From what I've seen of Dodd which is very little, I've been impressed. I would like to see him start and play the full 80 minutes to see what he can do and if he has any faults that need addressing. Hopefully he is the real deal. Regarding Theo, I rate him as a safe pair of hands, excellent defensively and an eye for the opening, a very reasonable replacement for Roby
I am worried about LEES. Just does not seem right. Ashworth has been written off it seems. Very close those two. I remember when Richardson was dropped Percy didnt fancy taking the goalkicking back. Luckily Coote had it in his locker.
Originally Posted by Despondent Dave
I would say Lees is a confidence issue, probably for the first time in his life he realizes his body is not indestructible.
The Doctors who did the repair would have told him if he had not come to hospital when he did the outcome could have been grave and that is something that is on his mind, he is a young man.
The injury is a complete fluke it happened to Shay Given when at Newcastle and he was back in six weeks, people are different.
Matty has had a knock back and pyschologically he will need time as well as physically.
Watched this weeks game again last night and picked up a couple of players to watch in detail, thought Matty Lees did OK much better than last week he seemed to be less hesitant on his approach to impact. He is still very limited with no tackle busts or offloads that will come later all he needs to do is bend that opposition defensive line, for me he just needs that extra 5kg maybe the off season would sort that out.
All the saints players stepped up, if Matty didn't do that also, then like yourself it would be a worry, I expect to see Ashworth, Paulo and Batchelor with Matty and other front rowers to have a game off next week.