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Message: [QUOTE="Foordy, post: 2904723, member: 1769"] FTR, my post wasn't entirely aimed at having a dig at Nikorima... It was having a dig at the assumption that just because we won 11 out of 12 when Niko started, that he is a guaranteed success in the halves. Stats are often misleading or don't tell the full story and as [USER=2221]@Porthoz[/USER] rightly pointed they also don't take into account the quality of the opposition ... if stats were the be-all-and-end-all to determine a players worth, then we should have never got rid of Hunt (maybe even made him our first million dollar player instead of Milford) because Hunt was near the top of the majority of halfback stats for the last couple of years (mainly sitting behind JT and Cronk) ... yet most on here were calling for his axing. IMO, Nikorima isn't the right option for us in the future, but that doesn't mean he isn't a talented player. I just believe that he is too similar to Milf and it would be much more beneficial to the team to have a halfback whose skills complement those of Milford. and let's face it, one of our biggest issues with Hunt was his kicking ... the problem is that Nikorima doesn't fix that issue. his kicking game is no better than Hunt's (at least he hasn't shown it to be better than Hunt's) [/QUOTE]

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