I don't think you're grasping my point here.
The fact that all of the Knights forwards (and most of them are very young and very inexperienced) have outperformed Tariq this year suggests that either the problems at the Knights are not effecting the playing group as much as we're led to believe or Tariq is much mentally weaker than a bunch of rookies or blokes not wanted by any other clubs. The match fitness thing is another cop out. He's playing with a bunch of kids that have only played a few games in their entire FG careers and a 50 year old Jeremy Smith and he's consistently getting outgunned by everyone.
Oh and the reason for the limited games every season? Consistent self-inflicted suspensions.
The comparison with Scott is also off base. Your stats don't highlight effort, leadership and desire. Scott was a leader at the Knights even when he didn't need to be because there were other experienced players there.
If Tariq showed even half of the effort and led by example like Scott did Knights fans would not want to see him go - especially when the squad is crying out for some forwards with experience.
Edit - And also for the record it's been well reported by other players that Tariq doesn't want to leave Newcastle. Shit hit the fan when he was told he wouldn't be getting his contract upgraded ($$$ wise) next year.
I am grasping your point, I totally get it, Knights signed a guy who has not delivered on their fans expectations (which you are obviously one of those fans). I understand your disappointment, take a look through the Dragons forum and look at how much disappointment is being expelled on here. Rein, Widdop, Benji, Lafai and a host of others cop constant criticism from within our supporter base and if any of these players were to leave us, there would be an outpouring of sentiment just like your view of Tariq from within our supporter base about these guys. I understand it, enough is enough sometimes.
Hell, if Mary were to leave us, there would be a similar sentiment from me about him, but just because he hasn't delivered what I expect from a Dragons coach, doesn't mean he couldn't go elsewhere and perhaps perform adequately for the money he received.....particularly if he got a gig at park football level:sarcasm:
It's sometimes difficult to communicate the appropriate tone of a discussion in the written form. I am not saying you are wrong, I am just saying I am looking at Tariq's signing from a different perspective. You say that he has only played 6 games because of self-inflicted suspension, I say he has only played 6 games since 2015 which means he is only just achieving full match fitness. You say Beauy's V Sims stats are irrelevant because he shows effort, leadership and desire, I say you can give me all the desire and effort you like but if you're doing the work it will show up in your stats......I could go on but I hope you understand a bit better where I am coming from. I’m not taking the piss out of you and I’m certainly not saying you are wrong, just saying I was somewhat surprised when we signed Tariq so rather than join the bandwagon of criticism, I had a close look at the possibilities and facts and in my opinion (and you can go back to my earlier post where I stressed, this is purely only my opinion) Tariq is a risk, yes, but I can see how he just may turn out to be a very smart purchase if all goes well.
Anyway, he's our problem now so clearly you should be happy based on your opinion of him. But if it still hurts just a little losing him, we would always be happy to give you Mary to sweeten the deal. :lol:
