Salford v Hull 9th August Headlngley

Re: Salford v Hull 9th August Headlngley : Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:17 pm

Rocknrolla69er wrote:

Matongo 53 appearances in what 5 seasons

It's not enough.

I'd release him he's 24

Oh come on, it's not even close to 5 seasons is it?

Debut in September 2015 where he played one S8 game, 2016 was never going to a season where he got lots of games given our lack of injuries, and in actual fact didn't get a game all season. 2017 was much the same getting only 7 games (possibly 9 from one source).
the last two seasons he's played 23 and 20 games respectively, he had a shoulder injury in 2019 which put him out for a fair while.

So your 53 in 5 seasons looks somewhat ignorant of the fact he was never going to get a chance to play any/many games in his first two full seasons.

if you want to make a comparison, Scott Taylor played only 52 games in four full seasons at KR at the start of his career, given their actual strength in depth compared to ours I'd say that's comparable in terms of appearances per season and opportunity to play. We had a load of props in front of Masi and very few injuries in 2016, he probably wasn't even really ready.

Simply basing appearances at the start of your career is not a good yardstick at all, that said, do I think he should be doing a bit better for his size, yes, but then not many have shone in the last few seasons have they.
I'd keep hold, indeed I'd keep Fash as well, we got shot of Green which I thought was a mistake but we can't be getting rid simply on the basis players aren't coming through as the next Burgess and/or not playing many games early in their careers.