: Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:31 pm
G1 wrote:
You raise a valid point about how far backwards Sinfield has gone under Mclennan's stewardship in terms of discipline.
Its' not just there though is it. Remember, our captain was shorlisted for Man of Steel at least twice under Smith's guidance.
Since McLenann's arrival he's looked a shadow of that player, albiet still a very important one in terms of our team.
Why would you not want to further discussion the regression Mclennan is instilling in our better players? It's an important issue.
By accident you've prompted an interesting point.
I've just looked up 8 other players to see if their discipline has got better or worse, or, more to the point, I was looking to see how much worse.
Danny McGuire & Rob Burrow are far less likely to give away penalties this year than last year.
Ali & JJB are also improved under Mclennan (despite JJB being singled out unfairly as some sort of penalty machine this year) with JJB markedly better this year.
Lee Smith is worse this year, but last year stayed at the same level as under Tony Smith - mirroring the team.
Keith Senior and Jamie Peacock were terrible last year - far, far worse than 2007 but both have turned that round completely this year.
For the team to have changed so radically this year (from 9th worst to 2nd worst) there must be others, beyond Smith & Sinfield who have got far worse in 2009 if players like Peacock, Senior, JJB, Burrow & McGuire are actually conceding far less. Also suggests that something is being done to curb indiscipline but that some players are responding well, but others are not.
