I really can't agree with this. He needs to get good early ball and he can be dangerous and calling Tonga a quality centre after last year is a worry.
that same stat was used as reasoning for why that player sucked in attack for many of his last six or so seasons.We were the worst team in the comp last year (by a fair way) and with little to no recruitment and the loss of a player making 40+ tackles per game we are in for another long season.
I hope to be proven wrong.
We were the worst team in the comp last year (by a fair way) and with little to no recruitment and the loss of a player making 40+ tackles per game we are in for another long season.
I hope to be proven wrong.
He made 40+ tackles because he didn't trust his team mates, not because he had to. How do you reckon that inspired the young blokes?
Yep we were crap and lost 18 games - yet if we only win 6 more games out of those 18 we lost we are in the top eight, only 6 more wins !! The comp is so close anything can happen.
So he didn't trust his NSW team mates either?
He made so many tackles for NSW because he was overcompensating for pedestrian attack; he essentially didn't trust himself. :shock:
Or maybe Queensland just ran at him heaps.
The point is, making a lot of tackles (especially when most of them are third man flops) isn't a great indication of quality - Daniel Mortimer made 30 tackles a game defending three in from the sideline.
It certainly doesn't mean that the player is hard to replace. Rory Brien makes 40 tackles a game and he just got the arse from the reigning wooden spooners.
He made 40+ tackles because he didn't trust his team mates, not because he had to. How do you reckon that inspired the young blokes?
He made so many tackles for NSW because he was overcompensating for pedestrian attack; he essentially didn't trust himself. :shock:
Or maybe Queensland just ran at him heaps.
The point is, making a lot of tackles (especially when most of them are third man flops) isn't a great indication of quality - Daniel Mortimer made 30 tackles a game defending three in from the sideline.
It certainly doesn't mean that the player is hard to replace. Rory Brien makes 40 tackles a game and he just got the arse from the reigning wooden spooners.
you are right - the number of tackles means f**k all
but the amount of effort put in means f**king everything - and there is no way in hell we have replaced that effort ..... I have never seen anyone in my time watching footy who gets in the right place at the right time so often - and that isn't just luck, it's effort and dedication and we will miss it massively .... no one has shown anything even close - hopefully ricky can inspire something in some players
Spot on. I remember that round 1 game in 2008 v the Dogs when we came back to win, Hindy made like 3 genuine try savers. Then there is the one v the Knights in 2009 when he chased Gidley and as soon as he got the ball, he pounced and foced the turn over. Thats only a couple.
2009 gf qualifier against the dogs we are up by 4 with about 12 or so mins to go, Ennis went on a run from about 35 metres out and it looks like dogs will go close to score, out of nowhere hindmarsh got him. It was an amazing effort
Well it wasn't in this guy's highlights video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPzCoiS_PVE
But listen to Joey's comments at the very end of it. What a merkin.
From what I saw of that it does not show the dogs with the ball