Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:07 am  

Doesn't Escare kick goals or am I imagining things?

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Tue Oct 18, 2016 12:05 pm  

jinkin jimmy wrote:

Doesn't Escare kick goals or am I imagining things?

Yeah, he kicked 1 out of 3 in 2014!

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Tue Oct 18, 2016 2:38 pm  

moto748 wrote:

Yeah, he kicked 1 out of 3 in 2014!

I know my stuff!

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Tue Oct 18, 2016 6:25 pm  

Did you see the Welsh kickers on Saturday; looked like the real deal, confident, big boot, 70% chance from the touchline. Must be something in the blood.

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Tue Oct 18, 2016 8:47 pm  

It's got to be Williams hasn't it? Pretty sure he kicked in accedmy so he's got to be the first choice

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:23 am  

You need a prolific goal kicker.

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:57 am  

Pusher wrote:

You need a prolific goal kicker.

Having just won Super League with half a team and no kicker to speak of, the evidence might suggest not. I'm interested why you think that. IMO it goes under the category - nice to have but not essential. A kicker who kicks 2/3 seems to be fine.

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:16 pm  

A kicker in a successful team might have around 100 attempts a season. So the difference between a 72% kicker (rubbish, like Matty Smith, apparently) and 78% kicker (Sinfield standard) is literally only around six occasions per season. Of those six, in how many games did the result hinge on a kick? Probably very few, maybe none.

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:30 pm  

Finfin wrote:

Did you see the Welsh kickers on Saturday; looked like the real deal, confident, big boot, 70% chance from the touchline. Must be something in the blood.

Big Bad Ben for next season?

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:42 pm  

moto748 wrote:

A kicker in a successful team might have around 100 attempts a season. So the difference between a 72% kicker (rubbish, like Matty Smith, apparently) and 78% kicker (Sinfield standard) is literally only around six occasions per season. Of those six, in how many games did the result hinge on a kick? Probably very few, maybe none.

Agreed. IIRC in 2015 we played Leeds four times and there was I think four points between the teams over the games with one try the difference. So kicking wasn't an issue.

But one thing we will almost certainly miss is Matty's drop goals.