Currie : Fri Apr 21, 2023 8:30 am  

We'll recover from last night and learn a few lessons but I do have a few concerns about Currie when the chips are down (no pun intended). Past 2 games we've been short in the forwards and to me he hasn't really stepped up. In fact the opposite; he seems to back away from involvement in the hard yards department leaving others to take the knocks. He's a good player with a strong set of props, but more of a passenger without this.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Currie : Fri Apr 21, 2023 9:11 am  

Gazwire wrote:

We'll recover from last night and learn a few lessons but I do have a few concerns about Currie when the chips are down (no pun intended). Past 2 games we've been short in the forwards and to me he hasn't really stepped up. In fact the opposite; he seems to back away from involvement in the hard yards department leaving others to take the knocks. He's a good player with a strong set of props, but more of a passenger without this.

Him and nicholson are a bit too lightweight, its noticeable that saints have batchelor that can do the hard yards for them, and Isa for wigan last week, picked up the slack after singleton went off

Re: Currie : Fri Apr 21, 2023 9:25 am  

I would like to see Currie replaced with a player in the mould of Mike McMeeken. To be fair to Currie he did a lot of tackling against Wigan, but then so did a lot of our forwards.

Re: Currie : Fri Apr 21, 2023 9:26 am  

I agree with the lightweight comment. People used to say Liam Farrell was too small to play for GB/England. He may be but he brings a heck of a lot more oomph than our second row.

Re: Currie : Fri Apr 21, 2023 9:45 am  

I can see a need for Tanginoa coming down the straight

Re: Currie : Fri Apr 21, 2023 9:57 am  

Scapegoat klaxon.

Re: Currie : Fri Apr 21, 2023 9:59 am  

I don't think he is a scapegoat, he's just not the attacking threat he was pre-injuries and is in the final year of contract. He is ineffective in brutal, tough games and yet is our longest serving forward. It is reasonable to discuss his performances. He's had a good innings with us and a testimonial. We have done right by him.

Re: Currie : Fri Apr 21, 2023 10:10 am  

And he has been very good when our pack have been on top. Isn't he in the England squad?

Re: Currie : Fri Apr 21, 2023 10:16 am  

He’s the same player yesterday as he was last week or all season. He is also the only (maybe one of two) players to be picked for every game Powell has taken charge of, so he must be doing as instructed, or he would have been replaced in the pack rebuild.

Powell even went out and bought an exact replica for the other side of the field, so the plan for that position appears to be a player in that mould.

He’s not a barnstorming back rower, but with momentum he’s really effective. Gets through the line, creates and scores tries and assists line breaks. But behind a hammered pack he can’t do much, especially with the halves don’t create space.

If we’re judging performances based on whether on not he changes his entire game and goes away from the instructions of the coach, then he’s on a hiding to nothing.

Re: Currie : Fri Apr 21, 2023 10:17 am  

George Williams has been alot less effective in the last 2 games since we lost most of our props, should we get rid of him as well?