The left side had horrible defence. Exactly who that was you can’t tell off one watch. There might of been missed tackles that looked like it was him but if he doesn’t get a hand on the player. Then it is a missed tackle to another player
Where did I say he was a good defender?
one guy had Wade Graham and co defending inside.
The other had Martin a rookie and Maloney a defending inside. Which one is going to look like a better defender?
one has 22 games. One has 12 games the sample size is too small to say one way or the other
So now you want to blame the players around him for his missed tackles? He was a huge liability on his own missing his own tackles. At times the guys around him might have made it harder. But I saw many times where he was the bloke they strolled through.
Also according to Fox Sports Wade Graham was equally as bad in defence as Liam Martin... both averaging 3.4 missed tackles per game.
NRL.com stats have Martin missing 1 tackle more per game however. 3 tackles to 4 tackles per game is quiet a jump percentage wise. But you want fox sports stats and they have both players equal in missed tackles.
But looking beyond that. How about we look at the players themselves? Who has more room for growth?
Xerri is 19 while Naden is 23. Xerri is already ahead of him in most areas of centre and I believe has a far higher ceiling.
Each to his own though. I nelieve Xerri would greatly improve our centres. I believe Naden pushed to wing is a huge improvement aswelk. 2 greatly improved positions for one signing.
JAC would be an enormous upgrade on Mansour. But playing outside Naden with 0 try assists I am not confident we could get full value out of him. Ideally we sign him and Xerri. Partner them up and have the fastest left edge in the comp. If we are dreaming we miggt aswell dream big.