nottinghamtiger wrote:
Great news for Wakefield and I think for the game in general. Gone are the days where so-called “big” clubs could cherry-pick the players they wanted from others.
Looking forward to seeing Watts and Fifita go up against each other on Thursday - in my opinion, they are the two best forwards in SL and playing for Cas and Wakefield rather than the likes of Wigan and Leeds.
Shame both squads are injury-hit at the moment, but fingers crossed we meet again with fully-fit teams later in the year, preferably in a final.
I view it differently. Watts is the best prop in SL at present, he strong, direct, skilled and aggressive, in that respect he’s better than Dave as a prop imo.
However Dave isn’t just a prop he’s god knows what - totally unorthodox in every way, hell he doesn’t even look fit! Yet he will win us more games by himself than any current SL player whilst Watts can lead from the front but I don’t think he can win games by himself.
At the moment Dave is going through a purple patch where everything works - won’t last for ever but whilst it does he is the best player on SL rather than being the best prop. He’s an enigma, Watts isn’t he’s totally orthodox and brilliant at it.
So imo you can’t really compare them if that makes sense. He more comparable to Vowles or even Chase before he blew up. I’m sure Dave will eventually become a good up the middle prop but for now he has the magic. Watts will be constantly good at being a prop and will only get better.
I now need a rest
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want to stay now that Big Dave has committed.
but hey ho.
