Re: 1999 Super League Grand Final : Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:31 am
Roy Haggerty wrote:
I'll bet he didn't give away as many penalties as, say, Scott Moore or Ben Westwood.
Probably not, but that was largely down to the fact that we very rarely dared play him for more than 10 minutes a game...
Roy Haggerty wrote:
I'd have him ahead of any of our identikit not-very-big-not-very-fast-not-very-skilful bench forwards. Or indeed ahead of a starter like Perry.
Well, I'd rather have 40 minutes of consistent work and yardage from a Clough than 15 minutes peering through my fingers waiting for Vila to put a high-shot in... He was an awesome specimen physically and put the fear of God into me watching him in the stands never mind the poor sods who had to tackle him, but he was still very largely a temperamental liability and his contribution to the team in most games was severely limited by the simple fact that we could only ever risk playing him in short impact bursts. His red cards cost us big in more than a few games...