Quote ="Panda Antics"Hock shows glimpses of huge quality but all too often does something daft which does the team no favours.
I don't think the reason for these moments of stupidity is because he does too much for the team but because he tries too hard as we are too reliant on him for go forward.
He is a second rower, yet often we see more creativity from him than the pivots at times. If the halves weere more creative, and Hock were just allowed to run the lines he can then he would be brilliant for us.
I don't see his defence as a problem either. He covers the left hand side of the pitch quite well with Carmont and although he isn't as hard working in dfence as O'Loughlin, Bailey or Hansen without Hock we would suffer greatly long term.
I agree he doesn't perform enough but I think another factor contributing to this is the uncompetitiveness of the pack. Were we dominating a game up the middle, there'd be less need for Hock to try these off loads so often. You can tell he only tires them to generate some second phase rugby.
To say you'd get rid of Hock is stupid in my opinion; he is one of our pivotal players. When the team in general, specifically the pack improve, Hock will improve no end.'"
Perhaps I was OTT saying I would get shut given the current situation, it was intended more as a if i had a clean slate rather than placing it into the context of the current team and its failings.
I think Hock could be more than adequatley replaced with a strike second row from the NRL without having to throw too much cash at one, he is an eye catching player but many of his plays hurt us.
