Quote: lefty goldblatt "Ok clever bottom, I'll bite.
My plea, should really be common sense to any coach assembling a team. You MUST have a goalkicker, not just someone who can do it to a fashion.
Let's look at successful sides over the last 20-30 years, and they ALL have kickers who can "back heel them over". Botica, Farrell Richards at Wigan, Sinfield at Leeds, Saints and Bradford had them, too.
It's no coincidence, that when we've sniffed around for trophies since I've watched, we had Hesford, Woods, Davies, Hodgson etc. When we've not had one of their calibre, we've been now-where near trophies.
Let's not forget that 92-93 season. We lost a silly amount of games by 6-8 points, when we had Chris Rudd and Bob Jackson kicking. Change that, and we'd be challenging for a title. We finished 8th. 2 months later, we signed Davies, and we ALMOST won the league
Come November, we MUST buy a PROPER kicker. Otherwise, it'll bite us on the ar5e. Go looking in the NRL (so sorry I can't name one, as the thought of watching an NRL game, fills me with the same joy as doing my tax returns)'"
We won a challenge cup final with Ben Westwood kicking!