I think you have hit the nail on the head there Barham. Dixon is the very definition of a confidence player and at this moment in time his confidence is shot to pieces. In your comparison with Tompkins I can see where you are coming from, but for every error that Tompkins makes I would guess that he would make 3 times as many good plays resulting in tries or his team winning the match. I would say that Dixon is completely the other way round and for each good thing that he does he costs us three tries at the other end of the field.

For me I think Dixon needs to learn how to relax and to play under pressure, he tries to do everything at 100 miles an hour when he makes a mistake he often tends to try too hard and then compounds this with error upon error. He needs to learn from his mistakes, good players learn from their mistakes and correct them and reduce or eliminate the errors.

I said in the pub at Wembley before the game that we needed to play Dixon rather than Cockayne because he could win you the match and I also said that he could lose us the match, as it turned out the latter was true and he had a shocker. You can see at this moment in time why Chester (whose job was on the line) and Poching (who was trying to create an impression ) didn’t pick him early in the season.

For me I would not bin him. I would take him out and put Oakes in for the next two games to give him experience. I would then take Oakes back out because I think that young player like him needs nurturing, he can the go back to the academy and put it to practice the skill he has learnt by player for the first team. I would then give Dixon a game to prove himself with the added incentive of additional games if he performs. I would keep rotating Dixon and Oakes this way, that way it gives both and incentive to play and takes each one out of the firing line from time to time.

Dixon needs to work on the flaws in his game. I would still however use him in the Middle 8s especially against the championship teams where his speed and footwork would be deadly and hopefully by then he will be a more confident player.

[quot=#FF0000:3b0sv0kye="easthull fc fan"Another player to fall by the waste side, could have done to be brought through a proper academy system, the world beaters of the London teams often fade away.[/quot


Some have done ok mate. Keep an eye on Denny Solomona. Mike McMeeken, and Matt Cook tomorrow.

He'd need good eyesight to see them from Wakefield.

Isn't Matt Cook from Bradford or Warrington, solomona is a new zelander mcmeeken is probably the only one from London academy, like I say not many London lads are world beaters.

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I was disappointed that Dixon didn't take the kicking responsibilities against Oldham, if he refused to do so (I'm not saying that he did refuse) then that should be his last game.
One complaint that I have of the club is that we take on players like Dixon and Cairo, who have potential, but we don't improve them. I wonder if we need more one to one coaching with some of the players.