Willzay wrote:
If SL is going to be a step too far for Olpherts then it certainly will for Hood and Pitts.
Disagree 1000% on that different positions and Pitts/Hood didn’t struggle in SL last season. They were solid performers. Chalk and cheese this comparison you’re trying to make.
Wingers get targeted a lot more in superleague and have to make more decisions in defence and get put under more pressure. Something Olpherts I think will struggle with.
Are you seriously trying to compare a winger with two players who play in the middle to use it to justify why the middle players can’t step back up. That’s very strange.
I know Olpherts seems to have won a fan base but let’s not forget he struggled for a couple of seasons to cement his spot in SL and didn’t enjoy and particularly good form.
He is again the definition of a player who’s found his level. I like him, he does a wonderful job of carrying early sets but he has massively benefitted from his move to the left with almost every try walk in try’s untouched from brilliant play inside.
I remember when Olpherts first came. A lot of fans weren’t keen but from day one I was very pro Olpherts and said he would be a good signing and he was brought in to do hard carries. Eventually some fans started to recognise this and saw his value. But again this is getting post contact metres against championship opposition. Something not as easy vs SL defences.
You may think Olpherts can step back up and that’s fine but I think he’ll struggle. He could get another couple of positive seasons at a top championship club. Nothing wrong with that.
