I think it is a bit harsh to dump everything on Croft. We are asking him, a relatively young and inexperienced half to take control of an utter shambles in the middle, something that for mine has been brewing since we let Hunt go and failed to bring in an experienced hooker and half a few years ago. We had 2 promising halves in Dearden and Paix. We had a promising hooker in Turps. But they can hardly be expected to lead around a new side. Croft was not what we needed. The club has failed the team, the coach and we fans for not planning for the future when Hunt left.
Again for mine, it is up to Luke to take over the leadership in the middle, work with Croft, Milford and our FB to bring order to the chaos that is our middle and edges. We saw what we can do v Titans when Luke worked with Croft and TPJ on the right edge. That was what we can do and should be doing consistently, on both edges.