[Kosh]

Re: Danny Houghton : Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:13 pm  

carl_spackler wrote:

You have a point there. Houghton is expected to get through a bucketload of tackles and still be able to consistently pass the ball accurately.

One word - Swain.

I think subconsciously we all want another Swain and sadly we aren't going to get one.

Re: Danny Houghton : Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:16 pm  

carl_spackler wrote:

You have a point there. Houghton is expected to get through a bucketload of tackles and still be able to consistently pass the ball accurately. To me, the inaccuracy of his passing is usually the weight of the throw, and this makes sense to be linked to the amount of punishment/fatigue he will have in his arms. People should have a friend smack them in the arms for 20 minutes and then try and land a ball on a target on the ground 10 yards away 9 times out of 10. I bet they'd be short and long more often than they'd be wide.

same a Horne, can only do so much

Re: Danny Houghton : Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:24 pm  

Kosh wrote:

One word - Swain.

I think subconsciously we all want another Swain and sadly we aren't going to get one.

Yeah, he unfairly set the bar to a generally unattainable level. It's possibly underappreciated just how much of a freak (in a good sense) he was. But being fair to Houghton, he is actually getting through even more tackles than Swain did, which is staggering to think about, really. Quite a few more, even. The most tackles Swain made in a regular season for us was 907. Houghton has done over 1000 in each of the last 3 years and 4 out of the last 5. He's doing too much work.

Re: Danny Houghton : Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:02 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Houghton isn't our problem, our lack of class player and skill is our main issue, plus coaching.

If available many of the top clubs would be after Houghton.

Hull fans want the perfect player, but these very rarely exist in SL and as fans we look at weaknesses of players like Shaul and Houghton rather than strengths.

A perfect example is Briscoe who is the best winger in SL, but even when we had him people still criticised him and looked at his faults.

Having Yeaman as his centre partner hardly helped him

Re: Danny Houghton : Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:34 pm  

bonaire wrote:

Having Yeaman as his centre partner hardly helped him

It's been a while, I guess.

Re: Danny Houghton : Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:19 pm  

ccs wrote:

It's been a while, I guess.

Its a point which has been done to death but its no less valid for that.