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macdone wrote:
Frustrating because it shows we're not learning. We seem happy to just let Glasgow just hoover up all the best young backline talent.
dolf_lundgren wrote:Sorry but your Finn Russell story is a just nonsense. He has been at Glasgow for nearly 2 years when we signed Carl.
I'm not sure which 9 month period you watched Carl for but he certainly wasn't good for Edinburgh.
macdone wrote:dolf_lundgren wrote:Sorry but your Finn Russell story is a just nonsense. He has been at Glasgow for nearly 2 years when we signed Carl.
I'm not sure which 9 month period you watched Carl for but he certainly wasn't good for Edinburgh.
Yes, he was at Glasgow on an EDP contract at the time (2013) but had only made one start at centre. We had a stand off crisis around December that season - Solly felt Finn didn't have a good enough kicking game and we went for Carl as an experienced stop gap.
The Nudger wrote:Just a thought but if we could get Alex Dunbar on the cheap would it be completely mad to take a punt on him?
Friday Knight Lights wrote:The Nudger wrote:Just a thought but if we could get Alex Dunbar on the cheap would it be completely mad to take a punt on him?
Yes, he's not good at all.
Wottie wrote:Friday Knight Lights wrote:The Nudger wrote:Just a thought but if we could get Alex Dunbar on the cheap would it be completely mad to take a punt on him?
Yes, he's not good at all.
Not sure I agree he is not good but our track record when taking a punt on centres with a record of injuries certainly isn't!
Friday Knight Lights wrote:
Not sure I agree he is not good but our track record when taking a punt on centres with a record of injuries certainly isn't!
joe soap wrote:macdone wrote:dolf_lundgren wrote:Sorry but your Finn Russell story is a just nonsense. He has been at Glasgow for nearly 2 years when we signed Carl.
I'm not sure which 9 month period you watched Carl for but he certainly wasn't good for Edinburgh.
Yes, he was at Glasgow on an EDP contract at the time (2013) but had only made one start at centre. We had a stand off crisis around December that season - Solly felt Finn didn't have a good enough kicking game and we went for Carl as an experienced stop gap.
As a 19/20 year old with one start at centre, he was never going to be sought by Edinburgh in the state they were in. Solly was looking for players who would impact straight away (that he didn't succeed much and his signings were largely rubbish was more a failure to grasp the relative standards of pro12 and Currie Cup players than a failure of theory).
Bezuidenhuit was signed half way through 13/14, actually in 2014. Russell made 11 starts for Glasgow that season and was first choice before the end of season.
You're talking mince
The Feral Goat wrote:Friday Knight Lights wrote:
Not sure I agree he is not good but our track record when taking a punt on centres with a record of injuries certainly isn't!
What does Dunbar do well? His carrying his poor, his passing is poor, his kicking is poor, his defence is apparently good but I'm not convinced and his knee injuries mean he has no lateral quickness. He has no explosiveness either after the injuries.
And you are correct we have Bennett and Scott missing time with injuries too!
Friday Knight Lights wrote:Wottie wrote:Not sure I agree he is not good but our track record when taking a punt on centres with a record of injuries certainly isn't!
What does Dunbar do well? His carrying his poor, his passing is poor, his kicking is poor, his defence is apparently good but I'm not convinced and his knee injuries mean he has no lateral quickness. He has no explosiveness either after the injuries.
And you are correct we have Bennett and Scott missing time with injuries too!
Wottie wrote:Friday Knight Lights wrote:Wottie wrote:Not sure I agree he is not good but our track record when taking a punt on centres with a record of injuries certainly isn't!
What does Dunbar do well? His carrying his poor, his passing is poor, his kicking is poor, his defence is apparently good but I'm not convinced and his knee injuries mean he has no lateral quickness. He has no explosiveness either after the injuries.
And you are correct we have Bennett and Scott missing time with injuries too!
He looked pretty decent in this move from the weekend IMO. However, true to form he had to leave the field early with an arm injury.
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