The Feral Goat wrote:Hickey was signed as a 10 that would run and get the backline moving yet that is not how we are looking to play, going back to his interviews at the time of signing.
“Before I signed, I wanted to know what sort of club I was going to,” Hickey told The Offside Line. “I watched a lot of the games and I was impressed with what I saw, the style of play, and Richard told me they’re trying to play a more expansive style than they probably had in previous years.
“And when I watched replays of games, I could see that in the play. That made it a good decision because as a Kiwi 10, I didn’t really want to go to a team that was just a kicking and mauling sort of a team.
“I wanted to go somewhere where they enjoyed throwing the ball around and I think Edinburgh’s trying to do that this year and they’ve had some success with it too. That helped with my decision.”
I am not saying it is mitigation for not getting game time and he has under perhaps under-performed but clearly we are not playing the style of game he was sold and thought he was coming to play. So perhaps questions around why his signing was targeted in the first instance as well as why he is not producing.
Feel sorry for the guy if thats what he thought he was coming into,at the moment the expansive style of play is not going to happen,but tbh you can only get away with our style of play for so long until you come up against a better team and you will be found out big time!
