Could it not be that teams notice the danger of his size and rush 3 or 4 defenders into him to limit his metres?

I'll take a look on Sunday. For the mean time, I'm sticking by him being just e in attack.

Or maybe I'm paying more attention?



It depends what you consider good in the attacking department doesn't it?
I'd say somebody that makes ground consistently is a good attacker, which Langley does.

I agree with that, but there is times I wish he'd try an offload, but hey, if it's not one of his strong points it may be best not to risk it.

I do think many of our fans let Langleys extreme hard work in defence go unnoticed.

It's all of those gaps that the brilliant Terry Newton's been putting him through that makes him a great attacker.

Oh.

I think he is under contracct til 2011 is he not. Langley is a player all teams need, he is not flashy, but he does all the hard work, making lots of tackles and hit ups and often playing 70+ mins. Resigning him is a must.

That's just hit me. He has looked alot better in attack whilst Godwins been playing 80 mins. He also looked good as a makeshift Hooker.

I'm looking forward to Godwin & L'Estrange next year, both young, fast and talented. Godwin's passing has been pinpoint accurate in recent weeks aswell.

He's just not that type of player like others like Solomona that like to throw the ball into touch, on the ground or into the hands of the opposition, take your pick. I'd rather have a consistent player that makes ground.

Can you get Langley and Westwood up to compare in a link please because the SL site is being slow for me.

And it's jokes like that make you the leading comedian in the UK, Well done, it was really rubbish. Dohhh.

Sure.

[uLangers[/u

Position 11
Shirt number 13
Appearances 23
Tries 0
Try assists 4
Goals 0
Drop Goals 0
Meters 2150
Carries 337
Tackles 820
Offloads 8
Attacking Kicks 0
Runs from dummy half 19
Tackle Busts 25
Marker tackles 141
Clean Breaks 7
Forty twenty 0
Kicks in general play 0
Missed goals 0
Missed tackles 63
Errors 10
Penalties 21


[uWestwood[/u

13 Position
12 Shirt number
19 Appearances
3 Tries
4 Try assists
0 Goals
0 Drop Goals
1715 Meters
243 Carries
550 Tackles
15 Offloads
4 Attacking Kicks
0 Runs from dummy half
44 Tackle Busts
82 Marker tackles
5 Clean Breaks
0 Forty twenty
4 Kicks in general play
0 Missed goals
40 Missed tackles
21 Errors
14 Penalties

Damn right.

Cheers Ewwen, can you do JJB aswell, perhaps a few of SL other (considered) leading backrowers.

Sorry, it hasnt worked for a few works, dont know whats up with it.

[uJJB[/u
Position 11
Shirt number 11
Appearances 24
Tries 8
Try assists 1
Goals 0
Drop Goals 0
Meters 2001
Carries 299
Tackles 652
Offloads 21
Attacking Kicks 2
Runs from dummy half 10
Tackle Busts 43
Marker tackles 83
Clean Breaks 7
Forty twenty 0
Kicks in general play 2
Missed goals 0
Missed tackles 51
Errors 15
Penalties 16


[uAli Lauitiiti[/u
Position 12
Shirt number 12
Appearances 23
Tries 4
Try assists 1
Goals 0
Drop Goals 0
Meters 1783
Carries 260
Tackles 321
Offloads 46
Attacking Kicks 0
Runs from dummy half 6
Tackle Busts 43
Marker tackles 35
Clean Breaks 5
Forty twenty 0
Kicks in general play 0
Missed goals 0
Missed tackles 31
Errors 11
Penalties 9


[uLee Gilmour[/u

13 Position
11 Shirt number
24 Appearances
6 Tries
5 Try assists
0 Goals
0 Drop Goals
1485 Meters
221 Carries
487 Tackles
9 Offloads
6 Attacking Kicks
18 Runs from dummy half
32 Tackle Busts
56 Marker tackles
12 Clean Breaks
0 Forty twenty
8 Kicks in general play
0 Missed goals
40 Missed tackles
24 Errors
6 Penalties


[uSean O'Loughlin[/u

Position 13
Shirt number 13
Appearances 20
Tries 5
Try assists 9
Goals 0
Drop Goals 0
Meters 1604
Carries 234
Tackles 698
Offloads 21
Attacking Kicks 28
Runs from dummy half 17
Tackle Busts 29
Marker tackles 100
Clean Breaks 10
Forty twenty 0
Kicks in general play 42
Missed goals 0
Missed tackles 42
Errors 18
Penalties 19


[u Steve Menzies[/u

13 Position
11 Shirt number
24 Appearances
12 Tries
2 Try assists
0 Goals
0 Drop Goals
1729 Meters
269 Carries
440 Tackles
42 Offloads
3 Attacking Kicks
16 Runs from dummy half
49 Tackle Busts
35 Marker tackles
11 Clean Breaks
0 Forty twenty
3 Kicks in general play
0 Missed goals
57 Missed tackles
33 Errors
4 Penalties

Cheers man.

Interestingly we have the top metre maker back rower in Langley ( HOW CAN THAT BE USELESS IN ATTACK). Top offloader in Menzies, and by far top tackler in Langers aswell.

He doesn't make any ground, apparently.

does that mean Bradford have relied on these players too much. It would be interting to see their playing time in comparison. If as i suspect they have spnt the majority of their matches on the pitch where has McNamara been using his interchanges?

it could do. it's good to see when times are tough we do have the players that will dig in and do the work though.

interesting to see that Menzies has only given away 4 penalties all season so far.

Lots of missed tackles and errors though.

langley has 63 missed tackles, the most out of that little list of players.

i know there is a list of appearances but how about minutes on the pitch? that would be more meaningful than appearances.

Because he has the most tackles. I think if you looked at percentage of missed tackles, Langers would be near the bottom.

% wise then:

langley 93%
westwood 93%
jjb 93%
lauititi 91%
gilmour 92%
0'loughlin 94%
menzies 89%

menzies looks quite bad on that list.

Still not that bad though really. Surprised O'Loughlin is the highest tbh.

I'm not. The guy is a tackling machine. Sadly he's also a real niggly player which tends to take the focus off just how good a defender he is.

I knew that, but i've often seen him miss. He is second to Langley in the tackling machine department i'm afraid though.