Re: Big Sam : Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:08 pm  

barham red wrote:

Thats what made me ask, you normally have to 'carry' impact players like him and they can end up being a luxury, 15 - 20 decent minutes max. I thought this would be why Agar hasn't played him

Agar prefers consistancy, players that are consistantly average. I've got nothing against Radford, Dowes or Cusack but to see them all turn out together shows a complete lack of ambition. We will never be anything better then average with Agar in charge, big Sam and our squad deserve a better coach.

Re: Big Sam : Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:03 pm  

Have a look at Sam's stats on the Leeds board, top class.

Re: Big Sam : Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:07 pm  

Player: Metres - Carries (MT/Carry) - Tackles - Misses (Efficiency %) - Errors - Penalties
Peter Cusack: 36 - 9 (4.00) - 17 - 1 (94%) - 0 - 1
Mark O'Meley: 91 - 13 (7.00) - 19 - 2 (90%) - 1 - 0
Willie Manu: 74 - 14 (5.29) - 9 - 1 (90%) - 2 - 0
Epalahame Lauaki: 87 - 15 (5.80) - 21 - 3 (88%) - 0 - 0
Lee Radford: 79 - 16 (4.94) - 24 - 1 (96%) - 0 - 0

Ewan Dowes: 94 - 15 (6.27) - 13 - 3 (81%) - 0 - 1
Sam Moa: 93 - 12 (7.75) - 10 - 0 (100%) - 0 - 0

Re: Big Sam : Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:10 am  

imo big sam has to play on saturday, and them stats dont lie, top class.
imo its dowes or yak to drop out and i prefer yak if im honest, so drop dowes and give moa the chance he deserves, great imact prop.

Re: Big Sam : Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:19 am  

cameron wrote:

imo big sam has to play on saturday, and them stats dont lie, top class.
imo its dowes or yak to drop out and i prefer yak if im honest, so drop dowes and give moa the chance he deserves, great imact prop.

Season too far for cusack IMO. Drop him on Saturday

Re: Big Sam : Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:44 am  

Not a fan of Cussack but this may be the game he craves, had his best game for a long while against Rovers and his best game ever for the club was the semi win over Wakey.

Dowes defense was awful on sunday, cant believe he only missed 3 to be honest, we were commenting on it a lot on sunday.

Re: Big Sam : Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:01 pm  

Dr Hfuhruhurr wrote:

Agar prefers consistancy, players that are consistantly average. I've got nothing against Radford, Dowes or Cusack but to see them all turn out together shows a complete lack of ambition. We will never be anything better then average with Agar in charge, big Sam and our squad deserve a better coach.

Agree completely with that.

Re: Big Sam : Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:11 pm  

I would drop Dowes, he looked out of sorts on Sunday.

Re: Big Sam : Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:20 pm  

PAUL M wrote:

I would drop Dowes, he looked out of sorts on Sunday.

Fully agree.Would be a travesty if Moa is the prop to miss out on saturday.

Re: Big Sam : Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:11 pm  

If Moa misses out it just adds more weight to the anti Agar supporters. Unlike when Whiting was dropped to the bench after having a MOM performance it was understandable due to Tansey being our specialist FB. Dowes/Cusack are just props at the end of the day and if another prop is doing a far better job then it is just common sense to drop one of the ones not playing so good.

We looked a much better outfit when he was on the pitch and he was always looking for the ball as well as doing a grand job in defence. Previously i agreed with Agars insistence on playing Dowes/Cusack/Radford but Moa has certainly proved he deserves to be in the 17 on merit alone.