Go on then I'll throw a sliver of positivity in here. From his clips his hold up play looks pretty decent. Jury is out on everything else, as long as he works hard he's already ahead of Downs.
But we are clearing low bars.
The midfield duo are interesting. My preference would be Charles as the pivot with Jander a little bit more free. Downes is good in the tackle but when he gets the ball it’s always backwards with the pass.
The argument you’d imagine they had internally was the Manning was better going forward in a 5. But regardless play the players in their correct positions and I’d much rather play a defender for his defensive qualities.
Hope Welli can get some consistency with a good run of games.