Chris McKean wrote:
It's not the fact he made a mistake. No one has an issue with players making mistakes. It's the fact that he is unwilling to go for these kicks because he doesn't want to put himself in harms way. He doesn't even attempt to contest the ball or tackle Johnstone. And because of his past games we know this isn't just Dufty making a mistake. It's him not wanting to put his body on the line. It's ok scoring these amazing tries now and again but the top teams have better defences so he may struggle to break them down. At that point we're usually left with his main contribution to the game being tries conceded due to his fear of getting hurt.
Yes, we can try to protect him as much as possible but at times we can't and he's just going to need to man up and have a go in situations like we saw on Saturday.
Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:
Well I'd get some medicine cos he's gonna keep neshing out of contact and missing balls he's gonna keep getting grief
Fine with Medicine just not swallowing the sh*t some are shovelling.
Let's get it right it's mistakes singular and yes it's a bit of a habit but it is massively better than before.
"Amazing tries now and again" and "main contribution being tries conceded through fear of being hurt." Do me a favour second best try scorer in super league, top metre maker, top tackle Breaker. That's more than the odd try and it's only the odd mistake. That's before even get on to his contribution to attack generally.
Dufty brings far more than he gives away.
Anyone that steps across the line to play rugby league puts their body on the line and fullbacks in particular are a position where they get clattered again and again, lost count of the number of times Dufty got smacked in that Catalan game alone.
What grinds my gears most is he's been the form fullback in super league, but even when he's playing well people are moaning, when he scored his try against Cas people behind me were moaning oh he doesn't like a pass does he, or greedy there. People just seem to be waiting to get on his back because he doesn't fit the mould of Fullback they want a Hodgson or a Penny (Lee that is).
He's the player he is and if it were true that he is more of a liability than an asset I'd call it but I don't feel he gets a fair crack.
I'm glad he's a wire.