vastman wrote:
The problem with Tupou is that he's an attacking player, his defence has always been suspect. IMHO it's down to him that TJ picked up that undeserved 'can't defend' tag, He's not dreadful but his positional sense is hugely off at times.
Most on here know that Bill is more exciting but Arundel is the technically better player.
Yes that’s my thoughts too. The amount of times in the past fans have called out TJ for making wrong defensive plays in dealing with overlaps rarely looked at the reason it got to that point. TJ in defence is actually pretty good imo and not many players go through him. He just has to defend more overlaps, 2 on 1s or 3 on 1st than most other wingers do. Usually because the players inside made the wrong choice leaving him exposed.
Tupou is an attacking player I agree and when he’s on he can really bust up some defences. It’s just getting less frequent as time goes by. Personally I’d have put Tupou outside Arundel on the left wing. I think he’s a better choice than Kershaw or Kay but I have no qualms that his recent displays he deserves to sit out a game.
I really like Arundel and if he’d stayed injury free I reckon would have been our first choice centre.
There’s enough in that team to give Leeds a game and win.
