the way of your rather boring and continuous disagreement with me.

Tansey is a good player with a lot of potential..He will develop into a good f/back
He has had a bad run, but so have most of the team, we have to appreciate we are not privy to the game plan (if there is a game plan that is )

Strange thing is, its not that long since Tansey was being praised on these forums for his attacking play (especially last season) and his ability to provide an alternative from a set move from an attacking scrum.

Now he is branded the New Thorman!

Then again, its knee jerk Seb, you know, the bloke who doesnt go to games anymore. I can't realy take the comments of someone who can't be d to go that seriously

And you like rubbishing players you've hardly seen play.

Everybody can see that almost everything good we do Tansey is involved in, his positional play is on the whole, very good, and I'm extremely confident when a high bomb goes up to Tansey as 99 times out of 100 he pouches it.
He's had a couple of games now were he's made a few bad decisions. Also, why am I the only one that thinks his kick returns aren't too bad? Watch the best FB in the world (Slater), his kick returns are exactly the same style.

I was with you until this little bit of madness. Tansey is a decent FB IMO but his kick returns are extremely average. Slater nearly always beats the first man, usually the 2nd too, but above all that he runs it out with 100% vigour. Tansey ambles upto the first tackle, it's almost lethargic looking at times. He seems to be safe under the high ball but misses his fair share due to poor positioning at times. As a last line of defence, he is shocking. For me, Tansey compensates for his flaws with his support play and contribution to the attack, he's about the only player that we have that has an un-predictive flare.

agar's working on that