Over hyped average player, glad Wigan out bid leeds for him, not worth the money.

King James has always had a hard on for Thompson, and it clouds his judgement.

You have a very familiar posting style you, it’s as if I’ve seen you before

What is factually incorrect about my post?

Quote ="RagingBull"Well done, you have just won the award for the most factually inaccurate post of the season !'" Other than been 1m out on Clubb looks pretty accurate https://www.superleague.co.uk/match-centre/report/3095

Quote ="RagingBull"Well done, you have just won the award for the most factually inaccurate post of the season !'" Other than been 1m out on Clubb looks pretty accurate https://www.superleague.co.uk/match-centre/report/3095

Yes he seemed to always pick up a knock and have to come off mid-game. Worryingly some have been head knocks. Many have questioned whether he's a bit soft. Personally I don't think you can't get to play rugby in the forwards at the level he is at and be soft. He would never have made it this far.

He couldn't get in the GB side then either though. I mean actually playing for England/GB in November then being dropped by his club for meaningful games the following season.

A ban on the Wigan bored is for life not just for Christmas. I'm still banned for suggesting Liam Farrell is not big enough to be an international second row.
You've got to feel for them though; they were all burning their season tickets after 150 years of watching earlier in the season & Lam Radders should go. A week ago they were so happy they had stuck with them. Now it's the worst forward performance in the history of the club from someone who doesn't watch them. Priceless.

All?

Thompson isn't even the best prop in the league nevermind in the world. One of the worst things I've read on here and that's saying something.

He’s currently swatting away every other forward in the league atm. Who’d you think is the best prop in the league?

He isn't. Liam Watts stats are comfortably superior to that of Thompson's.

Lama Tasi

Interesting. Hard to compare props as how dominant a team they are in is a big point, as is how many minutes they play.

My take on the stats is Watts carries the ball more (average c.17 per game vs c.14 for Thompson) and defends more (41 vs 29 tackles per game). Would be interested in seeing how that works out by the minute but looks like Watts carries a heavier burden which makes sense given respective packs.

The quality of that work is a little different though.
- Thompson's average gain is approx 1m higher
- Thompson has made 13 clean breaks to Watts's 1 (and 74 busts to Watts 52) with more tries - that's a big difference, albeit Watts is a much much bigger offload threat which probably plays into this in the way he carries into contact
- Watts misses a far bigger proportion of his tackles (97 misses vs 37 Thompson)
- Watts gives away far more penalties (22 compared to 5)

Errors about the same per game (albeit thinking about that, Watts will be lower per carry).

Two cracking props, but struggling to see how Watts stats are "comfortably superior". Really hard to compare given the two wider packs and respective burden, but I certainly wouldn't contemplate swapping out Thompson for Watts.

Would love Watts in the Saints pack with him though!

2 cracking props. I doubt either of us would swap.

Watts misses far too many tackles

Carries:
Watts 452 | Thompson 327

Marker Tackles:
Watts 183 | Thompson 115

Metres:
Watts 3160 |Thompson 2578

Offloads:
Watts 62 | Thompson 11

Tackle Busts:
Watts 52 | Thompson 74

Tackles:
Watts 937 | Thompson 586


Surely Watts is always going to miss more tackles if he is making almost 300 more tackles than Thompson throughout the season? Watts makes a considerable more amount of metres which is surprisingly given you'd think Saints will always have more ball possession than Cas. As you say errors Watts has made one more error where you could argue playing in a lesser team with lesser skilled players he would be more prone to make more errors due to inaccurate passes etc.

In conclusion the stats show that Watts makes far more metres, carries and tackles than Thompson which for me are the primary attributes of a prop forward. I'm not taking anything away from Thompson by the way. He's a fantastic player. I'm just dismissing the ludicrous statement that ‘Thompson is the best prop in the world’.

It's a perfectly valid opinion to have, it's all subjective. So many ifs and buts to the stats. The major one is that Thompson has Alex Walmsley to tango with, Watts doesn't, so he'll have 2 or 3 drives a set to do, Thompson won't get that workload even if he put his hand up for it. I'll bet Watts does an awful lot more gametime too, because his team is terrible and will concede bucketloads if he goes off.

That’s a ridiculous and completely pointless comparison. Watts will have played far more minutes so he should have made more metres, tackles etc. The best stat there is that allows for something close to a comparison is average gain. Watts is 6.99 a carry whereas Thompson is 7.88 metres. Watts is an excellent player but Thompson is a level above.

Penalty machine every single season.

How is it ridiculous? So we dismiss the stats because Watts is fitter and able to play more minutes than Thompson? Maybe Thompson should improve his fitness then and then you'd have a more accurate comparison?

a batter gauge is the level of interest from the nrl.

Best prop in the world - loads of interest and likely to be there in 2022

Liam Watts - lol none

Quote ="Steph Curry"a batter gauge is the level of interest from the nrl. Best prop in the world - loads of interest and likely to be there in 2022 Liam Watts - lol none'" https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/48867494 Do we still say lol?

Quote ="Steph Curry"a batter gauge is the level of interest from the nrl. Best prop in the world - loads of interest and likely to be there in 2022 Liam Watts - lol none'" https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/48867494 Do we still say lol?

Canberra signed Ryan Sutton last year. From your logic is he then better than both?

oh Stephanie you do make yourself look stupid