The guy looks lost out there. Playing as a left edge second rower, he just doesn't have it in him. He does not have the tools to be a big, strong second rower the way most good ones are these days. I don't see him having any game where he is going to run the ball out of his own half or have any 100M games, even 60m games might be a struggle. Then when he went to play 5/8 in the last 25 minutes Farah and Benji kept brushing him. He barely got a touch. I thought he should have been given some sort of kicking role, but was barely sighted.
I talked in pre season about back row balance and how there is no way in the world we can start with Fulton, Anasta and Blair. Looks like we are and we are losing the territory battle easily. Lets be honest today was nothing more then a gutsy, scrappy win against a painfully average Panthers side. A nice bounce back in, what I see all the same problems arising soon enough when faced with quality.
Theres a few things you could do interested to see peoples thoughts. Personally i just don't think he can cut it in the 2nd row. I would consider playing him at lock where he can rove, although then I would need to find some more size in the 2nd row to compensate for the lack of yardage Anasta will make. His best position in 5/8 and maybe if Miller is injured that solves the issue for a few weeks as you can slot Marshall into halfback (which he is basically doing anyway)
1\. Continue as a starting second rower on the left edge, give it time to come good.
2\. Play him at lock and give him more of a roving commission with a bit of ball playing
3\. Drop him to the bench and part of the rotation
4\. Play with in his preferred position in the halves with Benji
I talked in pre season about back row balance and how there is no way in the world we can start with Fulton, Anasta and Blair. Looks like we are and we are losing the territory battle easily. Lets be honest today was nothing more then a gutsy, scrappy win against a painfully average Panthers side. A nice bounce back in, what I see all the same problems arising soon enough when faced with quality.
Theres a few things you could do interested to see peoples thoughts. Personally i just don't think he can cut it in the 2nd row. I would consider playing him at lock where he can rove, although then I would need to find some more size in the 2nd row to compensate for the lack of yardage Anasta will make. His best position in 5/8 and maybe if Miller is injured that solves the issue for a few weeks as you can slot Marshall into halfback (which he is basically doing anyway)
1\. Continue as a starting second rower on the left edge, give it time to come good.
2\. Play him at lock and give him more of a roving commission with a bit of ball playing
3\. Drop him to the bench and part of the rotation
4\. Play with in his preferred position in the halves with Benji
