carl_spackler wrote:You have a point there. Houghton is expected to get through a bucketload of tackles and still be able to consistently pass the ball accurately.

carl_spackler wrote:You have a point there. Houghton is expected to get through a bucketload of tackles and still be able to consistently pass the ball accurately. To me, the inaccuracy of his passing is usually the weight of the throw, and this makes sense to be linked to the amount of punishment/fatigue he will have in his arms. People should have a friend smack them in the arms for 20 minutes and then try and land a ball on a target on the ground 10 yards away 9 times out of 10. I bet they'd be short and long more often than they'd be wide.

Kosh wrote:One word - Swain.

I think subconsciously we all want another Swain and sadly we aren't going to get one.

Dave K. wrote:Houghton isn't our problem, our lack of class player and skill is our main issue, plus coaching.

If available many of the top clubs would be after Houghton.

Hull fans want the perfect player, but these very rarely exist in SL and as fans we look at weaknesses of players like Shaul and Houghton rather than strengths.

A perfect example is Briscoe who is the best winger in SL, but even when we had him people still criticised him and looked at his faults.

bonaire wrote:Having Yeaman as his centre partner hardly helped him

ccs wrote:It's been a while, I guess.