Ryan Yates

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SA, how do you include many replies into one post?

Now, regarding the best DCM pairing. I haven't seen enough yet to comment on that and it's still very early days. I would however have to go for Watson as I believe he's the best one to read the game and fill in where needed. AK does play with wing backs that have a clear responsibility to contribute in attack. For that to work you do need to have somebody to cover in defense if we lose the ball and the opposition is counter attacking. In these situations it really bugs me when supporters get on the back of Osborn (and Darikwa) for not understanding the FB role well enough when it's clearly the responsibility of the DCMs to cover (this is also the case when we play with a narrow defensive set up) - but let's not get into that here.

I agree with most of the comments regarding how our DCMs have played in pre-season. Watson has not played well, I think Bridcutt has played well as have Geddy and Yates. Colback I haven't seen yet but I fully expect him to be one of the preferred DCMs together with Watson. But it would have been great if AK played Yates instead. Yates can have a huge season if he's given the chance.

But still hoping for Vukcevic (even though I know it won't happen).