leeds owl wrote:It’s not you that was calling him “The Momster” earlier on this season was it ? He’s as far from a “Momster” as you could get this fella. For the first half of the season he was anonymous or poor, and for the recent part of the campaign he has stood out for some of the poorest attempts at tackling you will see in Superleague. I’d say he’s a 3/10 and on one of his better days a 4/10. He pretty much sums up where we are as a team. Instead of the Aussie centre that blasts holes in opposition defences and smashes players in the tackle we got Momorovski. One of the most underwhelming signings we’ve ever made.
Yes, it was me. A bit of fun, and I think you are reading too much into it. "Momster" sounds like 'monster', but I was not implying he's ever going to be that sort of centre. Newman's supposed to be the physical specimen of the two, right?
I don't think he's ever been a hole-blasting centre you are expecting, but he obviously has some pedigree in the NRL, so I think it's still worth showing him a bit of patience.
For context, and not that I often agree with his analysis, but Peter Smith has given plenty of low player ratings in recent weeks, but he actually rated Mom as one of our better players against HKR:
Had a decent game, heavily involved without being able to break clear 6