Bort all we needed was to not concede just 1 of those trys scored on that left edge, just 1. I honestly believe (and you will disagree) that having Trindall there and giving his inside and outside man a little bit more confidence would have don’t that.
And in attack, Trindall offers so much more with ball in hand and also kicking. He still leads the comp in 40/20s.
And again IMO, he is a half that has the ability to provide a clutch play if it needs it.
Also, that penalty we got just before half time, he could have kicked that. I can only assume Hynes can’t kick that long and that’s why we kicked for touch.
You can honestly believe it all you want, it doesn't make it fact. I can believe this stuff doesn't happen. Doesn't make it fact.
The only fact is he hasn't made the team.
(or in this case, the field)
We spent all last season sooking that Wade was getting a run over Teig, ruining the left edge, 'it's favouritism for the veteran' we said.
But just yesterday I looked at the stats - we defend that edge better with Wade than with Teig. Of course the Moylan hate brigade can view that as 'it's not Wade was a better defender than Teig, but Moylan has got worse'. You know what though? Maybe Graham gave him more confidence.
It seems blinded by hate to assume the change to
the most important defender on the edge did not impact defence on the edge.
I think it appears the coach got that one right and we all (except DJ) got it wrong.
I don't see how Trindall gives his inside and outside men any more confidence in that game. I can see why you would decide he does, because there is nothing he can't do, but Wilton was
at least half of the problem. Is he going to be more confident to come off the decoy runner on the inside to tackle his man because Trindall is out there? In Trindall fairytale land, sure. In my mind, no, defence comes from the inside out (typically), if Wilton isn't getting out it makes no sense to me to suggest it's because he doesn't trust Moylan. If anything he should be overcommitting out if that is true.
And we didn't need more offered in attack - we scored most of the times we were down there. Our attacking shape right now is amongst the best in the league. People keep telling me Trindall can do everything better than Moylan but if we don't score one of our tries because his touch isn't as good as Moylan's, or he goes himself instead of passing, that negates the one he maybe stops. Hypotheticals work just as well both ways.
We have scored the second most points in the league (averaging 23 with Trindall, 35 with Hynes) - no evidence to me we need more in attack.
Trindall also has the ability to make a dumb decision to go himself or do a **** kick into legs both of which don't come off more than they do.
And as for goal/penalty kicks he supposedly makes - yeah maybe, maybe not though. 10/11 for this season, 2/6 for last season, nobody makes every kick.
Even if Hynes (or Trindall) made the last kick and took us to golden point do we win the game? Very good chance we don't. Trindall kicking 2 points at halftime instead may well make no difference to the outcome.
I have absolutely no issue with Trindall being named in 6 next game - I'd be keen to see it.
But there are comments in here acting like he is some godlike figure who would make every tackle and fix Wilton's defence and fix Talakai's defence and be kicking 40/20s to get us out of trouble
from the ball being dropped consistently on the 1st and 2nd and be kicking goals from everywhere and making clutch plays (even though we have seen him kill plenty of plays in the past). To me his potential impact seems over exaugurated - perhaps I'm even viewing him a bit more critically due to the fact some have been crying out for him to be promised the 7 jersey for years. Personally I'm very glad we didn't and have signed Hynes.
