Tell what’s off chimp, Nicho getting paid 1.1M and performing like someone on 450K. f**k me he must be embarrassed. Imagine earning 27K a week and playing like that.
I’d usually like to defend him, because he’s playing behind a pack who’re not winning the contact, and that makes his job real tough. But, given he tip toes into contact himself and is clearly scared of getting smashed, he’s lost my support.
When he joined us, he probably ran the ball too much, but he was challenging the line, he could break a tackle - now he looks like a rugby union half who’s shitting his pants and trying to get to the ground ASAP so he doesn’t lose possession or get hurt.
And then there’s Tricky, who doesn’t mind the contact, but also seems to have forgotten that a good half needs to be a running threat first and foremost, otherwise their runners are just going to get picked off.
Nice to see Brailey back to offering two thirds of feck all in the attacking 20. Just throw it to a big lad to get monstered.
Shite all round I’m affraid.