Quote: vastman "What's a genuine Stand Off?
I'm not a genuine Bricklayer, but I bet I could be one if I had the training, opportunity and the desire.
I never get this, genuine prop etc etc. If you can play the position and you fit into the team then you are a S/O. At this moment in time Sykes is a very good S/O and if he carries on that way then he keeps the shirt and is IMO a genuine S/O.
Said it before, you're not born to play any position except where size is an issue and even then it's been overcome many times.'"
Here I am not agreeing with you again!
A stand-off is one of the more skillfull players on the field, he should possess natural speed of thought and action (above and beyond most fellow team-mates) and have a natural eye for an opportunity. There have been few better in my lifetime than Toppo, and I could not envisage him playing in any other position for any length of time at all - i.e. a 'natural' stand-off!