Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:03 pm
Tricky Dicky wrote:
Isa just isnt big enough for prop. You need size in the middle of the park with at least 2 players being big and agressive with good go forward. That will allow for an average size 13 to play middle.
As for smithies, that lad provides 45-50 tackles a game off the bench only playing 50-60 mins. That amount of defence is invaluable and the amount of work he does is of huge benefit to the team. It is the kind of work players appreciate but not all fans recognise.
When he played from the start he made 68 tackles in 1 game, a sl record.
As for smithies, that lad provides 45-50 tackles a game off the bench only playing 50-60 mins. That amount of defence is invaluable and the amount of work he does is of huge benefit to the team. It is the kind of work players appreciate but not all fans recognise.
When he played from the start he made 68 tackles in 1 game, a sl record.
I’d have fully agreed with you prior to the new rules but things do change and if a guy can make ground and can stop his opposite numbers taking ground out of us, does it really matter if he’s a giant or not? I wouldn’t want two lads the size of Isa starting at prop and Partington at loose forward but if you ran with Singleton and Bullock from the start and used Isa and Havard in the middle from the bench, I wouldn’t have a problem with it under these current rules (if they’re still being used). I think we saw at the end of the season just how fit our lads are and the intensity they can throw in to games will give us a sniff against anyone. We’re going to make masses of ground through the second row channels with Bateman and Farrell, so I’m not sure we need four big lumps in the prop spots. I’d love to sign one more but I’d rather go with Isa as a 4th prop than Clubb, Clark or Burgess.
