Colly2 wrote:
You're not being fair to Bryant, Krasniqi and Dollapi. They have different styles to Kaufusi. Bryant is the best offloader we have which means he's sometimes less interested in breaking tackles and more interested in freeing up the ball; Krasniqi and Dollapi are the best at making metres (about a metre more per hit up) and getting quick PTBs - these styles naturally mean they deliver fewer busts.
And Whitehead plays backrow/centre so any comparison is an odd one
Hello Colly,
I don't mean to be unfair to anyone.
I want to see players running their weight and I would rather players make 20 runs with full aggression than 18 runs at three quarter pace in case any offload opportunity may present itself. If they break the line, then I'm sure that would be better than just offloading in the tackle whilst the line is intact. I'd expect a man like Bryant to overpower some players, but the Albanians making 1 tackle bust each all season is of no surprise, they are young lads who are not match weight.
A top Prop would be making about 30 tackles, of which about 5 would be marker tackles, plus 15 to 20 drives and over 100 metres. All three of those mentioned do not make that defensive effort. I do appreciate an extra couple of metres per drive than just the standard five metres or so but it is not enough on its own and if we were fair we'd note that a quick play the ball is rare from any of our forwards.
I was looking for a comparison of a player with a similar position and physique playing in a comparable team rather than for example picking Eorl Crabtree who is a giant or Liam Farrell or who is a team that wins nearly every week.
I thought someone like Whitehead or Corey Paterson who are both forwards who have made 30 or so tackle busts show that an intelligent runner with aggression can do well.
The main thing is that we put more in than we did at Hull - the three of us who went were appalled.
Not with Hull who were good lads but the complete fold.
More is needed.
Rammo
