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Can I ask where you got those stats from? Because that might be even more than the number of tackles Prince or Gillett missed.
From watching him play, he looks like as good defender as it gets in the halves. One of the reasons why Mal wasn't afraid to have him play in the middle for QLD.
There is defenders like Lockyer, missed tackles often but no team mate would trade him for the world. Then there is Scott prince who was a major liability in defence but still had the experience to be just, then there is Chris sandow
Chris sandow I have read is already the worst tackler in nrl history only half way into his career.
Granted any half is worth it as long as he brings something in attack but our defence can't handle it we already have 2 of the worst tackling second rowers in the comp, centres like Copley who would be just working out what he needs todo in defence and we can't have him hesitating because he can't trust sandow at all. To him Hunt and Hoffman would feel like your outside Parker in comparison
also the gambling and the lack of fitness. I know times are bad but he's not broncos material
You have to be joking. Sandow will NOT make up for his defensive flaws with his attack, he never has and he never will. He is statistically the worst defender in the NRL bar none!Where have you read that his the worst tackler in history? That seems a little odd
Well we can go on and on about defense like it's all that matters in the halves, but it isn't.
The fact is replacing one shit defender with another isn't going to make much difference to our already woeful defence, however a season with hunt/Hoffman in the halves will result in about two tries a game if we are lucky. One from an opposition mistake and a consolation one when they have gone to sleep because there's 5 minutes to go and they are up by 30.
But if everyone's ok with that it's all good.
Besides, does anyone actually believe Sandow can do a better job for us than Nikorima, Strasser or any of the up and coming kids, like Taylor, Cullen or Paia'aua?
Sorry mate, I think we must live in parallel universes... :laugh:I do, at least right now.
Even Hoffman was picked over them because of experience, and Sandow is a pretty solid ball player who just lacks patience and organisational skills.
Is it worth the asking price and the embarrassment of signing him? I don't think so.
Sorry mate, I think we must live in parallel universes... :laugh:
Not having a go at you btw, just at the irony of how differently we see this guy or maybe even Rugby League in general.
Sorry mate, I think we must live in parallel universes... :laugh:
Not having a go at you btw, just at the irony of how differently we see this guy or maybe even Rugby League in general.
LOL, you should really quit while you're ahead...Yeah but you think the sun shines out of Hooks arse so that finishes this debate.
I don't particular want to sign Sandow but given our halves situation I'd at least hope we are interested for the right price.
Yes, he has talent, but he doesn't have a brain to use it, making that talent worthless. Besides, his attacking prowess doesn't make up for his flaws, not even close.I'm not saying I rate him, but he was originally hyped up (by others) and signed for half a mil because he did have some talent. He is/was pretty creative, but like myself and others have said over time, he lacks patience and just wants to do the fun stuff all the time. But the creative talent is still there.
You have to be joking. Sandow will NOT make up for his defensive flaws with his attack, he never has and he never will. He is statistically the worst defender in the NRL bar none!
Any good team is built on good defense. Even the nines, supposedly made for attacking, proved that defense wins titles!
I don't like Hoffman in the halves, but he won't be a speed bump in defense, which is the first thing we have to fix. Or did people forget about the dreadful stats we racked up last year?
Besides, does anyone actually believe Sandow can do a better job for us than Nikorima, Strasser or any of the up and coming kids, like Taylor, Cullen or Paia'aua?
If it was on a cheap contract I'd consider it.
I remember last year there was a rumour/hypothetical and I was vehemently against it, adding that if we signed him it would show far we have fallen as a side.
The fact that it could be conceivable even on a short term basis for a number of people here, speaks volumes of the faith that the fans have in this current squad.
I don't think anyone is impressed with Hoffman in the halves, you're focussing too much on that and forgetting what we are really talking about...I'm not joking. Nikorima is obviously not ready and neither are any of the other guys. I don't like sandow but I also don't like the thought of a winger in the halves.