This was true at the start of the season but Gordon’s pretty nailed on at the moment. He can also play well across any of the front three positions. The versatility is another plus for him, especially when Newcastle are choc full of injuries.

A lot of the injury’s are apparently weird and generally unrelated to the intensity. Burn and Anderson both hurt their backs - burn by falling around 16ft over his shoelaces. Murphy dislocated his shoulder which seems pretty unrelated. Barnes I think broke his toe? Or something toe related which again, isn’t to do with playstyle. A lot of the injuries just seem really unlucky.

What I don’t understand is that it’s really quite an easy fix. Go through all the refs and make a list of any possible conflicts. Do your best to ensure they don’t officiate games with teams with said conflicts. Am I missing something?