03-31-2021, 08:17 PM
(03-31-2021, 11:53 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:Matthew Lloyd going through exactly what I posted on FC now!
He has defenders that are winners, losers and jury is out
Winners (smart defenders who coped with rule changes)
Howe
Grimes
Moore
May
Losers (poor defenders who didn't cope with rule changes)
Plowman
Davis
Kolodjashnij
Gardner
Hartigan
Jury's Out (50/50)
Alir
This argument is becoming rather formless and shapeless, and I don't really know what exactly we're discussing. Are are discussing whole careers, this season, just the R2 game etc. ?
Lloyd's statement linking what he sees as poor form with "coping / not coping with rule changes" is bizarre. Other than just creative licence designed to stir the pot, I can't see how he would make that claim. There are many on here who will tell you that Plowman was crap the minute he walked in the door, so the rule changes should not make a difference.
I'd be very keen to see the midfield and forward pressure numbers for the "winners" category. I would bet London to a brick that the pressure numbers for those teams would be higher than ours.
I'm not suggesting Plowman is a gun or free from all blame. But the amount of crap he cops is out of proportion to the reality.
We should just agree to disagree and move on.