Sincerely happy to see you back Woodsie.....and I totally agree with your point, the catch should be made regardless of where it comes down......my point I probably expressed poorly, was the Manly attack in the red zone, the kicks are always "off" too far/wide/short and Saab regularly makes the grab, but is not in a position to plant the ball down, if the kicks were more on point, would be rewarded with more tries as the the preying mantis like Saab would cash in with better service and this would become another option than the "in vogue" shift with backdoor plays to 2nd runners, which seems our only real weapon near the line.It is the wingers job to time his run and leap to where the ball is coming down .... not where he hopes or would like it to be ...
The notion that the kicker is in any way responsible for the wingers success at catching the ball baffles me ... I know the response I would have gotten from Ray Ritchie or biscuits if I had used that excuse ...
Zac Lomax turns ordinary kicks into pay dirt every week ...
PSS ... Thanks for your kind words ....
To take it a step further while on the talk of attacking on the line, would like to see a rampaging Oka (from the deep) running unders lines at an iscolated half, or being dropped under near the line.....our forward seem to flat when near the line and we have big men, I feel off say a Harry Grant type who can engage the ruck defence - Paseka, Oka, Sipley would be scoring far more regularly