Quote: The Reaper "I back Dodd to do well over there. The fact that our attack has been exactly the same since he’s been out shows he’s not the problem. His kicking is usually fairly on point, he’s just being instructed to basically do nothing other than give it to the opposition in the corner with them. I think he’s a very talented player and will do well under a better coaching structure.
He looked like he was about to be genuinely world class before his injury. He’s certainly lost a bit of pace since that which has affected his threat, but he’s been much better this year I think. His defence is very very good as well
Hope he does well anyway!'"
If people thought he looked on his way to being ‘world class’ when he was in his first 12-18 months in the Saints first team, I think that sort of highlights the issues he’s faced since, in that expectation was clearly too high. He looked like he could be a very good player but World Class? Not for me. There have always been too many weaknesses and not enough stand out strengths to ever think he could hit those heights.
World class half backs can pretty much do it all, yet even in the early days for Dodd, there wasn’t much of a passing game, much of a kicking game etc. His big breakthrough season was 2021 and he got 7 assists all year. He was playing in a fabulous team and played a real part in the success but I think we can file him under a long list of players ‘some’ Saints fans billed as being the best in their position in the country, when it probably wasn’t the case. It was the days of the old ‘Wigan wouldn’t get a player in a combined 17’ claims.
