Saturdays game was a lot less blood boiling to watch on the whole. 

Reiko needs to be done at starting centre for a bit, he has been awful for the Blues and offers very little to the AB's between his handling errors most games, his distribution errors and the lack of attack. His defense has been his saving grace but other centers offer a better all around package.  He had a period where I finally thought he had cracked the code, and was approaching one of the best centres in the world, but that has deteriorated massively.

Reece has copped flack for being careless in the air (and I agree), Clarke isn't much better and with 2 yellow cards, one of which could have cost us the match, it's taking away from what have been otherwise pretty strong games this year.

I don't believe it was a co-incidence that Dmac was benched and we looked overall a chunk better. We get less razzle with BB but other parts of the game seem to work better. Only one test to base that on, but it would be some co-incidence. For me he is a bench player at best.

TJP and Sam Cane, I half agree, TJP could stay home. IMO there is a decent gap between Cane and the next best option and his type of combative forwards play will be needed in Europe. Having said that, he isn't going to be here next year and we may need to adjust our game plan and not work around the lack of his type of player. Blackadder (if he can stay fit), Ardie and Sititi would be a combination I think could work. 

Our Props and Hookers look pretty good. Decent depth there and I feel they are performing well.  

Nice to see Jordan gliding, he is so freaking quick, glad to see him at close to full pace again.

Agree on set plays by Schmidt, some of it has looked very slick.

Northern Tour is going to be a tough few weeks I suspect, tough opponents, not quite there team. I'd love to see us beat Ireland at home, though it would be quite the achievement.