Danny Houghton : Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:09 pm  

I thought he had one of his best games for us on Thursday in spite of the result and the overall performance. He gave us most of our limited go forward.

Is there a hooker in the league who does more minutes on the field over the entire season than him? Most teams seem to start with someone in the squad who can rotate in to that position but we seem to expect him to play most of the game. If he gets an injury that puts him out for any period of time we are really going to feel the loss.

Re: Danny Houghton : Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:11 pm  

Asked to do an insane amount of work and attack suffers because of it.

Absolutely idiotic to have only one hooker at the club for half a season.

Re: Danny Houghton : Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:11 pm  

Not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but he's made over 1000 tackles in 23 games and is about 300 ahead of everyone else.

Re: Danny Houghton : Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:34 pm  

I thought his ptbs and distribution slow against Wigan but very good against KR though some of that may be down to the intensity of the opposing defense

Re: Danny Houghton : Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:42 pm  

I do think hes overrated by a few

yeh hes a great tackler and has a great engine to play 80 minutes but his attacking is one of the worst in SL along with been one of the slowest hookers and his passing could be alot better

i just think hes gone backwards from 3 or 4 years ago

Re: Danny Houghton : Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:44 pm  

hesslefan wrote:

I thought he had one of his best games for us on Thursday in spite of the result and the overall performance. He gave us most of our limited go forward.

Is there a hooker in the league who does more minutes on the field over the entire season than him? Most teams seem to start with someone in the squad who can rotate in to that position but we seem to expect him to play most of the game. If he gets an injury that puts him out for any period of time we are really going to feel the loss.

No other hookers do the minutes but loads with better distribution.

Re: Danny Houghton : Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:45 pm  

That injection in his shoulder is hampering his passing. About 5 times I counted his passes going above the head or astray. This loses us valuable seconds when setting up the attack. Watch him - he never passes immediately, always a pause and a step forward.

Great player but I believe his distribution is why he's never really troubled the international selectors much.

[Kosh]

Re: Danny Houghton : Sun Jul 26, 2015 5:07 pm  

Oddly enough I thought it was one of his worse performances, following on from one of his best against KR the week before.

IMO on Thursday he showed the effects of playing 80 minutes in every single game and having a shoulder injury that requires injections for him to play. We really do need another hooker.

Re: Danny Houghton : Sun Jul 26, 2015 5:09 pm  

Kosh wrote:

Oddly enough I thought it was one of his worse performances, following on from one of his best against KR the week before.

IMO on Thursday he showed the effects of playing 80 minutes in every single game and having a shoulder injury that requires injections for him to play. We really do need another hooker.

We've binned 2 already this season

Re: Danny Houghton : Sun Jul 26, 2015 5:33 pm  

When interviewed before the Wigan game AP disclosed that 2 outside backs have been signed and he is looking for another backrower. I think another Hooker should be a priority signing, Houghton rarely gets injured but we can't always rely on that. Maybe the backrower is Washbrook who has been signed as cover at hooker. He could also do a job at stand off....