Quote: Voltaire "I don't think its that harsh as he has now had a full season and 2 pre seasons under his belt. Well paid RL players should be showing somewhere towards their full abilities after that
The bloke has some great talent with the ball no doubt, in keeping with a lot of our players, however at least half of the game is about defending and for me Mika is a weak link in that department in the forwards. He looks to have that Kiwi trait of either mentally switching off when things don't go to plan or perhaps is just a little lazy/unfit (despite looking a fair bit lighter this year).
Jury still firmly out for me and he really does have to justify another contract.'"
Pretty much agree with all of that, he can put in a big clean hit in one set and in the next just trail an arm at someone as they burst past.
I don't think he's necessarily unfit, but I do think he lacks stamina. Sandercock certainly didn't spell him properly on Sunday, he was blowing for about ten minutes before he dropped that ball. I think Sandercock needs to accept that he's not an eighty minute player and use him accordingly.
Totally agree about him being a fair way off a new contract.