No, this isn't an "ours is the best in the league" thread like last years. Just a few stats to see how our forwards are matching up to some notable others in SL.


And I know, stats aren't everything.

[uProps[/u

Andy Lynch-Metres:685 MPC:7.14 Tackles:155 Offloads:14 Missed Tackles:3 Errors:2 Pens:1

Nick Scruton-M:517 MPC:6.81 T:114 O:5 MT:5 E:0 P:1

Craigy Kopzcak-M:249 MPC:6.08 T:71 O:2 MT:2 E:0 P:0

The Rig-M:420 MPC:6.90 T:127 O:1 MT:8 E:3 P:6

Lets compare them with the best:

Jamie Peacock- M:593 MPC:7.23 T:121 O:10 MT:4 E:2 P:1

James Graham- M:661 MPC:6.61 T:116 O:6 MT:8 E:3 P:0

Adrian Morley- M:572 MPC:7.63 T:138 O:7 MT:9 E:3 P:8

Our props are showing up well, less errors than average and I think the coaching staff will be very pleased with the low amount of penalties so far.


[uSecond Row[/u

Jamie Langley

- M:828 MPC:7.82 T:198 O:2 MT:6 E:2 P:6

Elliott Whitehead- M:203 MPC:5.98 T:88 O:0 MT:7 E:0 P:3

Michael Worrincy- M:142 MPC:6.76 T:51 O:1 MT:4 E:1 P:1 (Not that bad! Scapegoat?)

And "the best"

Clint Newton- M:493 MPC:6.57 T:140 O:7 MT:6 E:6 P:1

JJB- M:480 MPC:7.26 T:130 O:8 MT:10 E:4 P

:7


[uThe Beaver (LF)[/u

Steve Menzies- M:245 MPC:5.12 T:119 O:12 MT:5 E:4 P:0

Donno- M:108 MPC: 8.31 T:39 O:1 MT:1 E:2 P:2 (not bad for 2 games)



"The Best":

Sean "World Class" O'Loughlin: M:309 MPC:5.05 T:186 O:1 MT:6 E:4 P:2

Kevin Sinfield : M:309 MPC:4.46 T:157 O:5 MT:5 E:3 P:2

Hooker

L'Estrange- M:187 MPC:4.93 T:185 RFDH:33 MT:9 E:2 P:5

Wagga

-M:154 MPC:6.16 T:99 RFDH:20 MT:3 E:0 P:2



IMO, and reinforced by alot of those stats, even though we may not have one of the biggest packs in the league, we can still match most and we make up for it through the skill of Beaver, the craftiness of L'Estrange & Godwin and the determination & heart of the rest. Our pack can match any on its day.

Lynch & Langley

Langley really is a machine. Those stats are awesome.

Only Amos Roberts has made more metres this season than Langers. And bear in mind, Roberts will spend more time on the field than Langley in a typical match.

Aye, plus I imagine his 80 metre breaks will stop when they face Leeds, Saints, Hull etc and as the season wears on.


Has Langley played 80 minutes every week though?

They must be one of (if not) the best stats for a second rower in SL.

I am expecting the first Swallow in the Bradford area next weekend.=#FFFFFF No, I don't usually spit it out.

Good Grief! Thats the first posting by a Cuckoo this spring!

Quite. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. McNamara clearly isn't under any illusions after Sunday's match. For half of it we were utterly outplayed and we can't keep doing that to ourselves. Before we start going overboard lets keep some perspective. That said Langley has had a great start to the season.

Thinking back to away at Warrington last year, our pack wasn't at full strength with Burgess away at international duties and our forwards still built a platform for our backs. So with a fully fit pack i think our forwards will stand up and be counted against the fierce Warrington pack and hopefully Langley will carry on with his blistering form.

Yes, the Wigan match was our probably our greatest result since that at Saints last season. And that match ultimately had very little bearing on our season as a whole.

i'm too old & bitter to get optimistic these days, but what the win against Wigan will have done is instill belief that when you are behind all is not over. Something that cannot easily be coached.

Planning a big night out tt?

Langley and lynch are our best players with season without a doubt

Well, there's this thing about us from previous McNamara seasons.

Previously under macca our recruitment has been from the lower end of the table. Meaning, and this is not ment as a knock against any team, that the players were of a lesser quality and because of the teams they played in were use to getting the occasion big kicking.

this ment that while getting such a kicking at bradford hurt it was something they were already used to getting and dealing with so there was no real spur for them to improve matters. But this year with players like Orford et all who have come from clubs with winning mentalities a result like the loss to saints would really sting and they seem to push harder to erase those mistakes which in turn pushes those around them to push harder.

just go back to half time against wigan, look at orford when the camera is on him. you can see it on his face that he knows the first half was not acceptable and he lead us to a great victory.

so here's hoping to more of the same. just maybe without the 20-0 half time scores against us please

Probably a big night in, but I'll certainly celebrate. It was a Sand Martin last year on 15 March, so fingers crossed for this weekend.

Never turned up. Very disappointed.

Neither did the Bulls in the second half!

I was using it as a very clever analogy. Like they do on clever programmes on Radio 4. Or fancy films that no-one watches.