What does everyone think of will sharp? I went to the wigan game an thought he cost us the points cos for charnleys 2 trys he was no where near the wing he seems to try an play centre!!!

seems we have swapped turnstile Hall for another weak defender

should have given Calderwood another chance to prove his fitness

I think calders played for quins at the weekend

I think there has already been a thread on this, but I'll comment anyway.

I said before he played for us that I thought his positional play was weak, and he's not as quick as we've made out. He is however a very willing worker and a strong runner. The jury is out on him but so far he's making similar errors in defense to Hall, and Hall was dropped almost every opportunity. I think if he carries on in the same way, we have little option but to give Lynne a chance, which I'd like to see anyway.

i would much rather see recce lyne given a chance he sticks to his position more so teams cant exploit it.

So he makes one mistake and is condemned, sounds about right.
Why wasn't it Tickles fault for giving away a penalty while in possession of the ball?

Keen as mustard....playing in a side that has only won 1 out of the 5 games which will have an impact on some individual performances, too early to start slating the lad.

I think he'll do ok , His defence needs a bit of work but so does some others.

he will be fine once the team settles get off his back he's fast enough

would help if he was not left exposed on the wing, his centre partner should help and slide along to cover as well

Positional Nomad. I think he will learn though

It was also the first time with Whiting as his centre. Once they get their communication sorted he'll be a great signing.

It's not one mistake though is it, he is doing it every week. I like Sharp but he really does need to be aware of where his winger is.

not quite so much as you need to be aware of what position he plays!

Sharp has to learn to stay out a little wider so as to force players infield; to be fair to him, his wing does get attacked more by teams due to 'most' players natural ability/tendancy to pass to the left. Both of our wingers suffer from poor positional play at times (as do others)

Happy with most things I've seen other than being drawn in to easily - Hopefully he'll learn.

unless of course you mean "his" as in his opposite numbers, in which case, since when did we "man mark" in RL?

I agree. I don't think his defence is that bad when he's actually where he should be. He's eagerness to come inside and run the ball up is admirable but too many times he's found out of position.

He has a catchy name, but e defence.

Would Sharp be better off switching wings with Briscoe? Not sure which wing he played on predominantly for Quins but i remember him being on the left when Dobson outpaced him last year and also up in Cumbria for the England game when i thought he was good. Perhaps he would be more comfortable there.
It certainly wouldnt affect Briscoe who is equally good on either flank.

Is that "we" as in us or "we" as in the sport?

both

His winger as in his opposite winger, the man he's supposed to mark.

In the middle of the field we don't man mark, but as a winger who 99% of the time is the closest man to the touchline it makes sense that it is the job of the widest man to mark the widest man on the opposite team.

Maybe so, although I seem to remember him playing on the left for Quins most of the time. Briscoe, as you say has played on both wings and has had really good games on both sides of the field.

On the subject of Briscoe how did he score that try against Wigan? Another piece of magic to add to the ever growing list. He has got errors in his game still but he comes up with some real special plays. Glad we got him signed up for as long as we did.

Quite!

He made a mistake for the 2nd try but in the main has done well and should get better.