Let me get this straight, you are saying that although he is your coach’s first choice, we shouldn’t judge him as a goal kicker because you have better kickers. And you say my post was embarrassing?

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I hope you are right but 4 months is 21/9/2019. Grand final is 3 weeks later....

Yep but take brown it was season over for him and he's on the verge of coming back..and ratchy is younger so hoping be back a lot sooner..fingers crossed

For love’s sake

Well, plenty of clubs have had to deal with a big injury list so we will simply have to get on with it. it should show whether this squad has got the mettle to adapt and still be in with a shout for silverware at the end of the season. At least we have had a small slice of luck with Jake Mamo being fit again to play FB.

These things happen - we'll deal with it.

just let it go you got beat by the better team

This could turn out to be a good thing for you. Ratchford is a good player, but always strikes me as being overly keen when it matters most and prone to panicking. Having more responsilbity on Austin's shoulders, with a more athletic fullback working off him might work out well.

Our attack might suffer from ratchford being out. But let's be honest, it hasn't been great recently anyway. But our goal line defence(whoever fills in there)will improve massively. And that's what wins grand finals.

I’d give Currie a couple of games at full back see if he can do it

Is this a wind up

How do you work that one out? Has Mamo or Johnson suddenly become Adrian Morley overnight?

I'm sure he could...3+ years ago.
He's struggling to regain anything near that form atm.
I expect it to take a season.

Currie to full back? Is that what is called “thinking outside the box”?

Currie at full back? Watching Saturdays game,he was easily brushed aside for two of KRs tries and was caught ball watching when they kicked through and scored.

You sure you was at the right game?

Mr Currie is, to a certain extent, trading on past glories right now. I would expect that his fitness is no longer the issue, he needs to rediscover some form.

Returning to Ratchford, the BBC are reporting a 12 week recovery with him expected back in August. In the meanwhile we'll just have to get on with things, we're still a lot better off than most teams with regards to major injuries / squad depth. Having Mamo and Lineham back this week is excellent timing. I've not seen any reports regarding the injury that saw Atkins go off but I'm expecting that Mamo will go straight to full back, Lineham to wing and Goodwin back to centre. I'd like to see Matt Davis back in for this week as I'm afraid Bennie Westwood is looking as though this year is a season too far.

Could this be a psychological problem? Going in ‘half cocked’ for fear of ending up back at square one perhaps?

I dunno, just a thought either way.

We've missed Lineham

Currie has been terrible these last few weeks, as bad as Patton but doesn't cop half the flack.

42 metres and 21 tackles he made on Saturday. That's nowhere near good enough for a player of his ability.

For context Joe Westerman made 132 metres and 38 tackles.

Thats nice. Still didn't play agaist KR at the weekend though did he?

I never said he did.

Currie is all about knocking off gametime. Comparing him to Westerman is hardly like for like as Westerman is playing 13 and will get through more work. Though granted I dont doubt that you could compare him to any other second rower on the pitch and come off worse on tackes and metres. Currie has never been a hard work second rower, he doesn't help out with the heavy stuff in the middle, he never has - its not his game. His game is all about running good lines and putting players in to space. We've only had glimpses of it so far, but dropping him or sending him to Rochdale isn't the asnwer for him. Currie isnt costing us games, he just isn't the pre injured version.... yet.

Why quote me in your post then?