Quote: sally cinnamon "I can hear the music from the Hovis ad being played as we speak.
Des Drummond was fast and I remember him scoring some great long rangers, but why was his overall try scoring record for us so average - 69 in 182 games.'"
As I said Sally, completely different eras...... Hardly anybody ever tried the high kick to the corner tactic which is now so prevalent in the modern game, which must make up a significant percentage of Monaghan's tries.
Out of interest, I'd love to know the actual stats for Monaghan tries that come from kicks to the corner. I'd also like to know the total amount of yards that Monaghan has had to run with ball in hand to the tryline (from the moment he receives the ball to grounding for a score).... I'd then like to see a similar yardage stat for Drummond's 69 tries - I bet Dessie is a distance clear on that one.
Overall, while Monaghan is undoubtedly a top winger in the SL era, I know, for sheer bums-off-seats entertainment, which of Dessie and him I'd sooner watch on youtube.