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Message: [QUOTE="bazza, post: 2581981, member: 8440"] Well ever since Gallen has played prop, everyone thinks that lock and prop are interchangeable, including yourself it seems. But they are completely different positions. Parker is not playing the same way at prop as he does at lock. Stats wise it may seem that he is playing like his usual self, however stats don't indicate the quality/effectiveness, instead it just shows quantity. We get more quality out of Parker at lock than at prop. At prop, Parker is forced to take runs earlier in the set to allow the team some go forward. That is not how he should be used. He is not a prop. That is for much bigger and stronger players who can bend the line. Yes, he still defends pretty much the same, runs with the same vigour, still offloads, its just not as lethal from prop as it is from lock. Look at T. Merrin, he played prop, but he is way more effective at lock. At lock, Parker would take the hit up when there was room created from the runs of his prop forwards. The difference is that at lock, other players would be the one starting off our sets. This allowed Parker to inject himself at will when the opposition is on the back foot, allowing him to attract multiple defenders and pop an offload, creating an attacking opportunity. At prop he is unable to pick his moments as he is restricted to lead the side out of their own end. He is forced to take the regulation hit up out of our half, rather than taking the hit up after the props have bent the line. At prop, the effectiveness of his offloads are reduced. Although he is still offloading, the offloads aren't as effective, as no space has been created in the opposition defence. That is because these offloads are coming early in the set, rather than later. At times he isn't in a position to offload because where in our own end. If he was to take the hit up later on the set, we would be in much better field position to make an offload. Prop is very physically demanding, and lets face it, Parker is no giant. The size of his opposition forwards in comparison to Parker is immense. Sooner or later it will affect his body, and niggling injuries will develop throughout the season. On top of that we won't be fully utilising Parkers strengths, similar to how we wasted Thaiday's strengths, which also was not at prop. There was a reason he was the worlds best lock. I'm pretty certain he won't win an award as the worlds best prop. But each to their own... [/QUOTE]

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