Recent content by stillmissit

I agree with you. it is the tight 5 that will be giving Schmidt the most concern, re who plays, who finishes and who doesn't.

Has Tom Wright gone into a shell? He seems to have gone from the guy who would rather run than pass, now he seems to have gone to rather pass than run. He needs to find some of his old self without going full out, 'give it to me and I'll score'.

Next time I'll try to make is simpler.

they aren’t paid to play the game we talk about. And neither are we. I have ,been less than impressed with Wright and Gleeson in the past, but happy to find they have improved, as I believe Swain has. This kind of atttack has kept him and Swinton out of the wallaby pack...

Fuck me! Ghost. You are one of the first to jump on any abuse, yet you hand out this shit.....

Where did you get that from? I can find nothing that points to any passes.

Didn't see him pass once.

Philip is like several of our locks, highly skilled, decent ticker but not big enough to make an impact at international level.

DC, He is a huge unit with a good skillset, BUT he doesn't have the aggression necessary, or the natural ability to play lock that Eales (ability) or Vickerman's aggression. Unless things change, he will be on the bench as a good finisher against the Lions.

My take is it is mainly down to the training at the Crusaders, he's admitted it's a lot harder than Qld.

I think that is a very conservative approach to an area that needs aggression at some level. If Swain was red carded over a serious incident again this season then it might be an issue. The red card he got v Eng was was due mostly to that pommie drop kick, who has not been seen in England...

Not big enough, nor has had an impact this season that I have seen. I wouldn't pencil in any locks, as we are lacking real quality.

I am not convinced that Williams has done enough to be included. I was impressed with his skill set and work rate last year, looks like both have fallen away. LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) goes well one week and bounces of everyone the week after. I suspect we have an issue in the row? Thank Christ! we have Bobby V at 6...

Any ideas on locks? I can't get my head around who should be in the W's, one week one stands up the next week it's someone else.

Good point Slim, and I thought the same thing, but then he missed a couple of one-on-ones and I figured his day could be done. Been an excellent FB for the Wallabies.