Hahaha sorry no. Its not that I think you're underrating Ken but more that you're overrating Roberts as a defender. You must have poor memory of Newcastle Tyrone Roberts who was turnstile at best on D.
And I do remember that play, it was almost 2 years ago when Ken was a rookie and in his first year playing on the wing, he had basically no room to work with and was more or less pushed into touch then Cappy ripped into him about it in a post game interview which made it become a big deal at the time. If Ken had got that ball on the weekend when he should've from Kata, it would've been no contest regardless of whether Roberts got across.
He's averaging 145 running metres a game this season and he's doing most of that on hit ups against blokes far bigger than Roberts. Im not the biggest fan of Ken but your reasoning is bullshit.
You're getting awfully huffy over an off hand throwaway comment.
Why are we comparing Roberts when he was at Newcastle with Ken now when Ken gets to be excused for an error when he was a rookie roughly the same amount of time ago? Seems weird.
Running metres really have nothing to do with it. Unless as Roberts comes across Maumalo is going to show him a stat sheet giving Roberts the opportunity to say 'fair enough, in you go son, you've earned it"
Maumalo isn't a natural winger, therefore he's not going to step on the inside. How do you know Roberts won't do just enough to sneak a foot into touch? How do you know that in the act of trying to score the ball doesn't get dislodged seeing as Ken, much like Kata, is prone to going for the quickest route rather than the safest and would in most likelihood extend his arm to ground the ball?
I said I was backing Roberts, I never said he would win through brute strength. You're the one who threw dimensions in there as the be all to end all.
Both Geoff Toovey and I see your dimensions and say - meh.
