lampyboy wrote:
I just done have a problem with Finn in any department. Yes a bit of pace would be an advantage but hes at least one step ahead of most. With regard to defence I would say probably better than most SHs.
If a young Finn could be found and developed I would be more than happy.
Just out of interest what S H would fit the squad better than Finn at the moment and more importantly why.
No British one I can think of that's for sure. There may be a few Aussies who have a similar skill set but would they be any better - I doubt it.
What people tend to look at with Finn is a lack of pace or more accurately speed off the mark. There is no doubt this inhibits his ability to make breaks for himself that he has created - if he could he'd be the GB S/H in residence.
But at Wakefield that doesn't matter very much because he's part of a team and now has two exceptional runners in Miller and Hampshire as partners in crime.
Even if he does start to slow to unacceptable levels this season or next we are clearly putting his successors in place.
Imho Finn is not the most gifted or exciting player we have signed in the past few years but he is imho the most important. He got a lot of stick of some quite sensible posters when we signed him, why I don't really know. However there are few that would argue his signing now, even those with some reservation.
To me he's the man who has been the catalyst to our success. I firmly believe that contrary to popular belief it's his slow steady game that has allowed that shambles of a team from 2015 to catch up and thrive.
His time as a player is coming to an end but let's not be premature. Although Gale is a better player for Cas than Finn I bet Powell wishes deep down he'd have kept him a bit longer and so should we as he looks far from done just yet.
Thats not what you said - I agree with Avenger - so somewhere lines have got crossed.
Stats hey. 
