Saddened! wrote:
He makes mistakes and isn't perfect, fine. But without the likes of him and Jammer we'll just be a side who accepts failure and rolls over too easily. Rewatch his performance against Huddersfield, his defense was fantastic. Without him Shirley would have run riot.
I don't need to re-watch it - it was the typical Scott Moore performance. Great endeavour and aggression in defence, undermined by mind numbingly stupid actions.
One of his big shots on Shirley he followed immediately with a penalty. Totally undermines the effort he put in to wallop him by piggy packing them up field into a dangerous position in a close game. It's exactly the sort of thing that stops him being a top player.
But I know you have a thing about aggression, hence loudly singing the praises of a player like Ferriol whilst playing down a player like Clough, despite Clough being wildly more effective as a prop than his more agressive French buddy.
It's not all about aggression - Wigan's defence is so good because it is so organised and players are conditioned to make the right decisions, not because they try to fly out and muller you. There is a place for smart players - which is why I fancy MM at Wigan might struggle to pick Hock in the big games. No doubting his aggression and application, but I'm not sure MM will admire his decision making in big, close games.
