Nice to see his comments on Lima which are fair.
Personally I suspect Bobby is quite close to the club, and is trying to support them here by boosting Lima’s confidence. We all know - or believe - that there’s a really good player in there, and that his issues are psychological, but very few players would survive his error/impact ratio in a premiership team, and last night was one of his worst.
I've been thinking about this lately, probably a bit too much.
With Sopoaga's contract coming up for renewal I don't think we need him. And the thing is he's incredibly expensive for what he is, finances we could use elsewhere (replacements for Rowlands inevitable exit?). I'd also argue about academy players coming up (especially Atkinson) and more deserving of game time.
Because he's a former all black, a marquee signing, and we know he's a good player he is held by high standards. But for whatever reason he's never really worked for us and I hope he either goes back to NZ (Hurricanes need a good fly half and he'd be perfect for them) or Japan etc. It's been almost 3 seasons and he's not shown enough form. Saddens me to say that too, because I was so excited when he first signed.
Always a Wasp
