You're up there with Stan as our number one forum Statto on this evidence, Easty!

So Dixon has missed 75% of his tackles, that's shameful. The good news is that he's made fewer tackles all season than Boudebza, McCarthy and Larroyer have made in some single games. Reliance on the defensive element of his game has been minimised thankfully.

Fortunately fullback is one of those positions nowadays which is regarded more as a strike position than a defensive linchpin. Catalans have given us space in both SL games this season, they gave Wakefield a load of space last weekend and for me Kieran Dixon will exploit it better than Ben Cockayne. Teams like Huddersfield and Saints don't give you this luxury.

I would pick Dixon against Cats, Salford and Hull and Cockayne against Huddersfield and Saints.

Is this Keiran's brother we've aquired?

I wouldn't take much notice of the Opta stats...questionable at best.

Personally I don't think Charlie is a significantly better defender than Dixon, but he is much more vocal & appears to organise the defensive line better. Performances like Dixon produced on Friday shouldn't go unrewarded though.

You called him Kevin.

Dixon is so far the better option it's not funny.

His passing game when chiming into the line is at least as good as Cockayne's, they're both liable to wang one into row Z.

They're both as liable to drop a kick on the sixth.

Dixon had to come a long, long, way for the one he dropped on Friday in a swirling wind and rain, one of the wings should have taken that.

Those are the negatives.

Dixon has searing pace, he's electric over five to fifteen metres. Cockayne isn't.

Dixon has fantastic footwork,he could pick a lock with his toes, Ratchford didn't get within a metre of him on Friday. A metre! As good as a mile.

Cockayne has never and will never go full length.

Dixon writes a goodbye letter to the opposition whilst doing this

There's absolutely nothing about personalities or previous indiscretions in that post.

We've got a solid plYer and a fantastic talent to choose from.

Cockayne didn't cut it for us on 2007, how relieved where we when we signed Briscoe?

The last point I would makemis that contrary to an earlier post, Cockayne is really not some sort of tactical genius when it comes to calling the defensive plays.

Both have vast improvement to make in this department, but one's thirty and the other twenty two.

Good post, I think the bit highlighted is the key, with Ben you know what you'll get, and thats good to have in the squad, his on the field qualities are great when the team needs energy injecting into it, but as you say KD can turn a game. I do wonder how much of Chester's reluctance to just throw KD in to the full back role is to do with how much he was burned by Eden last year. He needs to realise that they are very different players, KD seems to be learning from his mistakes, Eden used to just brainlessly make them again and again.

Widnes at home last season.

As fans we cant decide on cockayne or Dixon so imagine how hard it is for Chester
my take on it is i just hope he gets the decision right

Made 43, missed 33.

33/(33+43)=43% missed.

Still not exactly ideal of course.

Ahhh dam it, that's what you get when you're a male species attempting to multi task.
Or at least that's what the wife tells me.

Very good post which sums up perfectly imo the important differences between the two players and highlighting why on this occasion at least, Chester will hopefully opt for Kieran Dixon at fullback against Catalan.
I'm wondering if Chris Chester may actually decide to have BC on the bench.