I wonder what you would say if we announced we had signed a certain Australian test captain, SOO captain and player of the year umpteenth times ?? who is past 30 with injuries all over his past

Good sides can win when playing ugly but they still put some entertaining performances in through the season.

I'd say thank for that. Having said that if we announced we'd signed that injury prone Kyle Eastmond I'd be gutted

But my point again that's been missed is the team that plays the better rugby is generally the one that rises to the top and wins things over a sustained period of time. I'd like us to aspire to be the greatest rather than tolerate winning ugly.

He'll be missing a few games next season.

Cas at home and away was entertaining as was Saints home and away.

So what do we work on in training? Thought processes can be conditioned based on practise.



In the absence of our usual 'thought leaders' why aren't players stepping up into those gaps?

Starting with the real basics though. We seem to even lack those.

Not every player can suddenly become a leader and organiser. That's why only some players play in those roles while others don't. Surely that is a given isn't it ?

Not really. I firmly believe that players can change their game temporarily to fill a gap based on the correct practice and coaching. Obviously not the the high standard of a natural player in that position but as a stop gap. Thats back to the point before where i firmly believe a combination of Horne, Washy, Berro, Turner, Whiting should all be good enough to give some creativity in attack.



As big an issue as our attack is it's up there with our inconsistency overall as a worry. Our defence for example against Wakey was woeful. Problems all over the place for me. (as you'd probably gather)

We've signed Wally Lewis!!