Pat_Bateman:
We’ll see come the end of the year whether Powell and Mills see him as a 7 who will be part of the plans going ahead with our ambitions of top 6. He’s only 31, so got plenty of good Rugby in him. This year is the first year in SL he’s had a quality 6 at the side of him behind a dominant pack. For me he didn’t tear up trees in the championship. I hope he absolutely tears up SL, we finish in the 6 etc etc.
At the end of the day, he’s in a very pivotal position, he’ll earn good money for doing so as 7’s are usually the highest paid players in world Rugby, if he mucks up he’ll gain more criticism than say a winger for knocking on. I like to think I’m very fair and try to give a balanced view. They’re only human and make mistakes, you’d have to be a pillock to not realise that, but I hope as a team collectively we cut out the mistakes, do that and I genuinely don’t fear us playing any team.
There you go, sums it up perfectly for me which was my point in the first place, you mention in your post that you hope the other players cut out their mistakes then I hope you view their mistakes in the same light as Lino's then just maybe we wont both be judged as pillocks.
