Not Whiting at the moment but I would have Washy and Hall straight in there on Saturday, along with Tony if he is fit.
We were terrible in attack on Friday, very, very boring to watch as a team also. I think this shows when you look at who our top performers were generally, which were forwards (Radford, Cusack and Dowes were the best 3 players on the park imo) who are good at going right up the middle all game long. We need more players with attacking skill on the pitch.
With regards to Byrne. Very good defensive performance but nothing in attack really. If Motu is fit I would put him back in. If we were struggling in defence, I wouldn't drop Byrne from the fullback spot. But as things are, we are very good in defence and need to substitute a few players to get our attacking side up to scratch

if what ive heard today is true, then this debate can be put on ice till April!!!!!

I had a sneaking suspicion that all was not well, hence my comments about available choices.

Yep Press Conference at 21:19

Exactly. If that had been Tony playing instead of Byrne, the same criticisms would have been forthcoming from me, i.e. a lack of any sort of impact with the ball, a poor work-rate in bringing the ball out during exit sets and a complete lack of penetration on kick returns. I'd also be wondering why his technique on the ground had gone to , taking an age to get up and play the ball.

Conversely, there would have been much more made of the incredibly simple kick that Byrne fudged which put us under enormous pressure at a key time.



And some people's memories are complete fabrications. There was one game last year - for a spell of 20 minutes - in which Tony dropped a couple of kicks. Despite that, he was still one of our best players in that game against Harlequins. The only other dodgy spell he's had was the previous season against Wakey, again for a spell of around 20 minutes. Again, he was still one of our better players that day.



Washbrook was one of our better players last year and has as much claim to being a 6 as Byrne does to being a fullback.

Now you are talking rubbish. Ive understood your arguement for most of the previous things youve posted but that statement is wholly out of order to Todd Byrne and to Washy. Washy was one of our better players, when he wore 13. At 6 he was garbage.

I don't think you're remembering last season very well. Behind Berrigan and possibly Cusack, he was our best player.

He did well but wasnt creative enough at 6.

in fact to quote someone that said something about another player recently

He didn't do anything [iwrong[/i though.

And in some people's eyes that should have guaranteed him the shirt for the foreseeable future.

I dont think he will to be honest.I saw him at the weekend and he was limping badly.

Washy was second only to Berrigan last season imo.