.
Quote: he'll tackle him so i dont have to "As has been said Mal,is a tackling machine who bottles up the middle of the field defensively.His never-say-die-attitude rubs off on the others and we appear more solid when he is on the pitch.However,the hookers role in the modern game is more of a third halfback now and this is where Mal falls down,with his erratic and slow passing from the PTB.'"
You could argue his presence in the team in recent years has hindered the teams performance as certain players look at mal and think " he'll tackle him so i dont have to" Sometimes he gets invoved in tackles he doesnt reaily need to because of other peoples "lazy play" he has too, and his hunger to get stuck into the next tackle regardless who he is tackling and where he is on the field sometimes causes gaps in our defence as the rest of the defensive line has to reajust and cant quick enough to stop the danger.
Quote: he'll tackle him so i dont have to "If the clubs idea is to sign a decent hooker from another club,then yes they are right not to offer him another playing contract.But if the idea is to play either Matty Smith or Jeremy Smith as hooker next season then we are asking for trouble as both miss far too many tackles and we would be better overall with Mal.'"
Smiths Defence is very good, its not Alker esc but i dont see him as a weak point in the line, we have a couple of turnstiles and we all know who they are but i wouldnt put Smith in that category. Having the two smiths at Hooker next season would certainly give us a good attacking base to build from, the quicker we get the ball wide to The Wizard and the scrum half the the more damage we can cause an opponent.
