Raider_69 said:
Correct me if im wrong but does the thread not state in from FROM THIS YEAR
which means last year, reputation counts for a sweet f**k all, did any of you acually watch last weeks game? I see a few people naming Steve Simpson who played average in week one and in week 2 Adamson out played him, Adamson in my mind was best forward on ground last week and i suspect he'll again be one of the best against the bunnies. But lets not let the facts get in the way of a good story ay
Adamson made 16 tackles and 9 hitups for 75 metres.
Simpson made 47 tackles and 11 hitups for 100 metres.
In that game, Adamson made the least tackles of any starting forward from either team(overall making the 17th most tackles of any forward from either side), and wasn't even in the top 10 metre-getters. Nuffies like Kade Snowden, Matt White, Matthew Kennedy, Reegan Tanner, Kris Kahler and Josh Miller's stats were far more impressive than him in attack and defence. He was hardly the "best forward on ground".
I know stats don't show everything, but they do reveal a forward's workrate, which is just about the most important aspect of their game.
And last week Simpson was the top tackler of the game, and made 85 metres. Hardly average.
As for selecting Tonga, Waterhouse and Rooney due to a lack of options, well that just doesn't make sense when people like Josh Hannay, Steve Simpson, Scott Donald, Steve Southern, Steve Bell, Luke Macdougall and Ty Williams have been on fire.
