[brian2]

: Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:07 am  

What would he add? Now if Orr's neck problem is really serious then Dorn to 7 and Finch at 6 may be worth a look, but depens on cost.

: Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:59 am  

He's nowhere near as good as Hill, but Orr has played much better with Dorn than he ever did with Hill. And Dorn does score a lot of tries.

Is he being played in a similar role to Hill? Are we comparing apples against apples or just numbers?

: Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:01 am  

wire-quin wrote:

Is he being played in a similar role to Hill? Are we comparing apples against apples or just numbers?

Apples against oranges. And I prefer oranges.

: Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:22 pm  

pomegranites or a nice water melon for me. Can We make the fruit theme a sticky Listy?

: Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:27 pm  

Prince of Denmark wrote:

He's nowhere near as good as Hill.

: Fri Jun 05, 2009 1:05 pm  

Prince of Denmark wrote:

He's nowhere near as good as Hill, but Orr has played much better with Dorn than he ever did with Hill. And Dorn does score a lot of tries.

Only when Orr's fit. I still struggle to pin down Dorn's role in the side.

: Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:12 pm  

The Penguin wrote:

Only when Orr's fit. I still struggle to pin down Dorn's role in the side.

Scoring tries...........Howell and Dorn are 9th and 10th top try scorers in the league with 9 apiece.......which isn`t too shabby when you consider the top scorer only has 13. Chris Melling has scored 6.

Take away Dorn`s contribution and our position in the league might look a whole lot different. He does not have Hill`s creativity, but at least he does not suffer too many knocks and is available every week (unlike Hill).

Matt Gafa had a good season last year with plenty of tries before he was injured, but he is struggling to find form at the moment........IMO I am glad we have Dorn.

: Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:26 pm  

Under the sticks wrote:

He does not have Hill`s creativity, but at least he does not suffer too many knocks and is available every week (unlike Hill).

Hill missed 6 games last season. Clubb, for example, has missed 3 this season. Being just half way through, imagine he misses 3 more, judging by your standards, we should start bagging him because of his lack of availability?

Orr has missed 3 too. Will we be shipping him out if he misses a few more games?

And i'm guessing we can write off Haggerty, Heckenberg, Robinson, Wells, Wiliamson, Mbu, just to name a few?

: Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:19 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

Hill missed 6 games last season. Clubb, for example, has missed 3 this season. Being just half way through, imagine he misses 3 more, judging by your standards, we should start bagging him because of his lack of availability?

Orr has missed 3 too. Will we be shipping him out if he misses a few more games?

And i'm guessing we can write off Haggerty, Heckenberg, Robinson, Wells, Wiliamson, Mbu, just to name a few?

Stop being a plonker Dave.......... Dorn rarely missed a game when he played for us previously and he has a similar track record with other SL clubs he has played for. The stats may well say that Hill only missed 6, but I am not so sure he finished all the games he started........because of his talent he was a marked man and I can remember a number of games where he was taken off crocked.

Given your obsession with Hill, you probably know better than I how many games he missed overall in his time with the club. I`d be interested to know how this stacks up with Dorn`s record.

Just to be clear......I did not have a problem with Hill......but you seem to have a problem with Dorn.

Your comments about other players, games missed, my views etc are sheer nonsense............but I notice you did not comment on Dorns try scoring record?

Take a day off Dave....... and shouldn`t you be revising?

: Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:27 pm  

How am I a plonker? One of your points was criticising Hill for not being available every week. I pointed out to you that this is true in the cases of a decent sized proportion of our squad.

And yes I do have a problem with Dorn, like plenty of others do, he's not good enough. One of the reasons he doesn't get injured is probably because he spends most of his time anonymous offering nothing. At least Hill bothered to get involved every so often rather than hiding in the centres and chasing other players when they made a break to score in support.