I see so many positives and we scored a few points. We CAN do it, but still too many brain farts. Penalty count was way down (both sides roughly equal about 6 or 7 each). Rowlands, I think, had about half ours, but nothing too bad.
Searle's out of hand kicking was, at times, woeful, but at times fantastic.
Booj had a massive game in defence and attack. THAT was the Booj I saw so much in the A Team last year. Willis was superhuman.
We are utterly and totally woeful in the air; Watson and Searle especially. You sometimes wonder if they were ever shown how to catch a ball.
Lineout was as poor as it usually is. Without Gaskell we will struggle. Tibo would have been a better choice, as he has the height and jumps well.
Our backs remain our weak point, at 10/12/13. Nothing we don't already know.
I thought Wolstenholme was far better than Dobby. Kicking that ball away with less than 2 minutes to go on the clock was one of the expected total lack of on field thinking/game management I expect from Wasps.
Bassett was slow and laborious.
I can see the heads dropping, but it isn't THAT bad. We can improve with time. The quality is there, but needs a lot of tuning.
Always a Wasp
