Quote BartonFlyer="BartonFlyer"Really I thought that Luke Adamson had one of his worst games this season - he's a young player, bags of talent, I just wonder with all the crap that's being going on at Salford this season whether a spell out of the limelight and the pressure might not actually do him a deal of good?'"
Not one of his best game's perhaps however he still earns a place in the team above Anderson any day of the week. Players like Vinnie have experience - granted, they pop in the right place at the right time and tend to scratch try's out of no were perhaps even when the games a lost cause - however the less glorious task of tackling and hard graft tends to go unnoticed by the average speccy - I missed the game on Sunday and bar Catalans I don't think theres been another I've missed. So upon watching BBC's failing attempt at rugby league highlights (at 11:00 pm none the less) the first thing I noticed was Hull KR's 1st half last minute try. Which happened to be a missed tackle by no other than Neale - Adamson's so called replacement for that game.....
Adamson currently sits 6th on the tackle leader board on the Engage SL with 670 tackles - the highest of any Salford player - to be fair, closely followed by Matty Smith in 13th on 592 tackles (another who seems committed and more than disappointed when we leak points!)
I would obviously prefer Adamson to sit 6th on the try table however considering we have made the least meters in Super League this year (bar Wakefield!!) it goes without saying that Salford spend more time defending than attacking - and with Adamson doing his best in what is realistically a failing team that spends more time defending than attacking, I feel his work rate goes unnoticed.
So yeah sit him on the bench for a few weeks, give the poor lad a break, let the likes of DJ - Anderson & Gleason make 50+ tackles a game and put in the hard graft he does. After all it isn't Adamson kicking out on the full - or spilling the ball in the tackle every time someone puts a hit on (cough Vinnie)...
I shall throughly enjoy watching his replacement work tirelessly protecting those around him and giving 100%...
or will I?