warriorweed wrote:The problem for the "Eddie and Stevo" generation is that they judge a performance on the one off instances of good play, eg. Micky Higham scoots 20 yards and is praised thus the Eddie and Steveo brigade follow, he knocks on, gives penalties away and generally fails to deliver quality ball to the half back which isn't mentioned in commentary and is thus deemed never to have taken place.
Riddell will probably never scoot the way that Higham does thus failing to catch the eye as much, but what he will do is do the basics well and generally have much more of a positive impact on the way that the team plays much of which will go unnoticed to the "Sky generation".
I was stunned by this on friday. Mick gave away 2 penalties which caused wire to go 12 points down, not a word, he did 1 scoot and they cream themselves, i sometimes wonder if people take there word as gospel.
Higham had a shocker vs Trinity yet still they praised him to the heavens.
The fact is Riddell has been poor but improved every game, for those comparing him with Higham the only thing they have in commonn is the number on there back, 2 different style players. Higham was average at best generally for Wigan, in 3 seasons, Riddell has been average at best in 4 games but improved every game, those who have seen him play pre Wigan know how good he is, those who have not do not and perhaps that is why they are worried.
