Mate my point is while he still has some areas in his game to improve he is better off focusing on that than bitching to the media and blaming others. Got nothing to do with his potentials.
Stanley puts in good consistant efforts everytime he plays.. as long as he keeps fighting for those inchs Pay will love him.
I won't be surprised, that has been one of the biggest sources of frustration for me.....watching a team of players being coached to not use their strengths that I know they had. Problem is that some of them are past it now in some respects. I firmly believe we had a team to win a GF and missed a window. They only come around every decade if your lucky, Des blew one!
When we’re we ever aggressive and or strong over the last 2 seasons? Our forwards & halves have been the laughing stock of the NRL- so predictable asking very little from opponents particularly the back end of 2015 & the entire 2016 season bar the final 3rounds.
The entire system Des implemented was totally fucked, nobody done their job but at the same time nobody really got the chance to do the right job.
What a ridiculous statement besides Cam Smith, Slater & a handful of others every single player can improve every aspect of their game! Stop criticising the kid & focus on what he did in his last 3 games & what he’ll bring under Pay - who coached him (with success) in the NSW U20s several years ago incidentally
Yes , maybe I was a bit harsh. But where would you peg him amongst the other starting hookers?
So what's the point?
Dogs can do better
True. But was there actually a system under Des? I couldn't see one. It looked more like throw and hope than Rugby League. Tolman loitering in the ruck was the only consistent strategy.
Repost this in 12 months. Might be a different story. Sure he needs to back up his last 3 games next year to move up the list. We are hoping he finally reaches the potential he had in the juniors next year under a coach who coached him in the juniors in origin. Cross everything.
Attack is just one aspect of the hooker. When you’re forced to make 40+ tackles per game because your forwards are unfit, cannot move laterally & not very mobile,it’s Lichaa that makes the tackles -an aspect very few of us notice. So to compare Lichaa with the other NRL hookers Smith, Friend,McCulloch, Granville &Peats in front of him right now
I'd still keep Holland in a 30 man squad.. Could be a handy right winger that can kick if needed plus his good for PR.
Sure we haven't played well but a good mate of mine is the brother of a current Kangaroo and is also mates with a number of others. He told me the other day that the teams hate playing 2 teams above all others and that is the Warriors and the Dogs because the next day they wake up black and blue. Sure our game hasn't been great but they still have plenty of toughness about them.