Why does anyone listen to what Rothfield says? He has no idea, and just writes any shit that comes into his foggy little head. All summer he wrote about our "Utilities" constantly writing them off.
Has anyone noticed that our so called "Utilities" have strengthened up our middle - the same middle that was being torn to shreds last year? All winning teams base their game on defence. Yes - we are not dominating other teams, Yes - we are not getting on top of other teams. But last year they were powder puffs getting destroyed after 20 minutes.
If it was up to Rothfield, he would have someone in the team who misses tackles and leaks more points than they create. If a player creates 0 but leaks 0, we are still better than last year. Last year we had players creating 0 and leaking plenty. Hutch is definitely not the long term answer - but maybe he is what is needed now - just for the short term. It's much better being in the game at the 60th minute with a good chance to win than being gone after 20 minutes - like last year.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not happy we aren't winning & it frustrates the shit out of me to see us languishing where we are. Pretty much from 1979 to 2016 we were in the semi finals or around them every year. If we can get close to that this year, it will be a successful year. I can see them building - it's only dipshits like Rothfield that can't.