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I really like it too. It's quite like cheese, which I don't care for. But I'm a big fan of the word.
When judging the quality of a playmaker I reckon LBAs and TAs are far more important than finishing stats (i.e. linebreaks and tries).
You're saying that making a line break is less important than creating a lb for someone else? And scoring a try is less important than creating a try for someone else? How is that? It all counts the same on the scoreboard.
Wouldn't that mostly be due to the wine you're having it with?
No I'm saying creating them for someone else is a rarer and more valuable talent. Creating linebreaks and scoring tries is nice, but an indicator that a player is having those created by someone else. If you have a good playmaker anyone can break the line and score tries.
If you're not you should be, because this is the position we will be recruiting for, if we do.
Yes, I was talking about lbs and tries they've created themselves. Austin doesn't seem to have those created for him, he just has abilities most other halves don't. Although he's poorer at other stuff.
Lol. I think I missed part of this discussion.
If that were the case Austin would have more LBAs/game than his outside men Whitehead, Leilua and Wighton. Instead he has less. His job is to either shovel early ball out to these better playmakers and support on the inside, or dummy-and-go if the defence overcommits. It's not really what we need, since Gutherson already plays a similar role for us. This will become even more evident when Edwards returns.
Well, perhaps. I haven't seen heaps of him lately but the ones I remember were mostly him using his step and size to score, often when nothing seemed on.
