They were both decent having promised to be better than that when they first arrived.
Agree with Ironawe they were top 5 performers but nowhere near as important to the way the team played as Roberts, Rowley or Whitehall for whom we didn’t have able deputies.
Beestin when properly fit is better than both of them because he creates things and has a goal in him. Not quite as defensively disciplined as Westbrooke and Ewing so our cautious manager never started him unless he had to.
Butler does not have a track record of bringing in goal scoring or assist generating players. Dec is the only exception and Butler can’t work out what to do with him.
Butler has his work cut out to replace Roberts, Ewing and Westbrooke from the bargain bin or he might be delivering post again by Christmas.
Agree with all of this. They were decent enough, but neither Ewing nor Westbrooke really lived up to their early promise, or their potential. I feel like Ewing’s head was turned around January time and he didn’t get it together until towards the end of the season – by which point I would imagine he already knew he was off to the land of almond milk and manuka honey.
