Robbo4 wrote:I was livid when he did that. It's the mark of a player with no confidence in his ball handling skills and exactly the sort of thing TL was getting criticised for. On top of that it was a crap kick and we were lucky to get a repeat set out of it. Didn't he do a similar kick in the first half when nobody was expecting him to kick? How are the backs supposed to run from deep when they have no idea if the ball is going to go through hands or not?
When Thorman signed I thought ok, although he's NOT a SH he does have a reasonably good kicking game and he'll do a job for us.
He had very good kicking game at Headingly but has steadily declined in all aspects of his game into mediocrity now.
I feel he thinks he's in the comfort zone on selection, TL is proving a lot of his doubters wrong as back row interchange, but he will lose his spot once Lauaki gets here (and he will), unfortunately TL wasn't the answer last season at 7.
Whats wrong with Houghton, is he injured? if push came to shove would it be unrealistic to give him a go at 7? afterall he did sign as a 7 from East Hull and didn't he get honours in that position, he has a good kick on him, is sound in defence, good hands and knows the job.
