Allez wrote:
What's the script with McGuire at the moment? I have read that a lot of Leeds fans are having a bit of a go at him?
Just not had a great season, has gone missing in a number of games (including Wire) and while a great reader of the game, no longer has the pace or agility to create something from nothing, or to finish off most half-breaks.
The result is that while he & Sinfield make a great tactical halfback combination for moving the team around, they aren't particularly exciting or capable of energising the backline (see Leeds' problems in scoring tries this year, where Hall has got barely half as many as he did last year).
At the same time Liam Sutcliffe has come in and looked a million dollars, and we have Stevie Ward coming back for the start of next season. The result is that McGuire really needs to perform to stay ahead of the kids, and he hasn't as of late. So it looks like he might well make way in the halves for Sutcliffe pretty soon.
That said, he just seems to have bad years in the odd numbers. A rather indifferent 2011 was followed by a very good 2012. But at 31 in a few weeks, he ain't getting any younger.
