Another area that Wighton is really good, imo, is kicking. I haven't really paid attention to the Raiders this season but he usually puts the opposing team under a lot of pressure with well timed and placed kicks.
I agree with what he says though. It's troubled me for a while. Also everyone rode Lachlan hard but he wasn't that bad and fell over the try line when we needed him to. He was lead tryscorer in 2015. I don't think it helped that Hook was making our players get fat before he left. An interview...
Our recruitment does not need to bend over in contract discussion. Overpaying players and stupid player options is on recruitment. If would help if they looked in Qld as well as NSW.
In the last game he certainly was. The way I see it is that Dearden is more adaptable to 6 than Croft is. Croft seems to respond better to structure, at least while we’re still working things out.
Is Flegler for Asiata our Thursday swap. I feel like we've had a fairly regular Thursday swap of players. I didn't think Asiata linked up to well with Dearden but Flegler is a liability. Surprised he's not suspended really.
I always thought Croft was brought in as a stop gap. He's also a rookie and clearly no boundaries have been set on who's "in charge" until now. Kev was clear as a bell this was Croft's chance to organise and it worked. Asiata had some issues linking up with Dearden and Dearden missed some...
Seems to me Kev knows what he doing. I'm sure he has a plan going forward. I'm very glad Croft was part of those plans as he's been set up to fail until now.
I think he got tired as the game went on. He made a big miss late in the game. Otherwise i thought he was fine. Pretty sure he tackled Kikau at one point too and they're on opposite sides of the field.
Definitely got the defensive numbers game better in the second half. I thought Oates was pushing his luck so far infield with Staines out wide but someone was out there to make Staines think twice and then Oates collected him from the side and took him over the sideline. Hopefully Kev gets onto...
Not to mention having the Morris Bros and Teddy to back you up. The forwards layed a great platform for Walker in the final moments where Walker looked really good. Prior to that the commentators were talking about his missed tackles.
Dearden didn't combine well with Asiata. He also went himself a few times. I was ok with the first but we needed to go to the wing on the others.
Let's see how he fairs next week.
I've wanted to see him get a proper crack with a team that backs him up. Smith avoided going to Croft. Then our 2020 was a write off.
I will take back my thoughts of TPJ and Lodge. TPJ was immense and the Lodge sent one theirs bouncing off every hit up.
Also I can park my rehashed comment...