Kirk dixon : Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:24 am  

Anybody know the situation with his injury?

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:25 am  

Looked like an injury to the chest and/or ribs. Not heard anything yet on timescales.

[tb]

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:42 am  

Sternum, TM said in the post match Tigers TV.

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:23 pm  

Reading paper today, says hes got a rib injury and he will be missing bradford

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:27 pm  

NormyCasTiger wrote:

Reading paper today, says hes got a rib injury and he will be missing bradford

Not exactly a great loss, his positioning in defence is crap, his goal kicking is mediocre, he can't run and passing isn't his strong point...but he's a good finisher.

Thompson will probably play better then what Dixon has most of the season.

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:07 pm  

Gaslight wrote:

Not exactly a great loss, his positioning in defence is crap, his goal kicking is mediocre, he can't run and passing isn't his strong point...but he's a good finisher.

Thompson will probably play better then what Dixon has most of the season.

I dont actually think Dixons kicking is that bad, was poor at the start of the season but when you think about the style of rugby we play we score plenty of tries out wide which obviuosly are harder to kick which i think is the main reason people dont think he can kick cos his percentages arent that high.

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:09 pm  

Gaslight wrote:

Not exactly a great loss, his positioning in defence is crap, his goal kicking is mediocre, he can't run and passing isn't his strong point...but he's a good finisher.

Thompson will probably play better then what Dixon has most of the season.

cant spake

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:55 pm  

Gaslight wrote:

Not exactly a great loss, his positioning in defence is crap, his goal kicking is mediocre, he can't run and passing isn't his strong point...but he's a good finisher.Thompson will probably play better then what Dixon has most of the season.

I think if Dixon was playing in any other team then most people would agree with what you've put, but he doesn't so they wont.
Not that I think Dixon would get in many, if any, other SL teams, certainly not any top 6 clubs which is where we want to be. He's just average, very very average and I'd like to think we were aiming higher.

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:35 pm  

Only gets the nod because of his goal kicking. IMO both Joe & Chubbs are better kickers. Plus if anyone gets on the inside of Dixon he never catches them as he has the turning circle of the QEII.

: Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:31 am  

Gaslight wrote:

Not exactly a great loss, his positioning in defence is crap, his goal kicking is mediocre, he can't run and passing isn't his strong point...but he's a good finisher.

Thompson will probably play better then what Dixon has most of the season.

Totally disagree.

Great defensively; dangerous in attack; not far from being a great goal-kicker.

A million miles from where our problems rest.