Quote: Rupert Pupkin "Big difference between them in the number of total carries!
You read about his enthusiasm aswell, I think that may have been slightly over exaggerated due to the lack of passion from alot of the squad over the previous 2 seasons.'"
Is there?
2008
Calderwood - 13 appearances, 110 carries (about 8.5 per game)
Colborn - 26 appearances, 285 carries (about 11 per game)
So the difference at Wigan is slight. And if you look at any other stat that year, you need to bare in mind that he made half the number of appearances. Calderwood did nearly double the amount of dummy half runs in half the number of games, which suggests they used him in a much different way to Colborn.
2009
Calderwood - 19 appearances, 152 carries (8 per game)
Colborn - 24 appearances, 350 carries (about 14.5 per game)
Last year Hull were gash and barely touched the ball, and when we did it was straight down the middle stuff. Rovers were a good side and very expansive, so the wingers got more touches.
Again, look at the dummy half runs from Calderwood compared to Colborn. More than double, and in less games. More marker tackles (Hull had to tackle more). More tackles made (again, had to do more). Less missed tackles.
The number of carries says only so much about what someone is doing in a game. You need to look at the context.