hooligan27 wrote:
Johno to me as improved massively this year and deserves his place in the team. Muzza is a no from me unless he loses weight and speeds up which I cant see he is turning in to another pauld handforth, good kicking game but fat and slow. We need a ridyard type player
As a fan of a rival team, Murrell worries me more than Johnston, because Murrell has a natural rugby brain whereas imo Johnston doesn't. When I've seen Johnston this year I think his passing game has certainly improved a little in terms of putting people through gaps, but I kind of think Grady's angle running has made him look good down that left hand side at times; he's a bit of a luxury player to me, will do the odd thing that's out of the ordinary running with the ball but not really the guy who's going to create flowing passing movements, it's all a bit telegraphed.
Murrell is obviously very limited in terms of pace but he can read a game and see opportunities, and he's a better kicker than Johnston. For me, against the better teams, Murrell is the more likely of the two to have the guile to open up a defence, even with his lack of pace.