Yeah but where's the merit in 'plodding back outperforms overhyped supposed star'? I don't hate Wright but he's exactly the sort of guy you're not winning a premiership with. And forget about depth, he's in our starting line-up next year. Both Ayshford and Wright are. That scares me. Wright is an awful finisher, no pace, not a metre eater, suspect hands and a reputation for being defensively solid that he wouldn't have if his skin was brown (sorry, it's the truth IMO). And Ayshford was good for a time in 2010-11 - ie when we were last good (long time ago eh).
We can't know if Ayshford is week in, week out better than Kata/Hurrell because he played 4 games in 2015 - and presumably didn't set the world on fire.
This is a real nowhere land signing for me, same as Wright. Either we signed a genuine first-grader (don't get it wrong, Ayshford is not one) or we backed ourselves to make the kids with potential we have into exactly that. But we see the same dumb defensive errors every year, or at least we have since 2011 and our last good coach.
I hope Kon wakes up over the off-season and demands to be picked. And I hope Fusi does the same.
