Re: Tony Smith : Sat Jun 29, 2019 7:49 pm  

It's worth remembering that Mulhern was dropped for the derby, showing that Smith is willing to drop non-performing players.

It'll be interesting to see how long he gives Drinkwater....

Re: Tony Smith : Sat Jun 29, 2019 8:00 pm  

A Adler wrote:

Blind optimism I love it

[Mild Rover]

Re: Tony Smith : Sat Jun 29, 2019 8:24 pm  

Gallanteer wrote:

It's worth remembering that Mulhern was dropped for the derby, showing that Smith is willing to drop non-performing players.

It'll be interesting to see how long he gives Drinkwater....

I thought he did pretty well in this game. I’m Just about to re-watch with a cool head, so i’ll have closer look at him.

I don’t think he’s been that bad, although I must admit to getting very little value from my HKRTV subscription during Sheens’s last handful of games.

Re: Tony Smith : Sat Jun 29, 2019 9:57 pm  

[quote="Gallanteer"]It's worth remembering that Mulhern was dropped for the derby, showing that Smith is willing to drop non-performing players.

It'll be interesting to see how long he gives Drinkwater....[/quote
I thought Drinkwater had a good game, strong defensively

Re: Tony Smith : Sat Jun 29, 2019 11:02 pm  

Drinkwater took a while to find his feet but his pack was generally getting mullered. He like any HB needs a platform to play with time and space and even a mediocre half with nothing but a kicking game looks a star with time. Plenty more to come from Drinkwater given a decent pack well coached.

Re: Tony Smith : Sun Jun 30, 2019 8:15 am  

I like Drinkwater and hope he stays on for next year. Not a dazzling player but fairly solid, doing a decent job imo. He's been doing little wrong and seems to be improving all the time.

Re: Tony Smith : Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:06 am  

jack retcher wrote:

I like Drinkwater and hope he stays on for next year. Not a dazzling player but fairly solid, doing a decent job imo. He's been doing little wrong and seems to be improving all the time.

There are people on here who take against a player and those who can see nothing wrong. Once their opinion has been formed nothing will change it. Their opinion will be re-emphasised every time they post.

Drinkwater has not bee the success I had hoped but he is improving and will be better behind a more dominant pack as demonstrated yesterday and the time he spent at Cats. I hope we offer him another year.

Re: Tony Smith : Sun Jun 30, 2019 1:51 pm  

A Adler wrote:

Blind optimism I love it

Serious question,do you and the rodent fuego share the same brain.?

Re: Tony Smith : Sun Jun 30, 2019 4:04 pm  

Well looks like London's bubble may have burst this afternoon.....Thank God!

Re: Tony Smith : Sun Jun 30, 2019 5:25 pm  

Keiththered wrote:

There are people on here who take against a player and those who can see nothing wrong. Once their opinion has been formed nothing will change it. Their opinion will be re-emphasised every time they post.

Drinkwater has not bee the success I had hoped but he is improving and will be better behind a more dominant pack as demonstrated yesterday and the time he spent at Cats. I hope we offer him another year.

He has not been performing well at all but has shown occasional bits of averageness.

The big issue is that he will be on a high wage and takes an overseas quota spot that are a rare commodity. Is it a risk to use it and the wage just in case he might improve?