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SO YOU ask Tony Williams if his frame is to blame?
Questioning if, maybe, Brad Fittler was right earlier this week when he suggested the City Origin star's life as the most discussed, debated and dissected rugby league forward is all because of his size.
"Ah, not sure about that,'' Williams grins.
"It's not like I'm the biggest player in the NRL ... but I do seem to cop the criticism."
But why?
For when you speak with Fittler — a fella who knows something about footballing greatness — he insists T-Rex is an "outstanding" player in form.
Tony Williams looks to offload during NSW City training. Source: News Corp Australia
Same deal Canterbury coach Des Hasler.
And as for fellow Bulldog Josh Jackson ... well, he says when the backrower is on "there's no more damaging forward in the game".
Indeed, according to Fox Sports Statistics, 25-year-old Williams is enjoying a solid, if not spectacular, start to the year with premiership leaders Canterbury.
While his numbers remain down on that 2012 breakout year with the Manly Sea Eagles — where he made 96 tackle breaks, averaged 121m and scored 31 tries — the hulking Bulldog is still doing enough to have Blues coach Laurie Daley interested.
"And I don't think I've been playing crap footy,'' Williams tells The Daily Telegraph.
"I think, after the year I had with Manly, there have been some fairly high expectations placed on me.
"And while I haven't been playing as good as I did two years ago, I don't think I've been as bad as some are making out either.
"I mean, yeah, last year was a low. I got dropped from Origin, dropped from the Australian side — that was hard to take.
"But there were things involved too".
Tony Williams makes a run during NSW City training. Source: News Corp Australia
Like what?
"I think the stuff that was going on around Ben Barba affected me,'' he says, referring to the fullback whose personal and contract dramas were well publicised.
"I'm not blaming anyone else for my form. But to come into a new club and find there are a few dramas going on, it was a surprise to me.
"Obviously we've got no worries at Canterbury now and I think that's showing on the field. There is a lot of love there.
"Plus, I think every player who has a real big year goes through this. The fans see what you do and expect it every week."
And therein lies the problem.
For even the briefest glimpse of Williams' playing numbers reveal a roller-coaster form line.
Yet speaking on the Monday evening the City side was announced, Fittler heaped praise on a forward he says is unfairly targeted because of his size.
Asked about the Fittler rap, Williams continues: "Coming from someone like Freddy, a legend, it's an incredible compliment.
"And that is always what I try to focus on. Over the past year I've had some fairly harsh things said to me, but the critics, they aren't the ones putting the food on my table.
"So when the people who do, when the coach or my teammates say I'm doing no good, that's when I'll start to worry."
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