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Message: [QUOTE="Huge, post: 2604245, member: 1992"] Yeah, it matters. If he is making as many off loads after he has taken the first hit up as when he is off the third or fourth then I will concede your point. Generally speaking the first hit up or frontrower hit up is when the opposition is best set and also generally it is the hardest one. You don't have to be Einstein to work that out and most certainly, Porthoz is not Einstein. As obvious is the reason we choose very big strong men to play that role. The aim of the prop is to make as much ground as possible and props who push passes generally find themselves dropped to reggies or altogether. If numbers don't count or represent the positions then we should get rid of them. Why not just make these supposedly all purpose players wear orange. After all according to Foordy and Porthoz the roles are all the same. You'd have a six pack of orange jerseys on the field. If you leave the grunt work to the grunt work specialists then the more skilled forwards with the better ball handling talents and superior footwork can shine. They have not been bashed and belted as much as when they are asked to do the hardest job and still provide the second phase play. I'd say Parker's poorer kicking is a direct result of him being forced to do bash and barge then having to coordinate his finer motor skills with place kicking. Hey, what would I know as I obviously don't watch the game. [/QUOTE]

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