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I think anyone expecting him to suddenly become an athlete (or at the very least, very fit) if and when he gets here will be disappointed. He's playing for a Premiership team right now. As such, he should be in peak physical condition and I think it's a disgrace that he isn't. It seems he's got one good half in him, but then his lungs start bursting, the fish supper cravings set it, and it all gets a bit much for him. I like his range of passing, but I find it really difficult to tolerate players at this level who are out of shape.
All that said, I'd still rather we signed him than no one at all.
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I'd mind less if the weight at least made him hard to dispossess, but in some games he's seemed quite the opposite. I think he can do us a good job if the team's set up right, but I'd have been happier signing him if we still had Mascher to run interference for him.
I think anyone expecting him to suddenly become an athlete (or at the very least, very fit) if and when he gets here will be disappointed. He's playing for a Premiership team right now. As such, he should be in peak physical condition and I think it's a disgrace that he isn't. It seems he's got one good half in him, but then his lungs start bursting, the fish supper cravings set it, and it all gets a bit much for him. I like his range of passing, but I find it really difficult to tolerate players at this level who are out of shape.
All that said, I'd still rather we signed him than no one at all.
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I'd mind less if the weight at least made him hard to dispossess, but in some games he's seemed quite the opposite. I think he can do us a good job if the team's set up right, but I'd have been happier signing him if we still had Mascher to run interference for him.