BackrowSaint wrote:
Percival is a different player to Jones. Jones was a natural freak who was fully developed at 17, Percival isn't. Yes he performed admirably against Leeds but it's just stupid to put so much pressure on a kid so early into his career. A one off game against Leeds is much different to facing Leeds and Warrington back to back.
You're contradicting yourself. You rightly comment that Jones and Percival are different players. Exactly. Players are all different. But then you assume that because he is a teenager he is physically incapable of playing back to back even though he had Ablett in his pocket most of the night last week. Either players are all unique or they are not. Percival could be perfectly capable of fronting up at 18. Some blokes at 18 are big, some aren't especially big but they are strong. Others are not. Look at Jamie Foster. I don't think it will matter how old he gets, he will be a skinny git. Yet he has played lots of games, even when he was a teenager (granted, with Gidley on his inside to start with).
Percival was superb last week. He should have been given the chance to back it up. If he went to pieces then fair enough give him a spell at Rochdale or whatever but to not even be given the chance is pathetic.