Quote ="pyeman"Snitch was great for us in 2010 but looked a much poorer player in 2011, i'm hoping with a new coach and it being the last year of his contract we see a return of his 2010 form which be like getting a new forward. With thompson, ferres, jones, millington, mcgoldrick, mitchell, snitch, holmes, davies, hudson and emmitt all capable of playing backrow there will be lots of competition for places so no one really knows what are back row will look like apart from him and probably not even him yet.'"
I agree that a player playing for a contract is a different beast to one in the middle of a long term deal, but I hope we would see through that at the end of the term and not allow that to happen again - unless there were coach, relationship or injury concerns in that mix we're not aware of, I would allow the player to walk away, if year 2 is not as important and motivating as year3 or 3, then perhaps the motivation is wrong.
Only other concern with this post is I am not sure Goldy would and should be in anyone's back row, thats a power and skill and size game running a channel and that isn't him..... Although if the Stand Off or Centre dropped him inside on those hospital unders twice a set for a few games, he might be less inclined to do it to them! That is without a doubt the most frustrating play of the McGoldrick era.
hope you get bummed by a camel 
