On Hunt he has hit rock bottom . Just cant put my finger on it , is it that he is tiring to hard or to me he looks like he is not interested . I Hope Im wrong and he comes out and has a blinder . If it was to happen next week , Ben needs to start playing from the bench because we cant afford another game like he has been over the last couple of weeks .... Its a tough one ......
Hazz, it can only be one of two things imo. The rumour he isn’t happy and wants out is true. I’d be genuinely surprised if that were the case given the team rallying around him last night.
Otherwise, I think the guy is so full of doubt atm it’s not funny. The spiral started with the bad cork and was closely followed by losing his Origin 7 jumper and all the attention that came with that, which would’ve been personally disappointing. Then the ref crackdown stopped reducing our forwards dominance and we had the Origin hangover. Then a couple of pedestrian games by the team put more pressure on him.
I’d be inclined to give him next week off, tell him to get out of the fishbowl and enjoy some family time. Not dropped...just rested. If they need to disguise it, give JDB a rest too. Put Mann and Field in the halves.
I do back him in to bounce back. We just need to flick the circuit breaker.