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<blockquote data-quote="j&#039;nuh" data-source="post: 699753" data-attributes="member: 55446"><p>Quite simply, Laidlaw is comfortably the better player. Picking Robson would be knowingly picking the worse player, just to appease his desire for game time. It is unlike the situation going on at other clubs such as Saints, where they have two strong 9s that aren't far off each other. Glos would like to have that kind of situation. It isn't out of spite that we pick Laidlaw at 9; it's simply that we want to win our next game.</p><p></p><p>Robson has already been in the position of being second-choice at the club. He responded brilliantly last time, forcing his way into the team first as a dual first-choice and then as the sole first-choice, ahead of Cowan. I was expecting him to do the same here, play himself into a position where he will start picking up the starts. I'm not sure if he'd have broken ahead of Laidlaw, but he could have broken into the team on a rotation basis with Laidlaw, and put himself in a strong position to start for the club thereafter.</p><p></p><p>If Robson was willing to earn his starts at the club, then I would have kept him in an instant. But I don't see how it benefits the club or the player if he stays whilst frustrated at being second-choice. I don't think he'll achieve his potential that way, and if he continues to try and force games, I think Gloucester risk losing games because of him. Also, if Robson does get a starting position at Exeter or Wasps, then Gloucester's loss will be England's gain. As an England fan, I'm not too upset about that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="j'nuh, post: 699753, member: 55446"] Quite simply, Laidlaw is comfortably the better player. Picking Robson would be knowingly picking the worse player, just to appease his desire for game time. It is unlike the situation going on at other clubs such as Saints, where they have two strong 9s that aren't far off each other. Glos would like to have that kind of situation. It isn't out of spite that we pick Laidlaw at 9; it's simply that we want to win our next game. Robson has already been in the position of being second-choice at the club. He responded brilliantly last time, forcing his way into the team first as a dual first-choice and then as the sole first-choice, ahead of Cowan. I was expecting him to do the same here, play himself into a position where he will start picking up the starts. I'm not sure if he'd have broken ahead of Laidlaw, but he could have broken into the team on a rotation basis with Laidlaw, and put himself in a strong position to start for the club thereafter. If Robson was willing to earn his starts at the club, then I would have kept him in an instant. But I don't see how it benefits the club or the player if he stays whilst frustrated at being second-choice. I don't think he'll achieve his potential that way, and if he continues to try and force games, I think Gloucester risk losing games because of him. Also, if Robson does get a starting position at Exeter or Wasps, then Gloucester's loss will be England's gain. As an England fan, I'm not too upset about that. [/QUOTE]
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