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An old fashioned ball playing loose forward!!!!!
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:05 pm
by cpwigan
Lockers IMO has always been an all round players and an outstanding one. For far too long, many people have seen him as just a workhorse, even a second rower. Watch the game closely and the number of times he is creative and playmaking is akin to an old style LF and fans do him a disservice when they just label him great defensively.
Class act!!!
Re: An old fashioned ball playing loose forward!!!!!
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:20 pm
by Dobby
cpwigan wrote:Lockers IMO has always been an all round players and an outstanding one. For far too long, many people have seen him as just a workhorse, even a second rower. Watch the game closely and the number of times he is creative and playmaking is akin to an old style LF and fans do him a disservice when they just label him great defensively.
Class act!!!
:eusa2: I couldn't agree more. From a skills point of view much of what he does his textbook and you can tell that he has been taught well from an early age.
Re: An old fashioned ball playing loose forward!!!!!
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:26 pm
by GeoffN
Seems to me he's being allowed to be more creative under the new regime.
Re: An old fashioned ball playing loose forward!!!!!
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:28 pm
by jaws1
He is having more of a free reign with the pack playing as ateam and sharing the workload not doing as much tackling and more in attack.
Re: An old fashioned ball playing loose forward!!!!!
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:44 pm
by RJ
Can't help thinking that now he is not permanently Captain he seems more comfortable. I certainly think he has played better consistently under the new regime.
Re: An old fashioned ball playing loose forward!!!!!
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:49 pm
by 4bobs
The lad was awesome tonight. Both going forward and in defence. Looks like taking the sole captaincy off him has relieved him to play more freely?
Re: An old fashioned ball playing loose forward!!!!!
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:55 pm
by Mr Stu
love his sharp flat passing. for some time he has been class. good to see that he has been given more creative freedom recently.
Re: An old fashioned ball playing loose forward!!!!!
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:57 pm
by 4bobs
Lockers looks to be the more complete player. Top class.
Re: An old fashioned ball playing loose forward!!!!!
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 12:36 am
by neilbass
When Riddell went off and Tommy went to hooker did Lockers move to 6 or 7?
If not, who did?
Re: An old fashioned ball playing loose forward!!!!!
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 4:43 am
by NICKYKISS
It isn't the new coaching staff that has seen O'Loughlin become more creative. He was the top assist making loose forward in superleague in 2009 and is leading the way again in 2010.
He is simply a fantastic rugbyleague player who can do abit of everything. I'm sick to the back teeth of defending him on rlfans to opposition fans who say he's just a workhorse. He is far more then that and is the best loose forward in England by quite a way at the moment.
Super player.