Quote: Chris McKean "Dufty brings more than he gives away against the bottom half of the table but I'm not sure that's the case against the top teams. Last season we had 9 league games against the teams who finished 1-4. Dufty scored 2 tries and provided 3 assists in those games. I can think of at least 2 times when he cost us a try in those games because he backed out of even attempting to make a tackle or catch a contested high ball. That's just off the top of my head.
And I don't care how much someone provides in terms of attack. It's not unreasonable to expect them to at least attempt to make a tackle or catch a contested ball. Going for it and failing is one thing. Not even trying is another.'"
Ah the flat track bully argument, because everyone else was so good in those top 4 games.
What's his stats against the top four teams this year, he's already surpassed last year in 3 games. So you're flat track bully argument is tosh.
We're playing a system that plays to his strengths, he made a single mistake in a game that for me wasn't the cause, (in fact he was behind video ref for me)
He does go for kicks, he does try for last ditch tackles, but he also sometimes makes a bad decision and leaves them I could show you a dozen examples of other super league fullbacks doing the same.
I wouldn't have another SL fullback (or even Lee Penny
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) and I do feel that we are quick to get on his back for very little this year when we should celebrating what he is doing this year.
For me the Dufty debate is a non starter, the right edge defence is the main issue but I'm hoping we can get some consistency there we will be there or there abouts. I thought DDIs analysis was spot on.
I think the next two games will tell us an awful lot about our season.