Re: Matt's Match-ups 2018
Posted: May 11, 2018, 2:06 pm
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Yeah when Holmes moved and feki came in they switched him.
Wighton > Dufty? Really? Wighton is far from the "modern fullback we have hoped he could be." And he hasn't corrected is errors or positioning at all. First touch of the game last week and he drops it. Even Gus was saying pre-game that he isn't a fullback.Matt wrote: ↑May 16, 2018, 3:39 pmI think Jack Wighton has been the most underrated fullback in the NRL in 2018. Other than Kayln Ponga, I don’t think there is a fullback playing the sweep play better than Wighton in 2018. He has corrected his errors and positioning in 2018 too. He is now the modern fullback we have been hoping he could be.
1stly, u listen to Gus?!?Finchy wrote: ↑May 17, 2018, 12:06 pmWighton > Dufty? Really? Wighton is far from the "modern fullback we have hoped he could be." And he hasn't corrected is errors or positioning at all. First touch of the game last week and he drops it. Even Gus was saying pre-game that he isn't a fullback.Matt wrote: ↑May 16, 2018, 3:39 pmI think Jack Wighton has been the most underrated fullback in the NRL in 2018. Other than Kayln Ponga, I don’t think there is a fullback playing the sweep play better than Wighton in 2018. He has corrected his errors and positioning in 2018 too. He is now the modern fullback we have been hoping he could be.
And Havili > McInnes? Havili has been good, but better than the likely NSW hooker? In a team coming first? Come on!
Well that's just blatantly false. He's averaging 0.8 per game this season down from 1.5 in 2017 and 1.5 in 2016.Finchy wrote: ↑May 17, 2018, 12:06 pmWighton > Dufty? Really? Wighton is far from the "modern fullback we have hoped he could be." And he hasn't corrected is errors or positioning at all. First touch of the game last week and he drops it. Even Gus was saying pre-game that he isn't a fullback.Matt wrote: ↑May 16, 2018, 3:39 pmI think Jack Wighton has been the most underrated fullback in the NRL in 2018. Other than Kayln Ponga, I don’t think there is a fullback playing the sweep play better than Wighton in 2018. He has corrected his errors and positioning in 2018 too. He is now the modern fullback we have been hoping he could be.
And Havili > McInnes? Havili has been good, but better than the likely NSW hooker? In a team coming first? Come on!
Blatantly false? First touch and he drops it? Blatantly false? I didn't realise reducing errors = correcting them. Still a big issue in his game though, and I'm sure everyone still gets nervous when he's under a high ball or trying to clean up a grubber on the goalinezim wrote: ↑May 17, 2018, 1:39 pmWell that's just blatantly false. He's averaging 0.8 per game this season down from 1.5 in 2017 and 1.5 in 2016.Finchy wrote: ↑May 17, 2018, 12:06 pmWighton > Dufty? Really? Wighton is far from the "modern fullback we have hoped he could be." And he hasn't corrected is errors or positioning at all. First touch of the game last week and he drops it. Even Gus was saying pre-game that he isn't a fullback.Matt wrote: ↑May 16, 2018, 3:39 pmI think Jack Wighton has been the most underrated fullback in the NRL in 2018. Other than Kayln Ponga, I don’t think there is a fullback playing the sweep play better than Wighton in 2018. He has corrected his errors and positioning in 2018 too. He is now the modern fullback we have been hoping he could be.
And Havili > McInnes? Havili has been good, but better than the likely NSW hooker? In a team coming first? Come on!
Matt wrote: ↑May 17, 2018, 1:35 pm1stly, u listen to Gus?!?Finchy wrote: ↑May 17, 2018, 12:06 pmWighton > Dufty? Really? Wighton is far from the "modern fullback we have hoped he could be." And he hasn't corrected is errors or positioning at all. First touch of the game last week and he drops it. Even Gus was saying pre-game that he isn't a fullback.Matt wrote: ↑May 16, 2018, 3:39 pmI think Jack Wighton has been the most underrated fullback in the NRL in 2018. Other than Kayln Ponga, I don’t think there is a fullback playing the sweep play better than Wighton in 2018. He has corrected his errors and positioning in 2018 too. He is now the modern fullback we have been hoping he could be.
And Havili > McInnes? Havili has been good, but better than the likely NSW hooker? In a team coming first? Come on!
2nd, Dufty is a 1 trick pony. Speed. Its a good trick, u cant beat it, but its all he has.
Wightons errors. He has 7 in 10 games. Thats less than, Teddy, Turbo, RTS, Ponga, Slater, Boyd, Gordon, Thompson, Edwards, Holmes, Dufty.... oh wait, that means only Johnston and Mybe have less as a regular FB, and they both have 6.
HMMMMMM...
He is actually 77th overall in the league for Errors (272 players play any given wk). Thats about the cutoff for the top quarter. Not bad for a spine player though. As they dominate that top quartetof players.
Oh... Cook has been better than any other hooker in the comp this yr. McInnes is at least 4th behind Api and McCullough. U could argue Luke too, but he has been a bit fragile.
What's your definition of correcting errors? How would you measure it?Finchy wrote: ↑May 17, 2018, 1:50 pmBlatantly false? First touch and he drops it? Blatantly false? I didn't realise reducing errors = correcting them.zim wrote: ↑May 17, 2018, 1:39 pmWell that's just blatantly false. He's averaging 0.8 per game this season down from 1.5 in 2017 and 1.5 in 2016.Finchy wrote: ↑May 17, 2018, 12:06 pmWighton > Dufty? Really? Wighton is far from the "modern fullback we have hoped he could be." And he hasn't corrected is errors or positioning at all. First touch of the game last week and he drops it. Even Gus was saying pre-game that he isn't a fullback.Matt wrote: ↑May 16, 2018, 3:39 pmI think Jack Wighton has been the most underrated fullback in the NRL in 2018. Other than Kayln Ponga, I don’t think there is a fullback playing the sweep play better than Wighton in 2018. He has corrected his errors and positioning in 2018 too. He is now the modern fullback we have been hoping he could be.
And Havili > McInnes? Havili has been good, but better than the likely NSW hooker? In a team coming first? Come on!
He needs to maintain it for longer than 10 games. And it's not just the number of errors, it's the kind of errors he makes.zim wrote: ↑May 17, 2018, 2:08 pmWhat's your definition of correcting errors? How would you measure it?Finchy wrote: ↑May 17, 2018, 1:50 pmBlatantly false? First touch and he drops it? Blatantly false? I didn't realise reducing errors = correcting them.zim wrote: ↑May 17, 2018, 1:39 pmWell that's just blatantly false. He's averaging 0.8 per game this season down from 1.5 in 2017 and 1.5 in 2016.Finchy wrote: ↑May 17, 2018, 12:06 pmWighton > Dufty? Really? Wighton is far from the "modern fullback we have hoped he could be." And he hasn't corrected is errors or positioning at all. First touch of the game last week and he drops it. Even Gus was saying pre-game that he isn't a fullback.Matt wrote: ↑May 16, 2018, 3:39 pmI think Jack Wighton has been the most underrated fullback in the NRL in 2018. Other than Kayln Ponga, I don’t think there is a fullback playing the sweep play better than Wighton in 2018. He has corrected his errors and positioning in 2018 too. He is now the modern fullback we have been hoping he could be.
And Havili > McInnes? Havili has been good, but better than the likely NSW hooker? In a team coming first? Come on!
If it's having 0 errors every game your definition has no basis in reality, especially in the NRL.
Dropping 1 ball has no merit whatsoever when discussing someone's form. No spine player makes no errors. In previous years it would have been his first of a number of drops. In a few games he's had 0 errors.
Jacky for the win!Matt wrote:@Finchy,
Wighton is 7th among FBs to TA's. (Ponga, Turbo, Johnston, Slater, Teddy, RTS)
He is 8th in Try Involvements (Mbye sneaks in)
Equal 1st in last pass assists. (Admittedly its only 1 with the same group)
He is 4th in line break assists (Ponga, Turbo, Johnston)
He is much better than people give him credit for.
You keep harping on Wighton's 1st error on the weekend. On another day, that's a penalty for lying in the play the ball. Id also say that halving your error rate is a damn good effort. Esp. when you argue Rapa's errors as ok, then ignore that all those other players have worse error rates and you ignore it. Turbo has cost his side plenty of points this yr dropping bombs. I've seen a few of Teddy's errors lead to points this yr too. So its not just Wighton making costly errors at FB, it comes with the job. Last line means when you screw up its usually costly.
Thanks for commenting anyway CRSun Coast Raider wrote: ↑May 18, 2018, 10:31 pm I usually wouldn't comment on Matt's Mashups as hey it's just an opinion piece, but usually good for a read.
This one is a bit of a mess though - being pretty bloody generous to some Raiders players there. Clear green bias.
Oh well I guess that this is only my opinion too.
EW is a quality player. No doubt about it. I still think what Sims is bringing this yr is of the highest order.RedRaider wrote: ↑May 18, 2018, 9:43 pm Matt, I can't agree that Sims is better than EW. Sims has put on a few shots this year but EW is an 80 minute consistent player who showed a deft kicking skill last weekend. EW is the ideal forward for now and the future with reduced/reducing interchanges. I wouldn't swap EW for any other left second row forward in the game in 2018.
Cheers CR.Sun Coast Raider wrote: ↑May 20, 2018, 6:03 pm TBF it was said his one trick was speed. Definitely showed it today.
Brooks running game was very good in the first 2 months. Tigz just couldn't convert their line breaks.zim wrote: ↑June 13, 2018, 11:42 am Pretty spot on this week matty.
Luke Brooks has improved his defence a lot this year. It seemed odd though that he was so close to origin given how badly the tigers attack is going. I guess it comes down to a lack of depth for the blues. Their centres are going to destroy us if we aren't on our game.