Greg Laidlaw

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There have been a few posters waxing lyrical about Greg Laidlaw and I see from another thread that Sky even have him in as starting 9 for the Lions.
Am I missing something here? Ok, he put in a nifty wee pass for Maitland's try against England and I appreciate that he would be following a game plan but his box kicking was truly awful and either went vertically putting all his forwards in an offside position or was so far ahead of the chasers, it was just a waste. His service isn't anything special and his defence while getting better could be likened to Chris Ashton. From what I can see, he was in the team for his place kicking. Hopefully, young Kennedy will get more game time at Edinburgh next season and displace Laidlaw.
I didn't think I would ever say this but Mike Phillips is a shoo-in for the starter's role with the Lions.
God, I am in a bad mood this morning

Christ, the level of bile on this is horrendous.

Laidlaw isn't the strongest tackler in the world but as a Scotland supporter it's never been a real source of alarm. He fell off a crucial one in Cardiff last year but he's hardly the only player Cuthbert's run over and other than that has done enough. Not in the team to make tackles, he's there to run the game as well as kick the goals which he's done that well.

As for the Australia game, you can write it off or degrade it if you want but fact of the matter is we beat them that day.