Re: anderson : Sun May 24, 2015 8:48 am  

Crackerjack wrote:

.........and if hed carried on -do you think he`d have been sidelined Codey ?

I doubt it!

Possibly. Sharp was a stickler for a very set game plan by all accounts. Even down to who gets the ball on each set and who they then pass to.

Re: anderson : Sun May 24, 2015 9:01 am  

No but then Eorl isn't a turnstyle in defence

Re: anderson : Sun May 24, 2015 9:48 am  

Code13 wrote:

No but then Eorl isn't a turnstyle in defence

Earl is credited with a lot of tackles, A Big number of them he is 2nd and 3rd man in, That's not his fault, Potential line breakers don't run at big guys like him, They run at guys like Robinson, It happens to most big players.

I can't fault the effort Earl puts in, I don't think anyone can. I just think he had potentially a more skilful game in him that was being developed, N Brown had the knack of bringing on individual players before he had his wobblers.

P Anderson might see's Earl more in his own image , Except Earls style of running is not suited to line busting, which was Andersons game. He drags players in no problem but the offloads don't come, so there is no advantage. It's not easy for sure , but he was becoming good at it and now it's gone , which is what I find a shame.

Re: anderson : Sun May 24, 2015 9:57 am  

Jo Jumbuck wrote:

Earl is credited with a lot of tackles, A Big number of them he is 2nd and 3rd man in, That's not his fault, Potential line breakers don't run at big guys like him, They run at guys like Robinson, It happens to most big players.

I can't fault the effort Earl puts in, I don't think anyone can. I just think he had potentially a more skilful game in him that was being developed, N Brown had the knack of bringing on individual players before he had his wobblers.

P Anderson might see's Earl more in his own image , Except Earls style of running is not suited to line busting, which was Andersons game. He drags players in no problem but the offloads don't come, so there is no advantage. It's not easy for sure , but he was becoming good at it and now it's gone , which is what I find a shame.

credit him with the most metres made for any of our props too..

Re: anderson : Sun May 24, 2015 10:26 am  

brearley84 wrote:

credit him with the most metres made for any of our props too..

Yes, good on him. I am not knocking Eorl, as I have said the effort is always there, I am more thinking of what might have been.

Re: anderson : Sun May 24, 2015 10:27 am  

Credit hard work? Hudds fans?

Re: anderson : Sun May 24, 2015 2:29 pm  

Jo Jumbuck wrote:

P Anderson might see's Earl more in his own image , Except Earls style of running is not suited to line busting, which was Andersons game. He drags players in no problem but the offloads don't come, so there is no advantage. It's not easy for sure , but he was becoming good at it and now it's gone , which is what I find a shame.

Except of course that he was our top tackle buster last season is our top tackle busting prop this season. Has in fact been our top tackle busting forward for the last 9 seasons barring 2 years when he was second and has been our top tackle busting prop since 2004. Which was around the time Tony Smith left and Eorl stopped pretending to be a centre and tried running over people rather than stepping round them.

And all this despite "not running his weight".

Re: anderson : Sun May 24, 2015 2:35 pm  

Mad_Jack_Mcmad wrote:

Except of course that he was our top tackle buster last season is our top tackle busting prop this season. Has in fact been our top tackle busting forward for the last 9 seasons barring 2 years when he was second and has been our top tackle busting prop since 2004. Which was around the time Tony Smith left and Eorl stopped pretending to be a centre and tried running over people rather than stepping round them.

And all this despite "not running his weight".

Shhhhhh don't let the truth spoil the illusion.

Re: anderson : Sun May 24, 2015 3:05 pm  

Was not aware of those stats on Huby's offloads. I'm a big believer in the stats so I've been proven wrong. I still stand by my point though, that players individual strengths don't shine under Anderson.

Re: anderson : Sun May 24, 2015 4:40 pm  

FeeFiFoFum wrote:

Was not aware of those stats on Huby's offloads. I'm a big believer in the stats so I've been proven wrong. I still stand by my point though, that players individual strengths don't shine under Anderson.

maybe anderson is an old fashioned coach in his style and he doesnt like flair players.. such as eden..