True this, and we did it much more effectively than Wire who seemed intent on playing their exciting brand of fast and wide rugby at too great a pace. Many of their errors were forced by good defence but I think we were much more aware of the conditions. Warrington on their day are very, very good but I reckon they came unstuck by believing they could be that good with a ball that seemed like a piece of soap at times.

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To be honest, watching us against Wire I thought at times we looked quite predictable, and yes we could have moved the ball a bit more, with a bit more pace.

However, its a dangerous game comparing us to Wire as in my opinion they are one of the best attacking sides in the competition. They offload well and they can suddenly hit you at pace when they looked to be a bit pedestrian. For me they are probably the closest side we have to the Aussies in the way they attack.

So against that we will look a little off the pace. But its swings and roundabouts. I like to see us play expansive attacking football, but I also like to see us win. I think from what Ive seen this year Brian has got the balance better than he did last year.

Wire's ability to move the ball wide at speed impressed me at times on Friday, especially when going left. It reminded me of how the Aussies played over the Autumn. However the final pass execution didn't seem to come off too often

Burrow was easily our biggest metre maker against Warrington and he made the 2nd highest carries with 15 out of 25 as a run from dummy half. He also was our highest for tackle busts with 5 in the game. He has even made more metres than James Roby so far this year. He would certainly take some replacing if he were to get injured.

Quote: Juan Cornetto " He has even made more metres than James Roby so far this year. '" Quality timing : www.engagesuperleague.co.uk/stat ... eason=2012

Quote: Juan Cornetto " He has even made more metres than James Roby so far this year. '" Quality timing : www.engagesuperleague.co.uk/stat ... eason=2012

Seriously? You seriously believe those are the stats key to an hooker.

I gave you more credit than that.

Edit. I was quoting JC not tvoc.

Psst You weren't quoting anyone.

no doubt some good individual stats but I do worry that Burrow seems to ignore some good planned moves

Yes I seriously do! Because I believe the hooker role does not have to be sterotyped in the past. Burrow brings his own successful style to the 9 shirt and has been one of the major reasons for our good start this year and our success last year. He is posing one of the biggest threats to opposition coaches and teams and has been terrorising them so far.

Like I said. I gave you more credit than that.

I remember the critisism Roby got initially from oppossitions fans, about how he had changed Saints into a scoot and run from dummy half team. He did it half as many times as Burrow is doing, and was hundreds of times more successfull.

Running from dummy half from an hooker has always been an art. You time it right you catch your oppossition by surprise. Burrows turning it into one man rugby for hookers.

Annoying thing is that if he did it about 20% of what he is doing now, then he would be far more successfull with it. I guess he just does not possess the other skills that a true hooker does, hence why he plays this way only.

Possibly although I am not privy to the training field moves these days. But the flexibility with Burrow starting at 9 has made Leeds tick so far and his unpredictable style is a real headache for the opposition. I am happy with what I have seen so far.

True hookers like, for example, Liam Hood? Who turned making a mess out of dummy half into an art form in his short spell on the field.

I want my main ball carrying threats taking on the line as often as possible, providing they aren't ignoring obvious opportunities for team mates in doing so.

Burrow's distribution out of dummy half is adequate, no worse than a whole lot of other "specialist" dummy halves in SL. He's got a nice left footed kicking game which I wish he'd use more often out of there to take some of the pressure off Sinfield and McGuire. He also just happens to be one of the quickest and most elusive players over a short distance in the entire competition, so having him at dummy half to take advantage when you win the collision is a no-brainer IMO.

The likes of Diskin, Higham etc may be more selective in when they scoot and when they don't, but I don't recall either of them creating many tries from dummy half runs deep in their own territory in big games.

Well Roby is a fine player and amazing athlete and plays in his own style which can be quite predictable and good markers have a chance of making him less effective. Burrow is playing hooker as a half back and it works very effectively because of his speed and unpredictable style. I am not sure that he could be far more successful than he has been so far. But in this Leeds side we have Sinfield, Webb and McGuire able to slot in at acting half back from time to time so we have the great ability to confuse opposition game plans and that give us a great advantage.