I know I'm stating the obvious . But Harry Grant played so much better than our hooker. The first try for Melbourne our 9 was still at the ruck . Trying to tackle while storm player scored a try.
I'm not a coach but why can't we have a hooker like Grant who runs out of the line. So the defence can be on the back foot. For once .
Let's bring in Yates from second grade hodgson just doesn't cut it.
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Perhaps because Grant is purely talented? You cannot teach talent.
Plus if your answer is Yates then we are big trouble, you are very entitled to your opinion and i like Yates too, but he is nothing more than a back-up or a 14 Mr.fix it. Yates is not really a runner, he is a tough as nails hooker that will do a job. He is like Cody Nelson that time in 2016, came in for one game at 9 and did his job for the week and that is all he was needed for. Yates is handy as a squad player but is not a full-time 9.
If you forget the fact that Grant is a freak and unicorn, Hodgson was one of our best players on Thursday.
Hodgson is on half the coin that Grant is and 200k less than Api who bagged the club who signed him, is out of shape and played half the game. Api had barely any impact on the game and his team got pumped at home by the Titans.
Reed had a blinder and his team still got slapped around. Our club pulled strings perfectly this off season. Do and say what you like but I'm stopping to smell the roses and they smell great.
By the way, Hodgo has the respect of Cameron Smith who knows a bit more about footy than you or I.
Cameron Smith thiks Api is in the top 4 hookers in,the NRL.
Api has 3 premierships played Origin
I'd take the money too. Grant and Api are the best hookers in the comp if Hunt played 9 at club level he'd be one too.
Hodgo is a risk worth taking he offers more then we've had in attack for sometime that been said Reed defensively offered a bit more in my opinion
Hodgo needs a spell at the 30min mark and then come on with around 30mins to go depending on the situation in the game. We need a solid defender to sub on for him. Melbourne got the edge on us because Hodgo couldn't make it back to marker. Grant killed him.
I wish we'd thrown browns money at Hunt when he was available to play hooker and then signed a minimum wage player to play five eight, like Moses partner for Lebanon, the kid that is playing juniors for the bulldogs.
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