Bro, Fucking spot on. I've been saying this for a few years now. We could have Addo-Carr on the wing. And by now everyone will be saying get rid of the useless cu*t he can't score tries.
Because our halves & centers are useless at setting up our wings!!
Apart from
Hiku, Who has beautiful hands. When SJ left our wingers turned into nothing else but extra props.
Each time we swapped
Hiku over whatever side. His wing partner scored tries. And became winger of the year!!!??
When
Hiku was doing this he had SJ as the link. As much as some hated SJ and still do. His kicks to the wings were perfect. His cut out passes, His quick feet to create space. The fear of SJ stepping them to score opened up so many gaps and allowed
Hiku to do his thing and the benefactors were our trucks on the wings. They were once upon a time the 2 best wingers in the game.
Take away SJ, And to a lesser extent Bully(Who was great at opening up teams from dummy half)
We were left with
Hiku? A mediocre
Green.
CHT can't do what SJ does. Roger is a running stepping freak. But he's no SJ.
It starts from the middle. Then working our way out to our wides. Not from the outsides , In.
We don't have the skill or nous to be able to utilise our 2 big fullas on the wing.
Now they've lost all confidence and they look defeated to me.
Get called all the names under the sun but still put in work. More often than not lead our metres gained.
They do look shit lately. Defensive issues galore.
"We nEeD FaStER WiNgS"
Why not faster more skillful centers?
What about proper halves who can kick & pass & orginize our team ???
Can't always lay the blame on our humble work horses out on the wings.