Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:13 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

Bullock isn’t going to be involved with Hull.
Something in his game that Sam won’t go into. He’s back at Widnes.

It would seem so. But Dudson's game is not exactly on point either. Unless we are all missing "the little things that go unnoticed".

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:21 pm  

easyWire wrote:

I need to replay the match in full. When he wasn't holding the ball three times, and making those 10 tackles, where on earth was he? Does he have a side business selling sports caps and such?

Really happy with Walker though. I can see why Burgess thinks he can get the best out of him. I fully expected him to be outshone by D Clark against a weak London side, but the stats suggest otherwise.

When we have the ball Dudson lingers deep 2 or 3 out from the dummy half position so he looks involved but never in any danger of making a carry. He also likes be be 2nd or 3rd man in defending to boost his tackle stats.

Walker had a huge defensive stint against Catalan. 49 tackles is an incredible work load.

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Wed Feb 21, 2024 12:21 am  

Deus Dat Incrementum wrote:

In other news I see Jared Waerea-Hargreaves is leaving the Roosters at the end of 2024.

No thanks.

With regards to Bullock, Burgess might just want him to get another game in with Widnes to up his fitness etc before considering him for the first team?

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Wed Feb 21, 2024 12:41 am  

Wires71 wrote:

When we have the ball Dudson lingers deep 2 or 3 out from the dummy half position so he looks involved but never in any danger of making a carry. He also likes be be 2nd or 3rd man in defending to boost his tackle stats.

Walker had a huge defensive stint against Catalan. 49 tackles is an incredible work load.

I'd put a bet on 38 of Ben curries so called 39 tackles were being the third man in.

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:01 am  

If the deadwood of the playing group can’t put a decent shift in against this very depleted Hull team.. then surely Burgess would have pull the trigger on them and give some of younger players a run out

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:14 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

When we have the ball Dudson lingers deep 2 or 3 out from the dummy half position so he looks involved but never in any danger of making a carry. He also likes be be 2nd or 3rd man in defending to boost his tackle stats.

In his pre-season interviews, Dudson was saying how last year was a bad one for him because of off-field issues, but he was looking forward to a much better year in 2024. Round One was not a great start for him though, and we simply can't afford to keep carrying him. If he plays against Hull, it's surely 'last chance saloon' time?

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Thu Feb 22, 2024 2:14 pm  

Deus Dat Incrementum wrote:

In other news I see Jared Waerea-Hargreaves is leaving the Roosters at the end of 2024.

He has signed for Hull KR for 2025.

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Thu Feb 22, 2024 2:32 pm  

The Speculator wrote:

In his pre-season interviews, Dudson was saying how last year was a bad one for him because of off-field issues, but he was looking forward to a much better year in 2024. Round One was not a great start for him though, and we simply can't afford to keep carrying him. If he plays against Hull, it's surely 'last chance saloon' time?

I'd like to think Burgess will be this ruthless with dead wood like Dudson and Drinkwater but I won't believe it til I see it.

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:02 pm  

Burgess’ NRL coaching career and future hinges A LOT on his performance at Wire. I don’t think he’s going to be taking any prisoners regarding anyone getting in the way of any success.

Re: Time to give Max Wood and Bullock a chance : Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:46 pm  

Nice bit of interplay last week that led to the Dufty try & Lindop's disallowed effort was marginal. Could've have easily been a different result.