Godman doesn't make a habit of having kicks charged down on his goal line in close games. Sean Lineen was saying that people should get off Parks' back because his confidence is fragile, but that's the problem. Watch Stephen Jones, Jonny Wilkinson or any top international stand-off, and yes, they'll make mistakes, but they'll pick themselves up and produce something to compensate. Once Parks makes his first mistake he's gone for the rest of the game. Having said that, he has had 2 decent games in a Scotland jersey (out of 47).

As for Patterson, he hasn't been playing stand-off most of the time, so even if we comitted to him (which we should have done 99 caps ago) it's going to be several games before he's got a chance of being the second coming of Rutherford.

Robinson should probably be fast-tracking Glasgow's Ruairidh Jackson for next season anyway.