No1 Saint wrote:
He kicked us around that much Salford got battered by us. Fullback being similar (if you set your team up to play in that style) to halfback doesnt make it halfback it makes it fullback. He cant get in the Salford team in his preferred position so spin it however you like but that is a FACT.
I watched him on telly the other week playing fullback and he was non existent in attack and a turnstyle in defence, now that was probably because Salford were garbage but something tells me we haven't let the next Sam Tomkins go.
He's gone, he isnt coming back just like Simmons. Get over it.
It will be interesting to see where he turns up. We've had plenty of slackers and trouble makers in the past and been able to manage them. Yet with Moore and Gaskell we've lost that ability.
He's not been let go for Rugby reasons. He was let go for other reasons. My point is simple, he had us over a barrel. We needed halves and he was one of our last ones. Yet we ship him out because we can't manage him.
We should have kept him and played him regardless of attitude or regardless of who he has signed for next year. He has ability and we needed that.
He's gone now for good so no point wishing for him to come back. But if we had 3 or 4 halves all chopping to get a spot then you can play hardball. If we have one junior half left and he thinks he's the big I am, you don't ship him out and leave yourself with nothing for the year, except cobbling together halves from 2nd rowers, FB's, centre's and desperate loans from other teams.
Once again a player out manovering the club. Wilkin and Gaskell would have been much better than, the rest of the dross halfback pairing we've had and can still cobble together. It does not mean he would need to be in the team next year, but you use what you have.
