Basically yes. We need another lock who can pass a bit to spell Whitehead for tactical reasons- no ball player at lock means we can'tsame game plan all 80.julian87 wrote: ↑March 9, 2022, 3:51 pmI don't agree with this at all. You can compare them all you want but one is a bloke who can play NRL level at second row and lock and at a pinch could possibly cover centre in a crisis. The other is a prop only. A prop who doesn't make many metres.
This 17, with Sutton in for Elliott, would be way, way worse and tbf; stupid.
I railed all 2021 about Sutton playing at lock when he is clearly a pure prop with no other skills. And not even the full deck of prop skills- not much offload, limited go forward, makes his tackles though and is a decent enough NRL lower wage prop.
No idea if Elliot is quick enough for centre (CHN would be my bet there) but he is a serviceable utility and picked as the utility.
Sutton V Guler is th more apt comparison, with not a whole lot between them in attack (but if you're curious Guler gets smashed and stopped in his tracks a lot less and offloads twice as often) but Guler comes up slightly better in defence too- way less try and linebreak causes, similar efficiency, misses less tackles. And he's got more future... SOrry Mrs Sutton.
Hors- well I think Hors is a rare bloke who is almost completely unable to regulate his focus and thinking/emotions during a game to play FG but I hope he finally learns.