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GaryIPA wrote:Time to put this in the past and get back up to speed. Players with a point to prove can be an asset.
doedin wrote:Agreed. I suspect it will be better for him and for Embra if he moves on after this season. Shame, never really played to his potential for us due to injuries, call-ups, etc. Barclay an obvious replacement.
royc wrote:3 month suspension seems to me a rather harsh punishment. Deliberate and dangerous foul play warranting a red card can get you 4 or 6 weeks, 13 weeks for 'recreational' drug use, much though I personally abhor it, looks well over the top.
Barclay is not really an option at 7, he's short of a yard of pace for that role these days. He played 7 once last season IIRC, he is always fielded at 6 by Scarlets.
Specialist opensides are like gold dust, there are not many good ones around. We have 2 of the best in the NH in Watson and Hardie. I just hope that the firm smack of nanny SRU doesn't result in our losing one of them.
germain wrote:royc wrote:3 month suspension seems to me a rather harsh punishment. Deliberate and dangerous foul play warranting a red card can get you 4 or 6 weeks, 13 weeks for 'recreational' drug use, much though I personally abhor it, looks well over the top.
Barclay is not really an option at 7, he's short of a yard of pace for that role these days. He played 7 once last season IIRC, he is always fielded at 6 by Scarlets.
Specialist opensides are like gold dust, there are not many good ones around. We have 2 of the best in the NH in Watson and Hardie. I just hope that the firm smack of nanny SRU doesn't result in our losing one of them.
If we keep him, just dream of that back-row of :
Barclay / Ritchie / Crosbie
Bradbury / Du Preez / Miller-Mata
Watson / Hardie
Almost too much quality.
GaryIPA wrote:Time to put this in the past and get back up to speed. Players with a point to prove can be an asset.
royc wrote:Barclay is not really an option at 7, he's short of a yard of pace for that role these days. He played 7 once last season IIRC, he is always fielded at 6 by Scarlets.
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royc wrote:3 month suspension seems to me a rather harsh punishment.
joe soap wrote:royc wrote:3 month suspension seems to me a rather harsh punishment.
unless you have the full inside track that is rather a bold statement to make.
GaryIPA wrote:Time to put this in the past and get back up to speed. Players with a point to prove can be an asset.
Wottie wrote:doedin wrote:Agreed. I suspect it will be better for him and for Embra if he moves on after this season. Shame, never really played to his potential for us due to injuries, call-ups, etc. Barclay an obvious replacement.
I meant everyone move on, not Hardie (but I was ridiculously unclear in doing so!). Got to congratulate the SRU on the timing of the announcement. The team and management being thousands of miles away and unavailable for comment and they even wait for the raft of weekly rugby podcasts to be recorded and released so as to avoid comment and discussion until it's pretty old news. They really are getting their sh*t together these days aren't they?
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