Quote: Rogues Gallery "Leeds in the Cup, you must be joking. Every time Donald got the ball he went inside, he never went anywhere near Pryce.
Do you think Meli would have scored that last try in the Grand Final had Pryce been on the wing.
Leeds, Huddersfield and Saints, just go back and check how many tries were scored against Pryce in those games.
It's funny how he was "lucky " to be playing inside Carmont or Gleeson, because he is poor yet that doesn't apply to our other wingers.
I can't really recall any tries scored where I thought, Pryce should have made that tackle, can you?'"
Talk about blinkers
There were 2 clear occasions when Leeds could and should have scored and Pryce would have been at fault and Donald would have had a walk in. 2 poor passes into touch saved Pryce when he was had made poor decisions and was in no mans land. I suppose you didnt see them.
What has Meli in the Grand Final got to do with anything, Goulding had an outstanding game and saved 2 tries with outstanding tackles. Trying to criticise one player, which for some reason you dont like people doing to Pryce, doesnt make Pryce any better. When the play offs came Maguire put his trust in Goulding, which proved to be the correct choice, and I doubt he would have done this if he thought he was worse defensively.
Against Huddersfield Pryce was beaten time and again defensively, was all over the place dealing with kicks and was swiftly dropped and not played again. Same against Saints. Why do you think he was dropped after these 2 games if he was such a rock defensively?
You seem to have a very simplistic notion if that a try is scored on a wingers is wing it is that wingers fault and thats it. Likewise if none are scored then it is all down to that winger and no one else. Huddersfield is a prime example of this. Due to Pryce's poor play in previous tackles we were often on the back foot which resulted in scrambling defence and led to tries. Yes some may not have been on his side but his poor play on previous tackles allowed Huddersfield to get in those positions and created space elsewhere.
I trust Maguires judgement and when we got to the business end of the year and needed our best and most solid team defensively playing he didnt pick Pryce again. Listening to your posts you make out that he was never at fault for any tries and was such a threat in attack but you completely ignore the viewpoint of anyone that dares criticise him however mildly this may be. If Maguire thought that he was as good defensively as you try and make out and half the threat in attack then he would have been a certainty to get picked far more often than he was. The mere fact that he wasnt and wasnt considered again after the Huddersfield match makes me think that after analysing his performances the coaching staff disagree with your viewpoint of him.
