100% Greg. Doueihi didn't do anything a conventional halfback should do to lay on or score tries. He didn't win the game by orchestrating great attacking play in shape, putting the defence in two minds with deft halfback play of digging into the line, squaring up, clever passing, wonderful attacking kicking for repeat sets or points, or anything of the sort. Kikau in particular made some horrendous errors which Doueihi exposed for the first two tries. A very Wests-like performance from Kikau which we most likely won't see again for a while. By all means, Doueihi took advantage of these opportunities, but to think he's now a team-leading general after 1 game, in horrendous conditions, where the opposition made a tonne of uncharacteristic errors, is laughable. It's very Wests Tigers though to ignore the past month of putrid football and sign a player for overs for a performance in one game. Canterbury allowed Doueihi to shine. A bit like how Wests allowed Tannah Boyd to shine in his first match for the Warriors, and he's been average since.
Doueihi's try involvements v Canterbury:
1. Kikau was offside at the ruck and subsequently receives the ball. Penalty Wests. In the ensuing Goodball set, Kikau rushes out of the defensive line (and system) and slips off Doueihi due to the wet. Poor attempt at wrapping the ball allows Doueihi to offload for Skelton's try.
2. Xerri makes a legs tackle on a Skelton kick return who finds his front and a quick play the ball. Xerri is out of the play and only one marker is present. Kikau doesn't realise the situation and only has eyes for the open-side which is what a first marker does in a 2-marker system. Doueihi seizes the opportunity down the short-side, and practically bombs the try with a forward pass to Bula which wasn't called.
3. Doueihi pounces on a loose-ball for a try.
To think that 'we've found the blue-print' when you actually drill down to how those tries came about is laughable. If you look at the stats, Canterbury still win carry metres, average set metres, tackle efficiency, and all with less total possession. The biggest variable in this match was the weather and the errors Canterbury made because of it.
If Doueihi wants to make a decision now, and take what Dragons are offering, then good luck to him. He needs to show that he can produce actual NRL half back standard performances before Richo upgrades the dollars in his deal. So far, he's shown absolutely nothing. And I haven't even talked about the history of his defensive efforts.
Decisions need to be made on a body of work, not an outlier.