Contrastinghobby wrote:How do people see Mattersons role assuming the team roles out at listed?
No guarantee he rolls out to the edge late game as last year averaged 55mins at lock
IPap moved on but Carty has picked up some of this slack and played out all the games on the edge and with Hopgood/Murchie in the middle mix, Paulo to return there is a lot of players fighting for game time and something has to give
Last year at lock he averaged 55mins at lock, Hopgood 65mins at Lock (With Matterson away)
So will be interesting as this year Matterson playing 2 tough teams has scored mainly in tackles so needs to lift his attack (against weaker teams this could help) but needs big minutes to score large.
Carty is the elephant in the room here and probably won't know until next week as to how they see him
We might think Lane/Matterson and hopgood is right (Murchie covering hopgood) but we aren't the coach
My take is this;
BA has shown repeatedly that he likes to play his big players for big minutes.
Parra have had a tough start and need to win games, so can't take things lightly.
I think losing iPap and even Mahoney to an extent will result in Matterson getting more minutes. Maybe 65? this year instead of 55. The exact nature of where he spends that time is less certain (middle/ edge), so is the PPM
I don't see Freddie selecting Matterson for Origin, so some potential upside there (Freddie seems a vibe guy, and I'm guessing Matterson, a bit like Klemmer, doesn't really fit his vibe)
Hoping he stays fit and healthy for a 60 average, but see it as a fair gamble at his price