Genge is an average prop. Alongside that he’s just a wannabe yob, a posturer and a wind up merchant. I’ve never believed the hype around him. Tigers fans are actually seeking to excuse him as Hougaard “said something to him”. Pathetic.
Hang on..Gouge is a pretty dislikeable human being and optimises his chav persona, but he is no average prop, there is no hype. I can't stand the guy but from a purely playing perspective, there aren't many as good as him, he can do it all.
As for the Tigers fans..Myopic doesn't even begin to describe then. I think they'd rather lose any number of games as long as they don't lose to FaCov. It's hard not to poke the bear and watch it retaliate, at least that's my week sorted.
On the game, I'll say it, the rotation of 9 changed everything. 'Wusty' is slow, ponderous and makes bad decisions. As soon as porter came on and the ball sped up we had a different tempo, more time to make decisions, Charlie had an extra second and Tigers weren't constantly set.
To say it's easy to come on and make an impact...it isn't, it's the opposite in fact, else we'd have won more games. Had Robson been playing, or Hoogs at nine, that game would have been a lot easier.