HoldenV8
Journey Man
One thing that has been telling, since Hodko came home to Manly we have not once for a full game had a proper dummy half.
Hodko's first game was against Melbourne and he came off the bench. Api got binned in that game and was suspended for the Canberra game. Against the Raiders, we had Lewis Brown and Matt Wright at dummy half. I dare say that if Api wasn't suspended, we would have won that game. As it was we only just lost.
Against the Warriors, for the first 15 minutes we looked good and were leading 8-0. Then Api goes off injured, was replaced by Matt Wright and while he wasn't bad and I certainly don't blame him for the loss, we ended up falling apart in a big way.
Then came Saturday night where Hodko actually spent over half the game playing dummy half.
For mine, that is another reason why Hodkinson hasn't looked as good as we had hoped he would be. Just take a look at how Canberra suddenly came to life on Sunday against the Tigpies when Hodgson returned to the side instead of having a fill-in.
Hodko's first game was against Melbourne and he came off the bench. Api got binned in that game and was suspended for the Canberra game. Against the Raiders, we had Lewis Brown and Matt Wright at dummy half. I dare say that if Api wasn't suspended, we would have won that game. As it was we only just lost.
Against the Warriors, for the first 15 minutes we looked good and were leading 8-0. Then Api goes off injured, was replaced by Matt Wright and while he wasn't bad and I certainly don't blame him for the loss, we ended up falling apart in a big way.
Then came Saturday night where Hodko actually spent over half the game playing dummy half.
For mine, that is another reason why Hodkinson hasn't looked as good as we had hoped he would be. Just take a look at how Canberra suddenly came to life on Sunday against the Tigpies when Hodgson returned to the side instead of having a fill-in.
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