Quote ="Slugger McBatt"Too inconsistent to be the England scrum-half and too much daft stuff. Super-competitive but doesn't have enough great days. Compare him to Danny Maguire or Rob Burrows, who may have quiet days but will have great games more than most. And he does stuff like being sent home from a World Cup for boozing. Remember him being sent off for abusing a touch-judge when we were 50-0 up against the Crusaders?
A great player on his day, but he can't be relied upon to have one often enough, even at his peak. The great players have a great day when it matters. There must be a reason why Leeds, Saints and Wigan weren't beating his door down during his last spell with us and he ended up at Huddersfield.'"
I agree that he had his moments but, for me, he just needed a coach who understood what made him tick and maybe, those running the England/GB set up never quite understood how to get the best from him.
At his best, he was streets ahead of Maguire or Burrows, streets ahead.
