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    Default Coote and his kicking

    1/5 only one kick from 5 against Hull very worrying could be another Achilles heal for us this season?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rommel View Post
    1/5 only one kick from 5 against Hull very worrying could be another Achilles heal for us this season?
    It’s Grace and Makinson’s fault they keep scoring at the corner flag, Coote hasn’t had too many easy pot shots at goal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rommel View Post
    1/5 only one kick from 5 against Hull very worrying could be another Achilles heal for us this season?
    Think you make a good point.

    We've already been caught out once at Wembley with that. I could have kicked that 10 cans down

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    I must admit I've been thinking the same all day just didn't want to admit it and start this thread but it is a serious worry, maybe him and Percy could share the kicking he did well when he covered kicking when Coote was injured, but we do need to be thinking about a sure fire kicker for next season I fear its to late for this one, we are just going to have to go with what we have or win on tries alone.

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    Or tell Percival to have a word with himself as he's a highly paid professional.

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    He kicked them from everywhere last week so hopefully he can get back to that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sean Day View Post
    He kicked them from everywhere last week so hopefully he can get back to that.
    This. He might have missed 4 out of 5 tonight but all were very difficult. The important question is how much did he miss by? If they were fairly close then he's probably still striking the ball ok.
    Forwards win games. The backs decide by how much.

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    I'm not a stat man but over the season he's been pretty consistent I suspect.
    Percival is a much poorer kicker.
    Danny Richardson is our best kicker but need to factor in other aspects of his performance.
    For me Coote is the best bet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ralph Fridge View Post
    Think you make a good point.

    We've already been caught out once at Wembley with that. I could have kicked that 10 cans down
    Better kickers than Coote have missed easier kicks at Wembley. Yes he had a bad night with the boot last night but as mentioned in this thread he has had nights when he hardly missed at all. If the other players don't want to kick then barring playing Richardson he's our kicker and we have to get used to it.

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    I always thought it was a strange decision by Holbrook to make Coote our kicker when he isn't one.

    Coote in his 10 years in the NRL has only kicked 10 goals, Coote in the 1 year in Superleague has kicked 105 goals yet is the 2nd best kicker in super league mainly because we have scored an enormous amount of try's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by STIDDY View Post
    I always thought it was a strange decision by Holbrook to make Coote our kicker when he isn't one.

    Coote in his 10 years in the NRL has only kicked 10 goals, Coote in the 1 year in Superleague has kicked 105 goals yet is the 2nd best kicker in super league mainly because we have scored an enormous amount of try's.
    From memory I don’t think Holbrook picked him as such, more so Percival kicked in the first game then almost immediately didn’t want to do it anymore

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    I didn’t go to Hull last night but having seen the highlights it is clear that 4 of the 5 kicks were from the touchline so it seems a bit harsh to criticise Coote too much. Match Centre suggested he wasn’t far off with the missed attempts although if anyone who went thinks that his efforts were poor that’s probably a better insight. On the basis of the evidence last week, however, and his kicking prior to Wembley, I’d rather Coote have the responsibility as I think he’s better than Percival and much less likely to be put off his general game if he misses.

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