It's not just my judgement though, is it? Lyne has played for the first team on the wing and continuously has been found out. OTOH, he has been said to be too good for the U20s.



I hope I'm wrong and Lyne, and when the time is right he can fill the boots he asked to. It's just a worry.

The big problem was that everyone was caught out in our wide defence so hard to single out Lyne.

Lyne has been suspect in defence a few times and has been caught out. Lets hope that now PG is at the club he (Lyne) has been given a confidence boost and received some half decent coaching.

True, I honestly don't think he has been ready when I have seen him play 1st team. As I say, I hope he does make the step up and prove he is, at FB or winger. Apart from those positions I'd say we have sound cover across the park.

I think Whitting would be the best replacement for McKinnon if he got injured long term but I dont have a clue what position he has been training in.

Back row.

i think we all need to remember that Lyne is still young and relatively inexperienced and with that comes errors, with his natural ability and good training i think we will see a big improvement in him this season.

Well wont be the best option then.

Sharp was made the scapegoat last season which was unfair as the majority of the time he was left covering 2/3 attackers.Where were the others on that right hand side,and why weren't they blamed more for this? As for sunday,interesting that PG said Lynch and Moa would be the starting props,with O'Meley on the bench.

This is the thing that excites me the most about Gentle, all the noises suggest he does not choose a position based on the name of a player but on the effort etc. If he maintains this stance and chooses players on ability we fair well. Players must fight for their shirts it is a recipe for success and one we have not followed for a few years now.

agree about sharp he was exposed too often then hung out to dry as at fault, given a decent sliding defence and game structure he will go on to be a huge fans favourite and score a bag full this year I am certain.... his commitment simply cannot be questioned and his work rate is exemplary taking the ball up at least once in every six so he will go ok this year, also think martin will shine with him too

The problem is that his work in helping out the forwards simply wasnt good enough he seems to get stood up far too easily and get driven back in a 3 man tackle a hell of a lot putting our forwards even more on the back foot.



He needs to stop fighting for a extra yard after contact and realise getting his body in the right position if far more important.