St. Rughead wrote:
I agree, you can take out one player from each team which will significantly weaken them. Our big miss has been Roby as Makinson has done a decent job of covering for Lomax.
I thought Makinson was somewhat limited at fullback. For me he falls into the honest tryer category.
Lomax at fullback was electric, every bit as terrifying to the opposition as Tomkins. Sadly I think due to our precarious league position Saints will go for the conservative option of Wello at fullback and shift Lomax back into the halves, just so that we have in theory a more balanced side for the rest of the season. That side wont win us anything but I suspect Saints will think it will allow them to climb a league place or two
Looking elsewhere, we can see the importance of Peacock to leeds. They have started to struggle without him and it will be interesting to see how they go next year after he has retired.
Wigans talisman is Tomkins. Take him out the team and they get knocked down a peg or two, with results showing that they struggle to win matches without him.