Wasps Recruitment Aims

[Rugbyintheblood]

Given the RP rumour that two clubs are showing interest in Cardall, we should get him on a new contract PDQ.

+1 Dead right. Cardall is a quality player yet young enough to be still improving.

[baldpaul101]

It will depend on how much he wants & how much longer Gaskell will be playing.
Currently you'd have to expect Cardall to be 4th choice lock behind Launch, Stooke & Gaskell. But as Gaskell seems to be very injury prone maybe Cardall will be looking for 3rd choice spot & asking for bigger bucks accordingly, which Wasps may not be able to afford to pay him....

[backdoc]

And we have a lock incoming

[Rugbyintheblood]

Cardall is going to be 3rd choice when Fifita goes. As you say Gaskell is injury prone, as is Theo given recent history.

With the skill set he has and his age he must have ambitions to be 1st/2nd choice in a Premiership team - why not realise that ambition at Wasps?

[backdoc]

Part of the 'problem' is that Stooke has proved not just to be a superb player, but also remarkably resilient.
No need to rest him = less game time for TC.

[Shugs]

Launchbury will be away for a fair chunk of time with England. Cardall, for me is the next choice. We don’t yet know how McDonald will work out and we’ve not seen enough of Vukasinovic. Cardall, for me, should be very near the top of our retention aims.

[Rossm]

Part of the 'problem' is that Stooke has proved not just to be a superb player, but also remarkably resilient.

You've gone and done it now, bd.

[backdoc]

Merde

Let us hope he is rested until the QF

[Chunky24]

Nice thread from Sam Larner on Burger and what he brings here:

https://twitter.com/SamLStandsUp/status/1516480174686191631?t=BHGVy1OUWfzLgEFHrjO6BQ&s=19

[Shugs]

Yes, looking forward to seeing Odendaal. He’s not really a replacement for Fekitoa though.

[Neils]

Nice thread from Sam Larner on Burger and what he brings here:

https://twitter.com/SamLStandsUp/status/1516480174686191631?t=BHGVy1OUWfzLgEFHrjO6BQ&s=19

Very interesting thanks for posting.

[Bloke in North Dorset]

Part of the 'problem' is that Stooke has proved not just to be a superb player, but also remarkably resilient.
No need to rest him = less game time for TC.

I read it that the coaches were shrewd enough to see that Bath weren’t getting the best out of Stooke and he’s just delivering what they expected. 

[Jac A]

Nice thread from Sam Larner on Burger and what he brings here:

https://twitter.com/SamLStandsUp/status/1516480174686191631?t=BHGVy1OUWfzLgEFHrjO6BQ&s=19

Cheers. I do like Sam Larner.

If we are looking at Odendaal as a Gopperth replacement rather than Fekitoa, I had a quick look at the numbers there.
Obvs Jimmy's kicking is another matter entirely but...

Try Equivalents for Gopperth this year is 5.8 - 8.2 per 100 carries - Odendaal is on 12.3 and 15 respectively - so this suggests that BO provides a greater attacking threat than Jimmy.

Odendaal has a slightly higher tackle success rate than Gopperth but not really anything in it - 87% and 86%, Odendaal makes more tackles per minute played by a very small margin too. Odendaal however has won twice as many turnovers as Gopperth.

Also he is obviously quite a bit bigger, heavier and I would guess a little faster than Jimmy.

[Rossm]

Also he is obviously quite a bit bigger, heavier and I would guess a little faster than Jimmy.


And very nearly ten years younger