Re: Finn time is up : Mon May 21, 2018 7:49 am  

If Finn was not so slow the pass would have been ok .That the problem he is too slow for S L at every thing .Time to go nothing to lose

Re: Finn time is up : Mon May 21, 2018 8:25 am  

Finn is getting a lot of flak on here, but were the other pivots any better (and have they been recently?). Does one man now make a team?

Re: Finn time is up : Mon May 21, 2018 8:26 am  

I've got to say that yesterday really highlighted Finn as a weak link. I'm not sure how good an idea it is for him to be playing with an injury to his hand which requires surgery, both for Finn and the team. Personally I'd play Hampshire at 7 and Jowitt at full back for the foreseeable future and see if they can achieve some continuity. At the moment, it looks like Chester still doesn't know who his best 17 are. The season is getting on a bit now, we really need a settled team.

Re: Finn time is up : Mon May 21, 2018 8:40 am  

phe13 wrote:

Finn is getting a lot of flak on here, but were the other pivots any better (and have they been recently?). Does one man now make a team?

It can make a hell of a difference in a close game though.

Re: Finn time is up : Mon May 21, 2018 8:57 am  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

It can make a hell of a difference in a close game though.

I agree, but 18 points down to begin with don't help the cause and that wasn't Finn's fault (at least not all his fault).
I am not saying that Finn has been playing to his previous seasons form, or even his form earlier in the season, but there are other players that have been nowhere near their previous form. For example, there were 3 overseas players on Sunday that haven't been mentioned/criticised on here that were vitually non-existant during the game.

Re: Finn time is up : Mon May 21, 2018 9:26 am  

phe13 wrote:

I agree, but 18 points down to begin with don't help the cause and that wasn't Finn's fault (at least not all his fault).
I am not saying that Finn has been playing to his previous seasons form, or even his form earlier in the season, but there are other players that have been nowhere near their previous form. For example, there were 3 overseas players on Sunday that haven't been mentioned/criticised on here that were vitually non-existant during the game.

Regarding your overseas players, the player that has had least impact is Horo and young Crowther or Batchelor could certainly give us more.
Crowther was tackling everything that moved in the pre season games but cant get a spot on the bench, for a gold pig.

Re: Finn time is up : Mon May 21, 2018 10:50 am  

phe13 wrote:

I agree, but 18 points down to begin with don't help the cause and that wasn't Finn's fault (at least not all his fault).
I am not saying that Finn has been playing to his previous seasons form, or even his form earlier in the season, but there are other players that have been nowhere near their previous form. For example, there were 3 overseas players on Sunday that haven't been mentioned/criticised on here that were vitually non-existant during the game.

Be interested to know which overseas players you are referring to??

Fifita - Made his usual good meters and caused them problems
Pauli - Think arguably had his best game for us
Arona - I thought he ran it in well and tackled well although I dont think he has quite hit his form of last season.
Tupou - Didn't get enough ball but when he did looked a threat
Horo - I thought he tackled well and was one of the few towards the end who looked like making something happen
Miller - Didn't have his best game so would agree with you if he is one of them

Re: Finn time is up : Mon May 21, 2018 12:01 pm  

Finn has been our best pound for pound signing but he's finished. He's lost even more speed this year.
Randell looks slow remember last year he was fantastic. Think they are on the Yorkshire pudding diet this year

Re: Finn time is up : Mon May 21, 2018 12:40 pm  

rocky and Jowitt were in the team at HULL and LEEDS so yes there is better combinations we scored trys with overlaps moved the ball while moving forward .Miller,Randel and Wood looked to have more room to play .At cas in a bog called a field we scored a good try with a overlap which was not given by the V Ref .Think playing Finn is now like playing with 12 men

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Re: Finn time is up : Mon May 21, 2018 7:43 pm  

I agree about Finn but I'm still not convinced of MJ at the moment and fullback is as important as scrum half these days.
Grix gives us a lot of leadership on the field and that is being missed at the moment.

I'm not sure which I'd prefer Hampshire to play. I do like him at fullback while we desperately need the change at scrum half.
If we got someone like Matty Smith to the end of the season I'd put Rocky to fullback to give us speed and ball handling skills that are much needed.
If not then he has to play Jowitt and Hampshire plays scrum half.....unless we suddenly have another option for fullback but they are like gold dust at the moment unless we are raiding Ozzie second teams.........but if we are doing that I'd like the kid at Melbourne Brodie Croft if he wants a first team game.