: Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:35 pm
Dr Hfuhruhurr wrote:
Cusack has done exactly what he was brought in to do, he takes the ball up consistently and makes hard metres down the middle. If others around him were looking after their own responsibilities Cusack would get the appreciation he deserves. The forwards that come on, do one big hit up before going missing for 20 minutes don’t impress me, Cusack is by far the best prop at the club.
This is Cusack's biggest problem. He was bought as a workhorse, a grafter. The fact is, we have too many of that type of player, but I reckon he's about the best we've got. If he was playing in a good pack with three impact props, he'd be seen as invaluable by the same people who slag him off now. His workrate would allow the impact players to be used in shorter spells and his contribution would be there for all to see.
Because he's a similar type of player to the deadwood we have (albeit a far better exponent of that style of play), he tends to get (unfairly) lumped in with them.
