boardwalkempire7 wrote:
Bonaire:
Our pack is pretty much much well beaten every game this season. I’ve seen enough of Balmforth to see that he would struggle behind a beaten pack.
The current squad is nowhere near good enough and that’s why Houghton is in there.
It’s not going to do the kids confidence any good getting run over.
Opposition teams will target him like they did Jack Charles.
He didn’t pull up trees at Newcastle so why would you expect him to in our current 1st team.
We’re a shambles this season and two of our biggest earners are playing championship level.
Grix, Myler, Cummins have all played SL level and know what it takes.
I used litten as a good example.
His running and distribution has improved so much since he left fc. He genuinely makes a difference to kr.
You can’t put young kids in week in week out against top level players.
Hopefully with a stronger squad next season we will see Balmforth, Charles etc develop into first team regulars.
I get your point, and you are correct Jack was targeted in his defence, as do most of the halves in the comp, physically these lads will mainly struggle its natural, but the game time opportunities Charles, Martin, Stavely, Moy, Barron, and a few others have had will be invaluable, and we are in an unusual position at present, no one gives us a hope of winning another game, and rightly so, so we kind of have a free hit.
I’d have Denive on the bench at the earliest opportunity, let Moy carry on as his debut and positioning was first class, Martin is another who didn’t let anyone down, we are perennially on the back foot of this there is no doubt, but this will turn around, perhaps next season and these lads will be ready and waiting for their next chance.
If the impossible does happen, and we manage to actually win another game, may I suggest a giant conga on the pitch is organised, which will surely annoy the like of Wells and Wilkin, and challenge the superb atmosphere of Craven Street.
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