Also in regards to who Freddy should have been looking at in the backrow for SOO this year. Form players are just as important as combinations if not at times more so. I believed he erred big time by relying way to heavily on Panther combos and not looking at the right balance of the team of what type of player SOO needs to win and even body shape.
Who would you rather be in your team
This Bloke -
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Or this bloke -
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Fitler didn't even have him in consideration and invite him to training to see first hand at what he might have to offer. Lane is a gun and I would love to see what a great coach like Bennett, Bellamy or Robinson would do for his game, in fact I could say the same about virtually our whole team actually. Ah to dream.
Anyway Lane can play in the middle and has ball skills that most forwards don't. By every marker Lane has been a better player this season then both Liam Martin and Angus Crichton. Oh and by the way we still don't use Lane the right way and to his full potential, but at least D. Brown is getting better at it.