Bullnorthern wrote:
Regarding the negative comments about Chisholm we should bear in mind
1. The recovery from last years career threatening injury
2. He’s always been a spur of the moment player rather than an organiser- rather like Sammut. Witness some of the individual tries he’s scored this season
3. He’s probably been man of the match as many times as any other player this season
4. I thought the understanding between him and Keyes had developed until Keye s injury
5. I’ve had a belly full of those fans around me focussing on a half back’s faults behind beaten packs- not only the classic case of Luke Gale. I remember a p**t around us who constantly criticised Deacon especially on the rare occasions when our great sets of forwards were not dominating.
1. I agree it's a bad injury to come back from, it can take the edge of anyone. But I'm not sure how his knee is causing him to throw a bad pass or to run down a blind alley in attack.
2. I agree, but I'd say that sometimes it disrupts our attack to have such an instinctive player making it up as he goes along as often as he does. He can be impossible to read which is frustrating to play with.
3. I'm always a bit dubious about man of the match awards. Who votes for them? I'm not saying he hasn't deserved some of them, just that I'm not sure sure they're a great yardstick for performance.
4. I'm not so sure about that. I think we have missed Keyes as he's the steadying influence we need.
5. Agree 100% about playing behind a beaten pack but when we've won comfortably he does still manage to have a mixed bag of a game, Hunslet away and North Wales away being two examples. It's all very well doing the eye catching stuff but I think he'd do better if he played it boring sometimes too.
When you look at how we move the ball through the hands it's not as well drilled as many of our opponents. Now this isn't all down to Chisholm but he has a part to play as he's been the dominant halfback at first receiver often enough.
The mention that we're looking at Wildie and have been looking at Dwyer suggests that Kear isn't happy with our options at dummy half. One bad pass from there can disrupt an entire move.
