Lockyer in the 90s was the best fullback, and arguably the best player, of all time with no weaknesses to his game so it's a bit tough on Walsh to compare the two.
Drinkwater is absolutely hopeless in defence at FB, often times resembling a headless chook, where would the cows be without him? KP, Papi, and Trell are also terrible in defence but highly influential to their sides' success when they achieve it. Most good sides drill a defensive structure into...
Yep if Walsh starts at 6 I think it's a big indication that Kev's job is under real pressure. Swapping to 6 mid game with Sailor coming on is also silly: it's just a waste of an interchange player when we have an inexperienced prop in the starting 13 and a worn out Patty who is going to have to...
I don't mind Rogers at 6. I'm scared that Kev will move Sailor (who doesn't deserve to be close to the starting 17 imo) to FB and Walsh to 6 on game day.
There's zero point moving Walsh out of position when he will be playing FB next year and is still far from the finished article there: let...
The calls to not re-sign Walsh are ridiculous. I'd sooner get rid of Cobbo and Staggs and replace them with hard working centres/ wingers on 300-400k that make the tough carries out of trouble (think Skelton or Iro type players, both of which are on shit all money but are invaluable to their...