When the team for Wasps was announced most fans must have thought that Pat Lam had been holed up in a casino given the extent to which he had rolled the dice on team selection.
Fuelled by a disappointing brace of defeats and yet more injuries on the plastic pitch at Sixways Stadium, his gamble on a series of new combinations, particularly in the backline, looked more like a strategy for the Craps table rather than for a try bonus point win against a visiting team on the up and back to full strength.
If social media is to be believed then most fans’ realistic expectations, including mine, were a losing bonus point at best and another disjointed, sloppy and frustrating performance at worst.
