Hopefully those on here who were asking for Kingston to be brought back in and Segeyaro to be used as impact of the bench three or four weeks back (because he provides starch, apparently) have quietly discarded that insane idea. I have no problem with him coming in to replace Segeyaro when he can't play at all, but to voluntarily do so is insane. Hopefully last night was enough evidence of that.
Docker isn't good enough to be our starting lock, and thankfully he shouldn't be next year with Taylor, Cartwright, and Peachey all back. And if he doesn't start, he doesn't play, because he has zero impact off the bench. As I said in the match thread, it's like many of our fans develop amnesia the second he lands a big hit, forgetting all the dross he delivers around those. You don't win games on one person's big hits, you win it by defending as a unit, not making dumb mistakes, getting go forward out of your own half, and having enough skill and technique to make things happen. Docker is 1 from 4 there.
I've reserved judgement on Smith because he's new to first grade, but for me he doesn't offer nearly enough as a 6. He might go alright in centers. Moylan is being suggested as the next cab off the rank at 6, but I think he needs to work on his kicking game a lot more. It's very inconsistent at the moment.
Luckily, these three issues are all due to injury rather than coach selection (well, except maybe for Docker, who Cleary apparently seems to rate), so I guess we just have to play harder and smarter to compensate.
