It's not underselling the role at all, it's stripping it down to it's essentials. Thee point being to addressing MJ's stat-based defence of Luke.wixfjord wrote:I think you're slightly underselling the role there!artaneboy wrote:No it's not in a 9. There are really just three decisions open to a SH- pass, kick or break. Passing occurs much more frequently than the others; therefore the likelihood that he will pass to the person standing at 10, means that pass must be excellent to keep the advantage for his team.goreyguy wrote: decision making is the most important.
There are the occasional SH phenomenons who do other things so amazingly well that their poor passing matters less- and even tolerated. But Luke isn't one of them. To be honest he's not even significantly better than Jamie at the other attributes to get in ahead of him now.
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Listen, McGrath is our starting 9, and probably rightly so.
Nobody wishes the guy ill, nor is anybody 'waiting to jump on mistakes'. That's a fabrication. It's over sensitive to say that people are 'willing to have a right go at him at every opportunity!'. Firstly, he's a pro fecking player and this is a fans form. But also he has been rightly lauded on here after the last few games.
But neither is it right to say he played well on Sat. And there's also probably a bit of truth in the fact that it looked worse because he was the elder statesman at 9/10 yet was completely outplayed by Carbery.
I think what's being argued here is semantics and the specifics of what level of hyperbolic language is used on an internet message board to be honest.
I never used hyperbole in my critique of McGrath, but if he is the SH 'in possession'- and I'd wonder at that certainty, he's not convincing.
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