Quote: Magic Superbeetle "His kick returns is equally likely to be exposed as a winger as opposed a fullback, and not a reason to keep him in one position over the other.
His ability to chime into the line is relatively weak, but that comes with time and practice as with any pivot. An extended run can see it as a viable option.
If we brought in (for example) Lineham from Hull, taking pressure off Makinson in kick returns and early drives in sets, would it not be a workable solution?'"
If you watch Sam tomkins in his last season in super league, it was very rare he'd do a kick return, he was using Charnley and Richards when possible and ive noticed a lot of NRL teams also have their fullback pass to their big wingers when possible for kick returns, so yes if we brought Lineham on manu from NZ warriors for another example then that would work.
However, the will be times when these type of wingers won't be available and Tommy is usually dead with the ball on kick returns.
Imo Tommy has become a good super league winger. His finishing is something Imo we need on the wing so I'm not convinced Tommy is the fullback solution long term but 100% the best option we have at the moment.
I know saints have searched the planet for a big fast strong winger so Id imagine both Brown and KC have the similar thought to me that our kick returns ain't good enough from the back three.
