Post by irishrover on Jan 26, 2017 1:08:07 GMT
I agree that making him Captain was probably not the best idea at such a young age (Adam Barrett comparison springs to mind) but I wonder if that's as much to with the message that we want to send out externally about Lockyer - ie. he's one of ours, this is how highly we rate him at this age, if you want to get him off us it is going to cost you a king's ransome.
From what I've seen this season he's been fine. I honestly haven't thought he's struggled - I haven't been very impressed with those who have played alongside him so far. At this point I'm far more concerned about Hartley who looks like a player who is solidly average in every department but doesn't stand out in any - in every game I've seen he's lost his man at set pieces but maybe I'm being harsh, sample size is quite small. I'm quite confident Lockyer will be fine.