Quote ="jeffvickers"Heaton, Tyrer, Worrincy, Reittie, Handforth
Same old, same old against the top dogs.
Problem is, we have no real competition for these spots at the moment.
Sheriffe or Patterson would have made no difference.
God, we are awful without Murrell. Roll on next season if he is not playing again this year.'"
I agree with most of that, other than including Reittie. He's no world beater, but he's getting better every game, and becoming a real handful for the opposition to contain.
Really disappointed with Heaton, who looked to have the makings of a real good centre earlier in the season. He was falling off tackles last night, opening up some real gaps for Fev to exploit. Tyrer is too slow and/or doesn't use his size to good effect, but positionally is quite sound. Worrincy is a liability more times than a match winner - he's got hands like dinner plates, yet he can't catch a ball. Tiger has his moments, but is too slow off the mark.
We have a great pack, but it's too one dimensional and aren't being coached to go into the tackle with a body position that will offer the potential for a quality offload.
The Ashall brothers come in for some stick, but they're both improving all the time and could be real stars for us.
All in all though, the main difference last night was "attitude". We only woke up with some real zip in the last 15 minutes when it was too late. We need to have this "bounce" and enthusiasm (Thacks can't be faulted for this for the full 80 - every game - Craig Ashall too) and then maybe we'll get somewhere?