Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Fri Sep 15, 2017 4:59 am  

BrisbaneRhino wrote:

Has Cuthbertson really stood out in a big game? I don't remember him doing much in any of the critical matches in 2015 or the 2014 CC run.

Cuthbertson would have been amazing in our quality years.

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Fri Sep 15, 2017 5:32 am  

BrisbaneRhino wrote:

Has Cuthbertson really stood out in a big game? I don't remember him doing much in any of the critical matches in 2015 or the 2014 CC run.

You're right. He definitely didn't do much in our 2014 Cup run.

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Fri Sep 15, 2017 9:21 am  

He was completely annonymous in that CC run IMO although to be fair to Cuthbertson it's not easy to make much of an impact from 10,485 miles away - not even Kim Jong Un has managed that ..... yet.

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:51 am  

My mistake, forgot he started 2015. I don't remember too many other games, but IMO he was bog average in the 2015 GF (dropped the ball almost with his first touch IIRC) - Garbutt was better.

For all the hype about his offloading game I just haven't seen him make any difference in the key games.

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:48 am  

BrisbaneRhino wrote:

My mistake, forgot he started 2015. I don't remember too many other games, but IMO he was bog average in the 2015 GF (dropped the ball almost with his first touch IIRC) - Garbutt was better.

For all the hype about his offloading game I just haven't seen him make any difference in the key games.

In his defence, i was sat on the touchline for that GF and recall Cuthbertson hobbling a bit down the sideline trying to warm up before coming back onto the field, and his leg was heavily strapped. He was carrying a bad knock that day for sure.

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:32 am  

A poor man's Grant Millington.

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:05 am  

BrisbaneRhino wrote:

My mistake, forgot he started 2015. I don't remember too many other games, but IMO he was bog average in the 2015 GF (dropped the ball almost with his first touch IIRC) - Garbutt was better.

For all the hype about his offloading game I just haven't seen him make any difference in the key games.

He got off a good offload that led to McGuire's 2nd try in that GF and another one earlier in that set so he played a key role in one of our tries.

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:11 am  

tigertot wrote:

A poor man's Grant Millington.

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:21 am  

Think Millington is marginally the better of the two but it's a close call, both are very good. Had he been at Leeds the last couple of seasons he'd have played stand-off and done a better job than any of Sinfield's successors.

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:32 am  

I'd also add wrt to Cuthbertson (and the other forwards) at the end of 2015 they clearly started to miss Aiton when he was injured and Leuluai was on short minutes because of a heart issue.