Re: Gelling? : Tue Feb 24, 2015 8:09 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

Read an interview today where he said he had three things going through his mind-

Charging it down

Shaking the sticks

Throwing a spare ball at Corey Parker

Ha ha. The blokes nuts! Like you say Ted the game lacks characters so he's refreshing.

He's a cracking young player as well. Big and strong, decent pace and a big heart. He's the type who's handling will take a while to get going but he'll be fine.

When he charged at the ball I would have loved to have seen him gather it and go the length of the field, what's the odds that one or two of the Brisbane players would have given chase.

Re: Gelling? : Tue Feb 24, 2015 11:50 am  

For all his faults he is an asset to the team 197 metres on Saturday with only 1 error and 21 tackles http://m.nrl.com/DrawResults/TelstraPre ... fault.aspx Edit 18 errors and 65% completion rate is terrible.

For all his faults he is an asset to the team 197 metres on Saturday with only 1 error and 21 tackles http://m.nrl.com/DrawResults/TelstraPre ... fault.aspx Edit 18 errors and 65% completion rate is terrible.

Re: Gelling? : Tue Feb 24, 2015 1:01 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote: For all his faults he is an asset to the team 197 metres on Saturday with only 1 error and 21 tackles http://m.nrl.com/DrawResults/TelstraPre ... fault.aspx Edit 18 errors and 65% completion rate is terrible. Where's the stats for how wide he can leave a barn door open?

Rogues Gallery wrote: For all his faults he is an asset to the team 197 metres on Saturday with only 1 error and 21 tackles http://m.nrl.com/DrawResults/TelstraPre ... fault.aspx Edit 18 errors and 65% completion rate is terrible. Where's the stats for how wide he can leave a barn door open?

Re: Gelling? : Tue Feb 24, 2015 5:26 pm  

Ovavoo wrote:

Where's the stats for how wide he can leave a barn door open?

You will find it next to the record of how high knees jerk...

Re: Gelling? : Tue Feb 24, 2015 6:10 pm  

Am I not right in thinking that charging down a place kick is still allowed in Rugby Union although only for a conversion not for a penalty. Incidentally I thought the penalty was a bit harsh.

Re: Gelling? : Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:09 pm  

I'm just not a Gelling fan.
Can't knock his commitment or work rate but he's one dimensional.
The reason why he makes yardage is that we haven't got the big guys to do the heavy work when we are in our own half.
If this is how we want to play then sell Charnley as he is waste of salary cap at the moment due to lack of passes. Reminds me of when we had Dallas - great winger but never gets the chance to show it.
I'd like to see him the second row but if SW thought he would be better there then I'm sure we would have seen this before now.
My points may seem illogical but I just don't want to see centres trundling the ball in on every occasion they get the ball.

Re: Gelling? : Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:37 pm  

Wigan Peer wrote:

You will find it next to the record of how high knees jerk...

I'm not knocking Gelling, he does the best he can with the attributes he's got. It's for me, a tad disappointing that following Gleeson, who was superb and Goulding, who was almost as good, we as a club haven't been able to maintain these high standards at centre.

Re: Gelling? : Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:40 pm  

Ovavoo wrote:

I'm not knocking Gelling, he does the best he can with the attributes he's got. It's for me, a tad disappointing that following Gleeson, who was superb and Goulding, who was almost as good, we as a club haven't been able to maintain these high standards at centre.

Like all the issues people raise here about players in certain positions, it's all down to money, or rather lack of it. If the money now available to the NRL was around when Gleeson was in his pomp, he would not have been at Wigan.

Re: Gelling? : Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:08 pm  

Ovavoo wrote:

I'm not knocking Gelling, he does the best he can with the attributes he's got. It's for me, a tad disappointing that following Gleeson, who was superb and Goulding, who was almost as good, we as a club haven't been able to maintain these high standards at centre.

Goulding was excellent for us in 2012 and 2013, but he was nowhere near as good as Gleeson, and Gelling isn't any worse than Goulding. When you watch back how many assists Goulding got the vast majority of them came because Sam Tomkins had created the overlap and space leaving DG just needing to tip the ball on to his winger. He struggled a lot more in 2014 once ST had gone.

Re: Gelling? : Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:08 pm  

WARRIORCRAIG wrote:

Goulding was excellent for us in 2012 and 2013, but he was nowhere near as good as Gleeson, and Gelling isn't any worse than Goulding. When you watch back how many assists Goulding got the vast majority of them came because Sam Tomkins had created the overlap and space leaving DG just needing to tip the ball on to his winger. He struggled a lot more in 2014 once ST had gone.

I'd love Sam back!

Sarginson and Gelling would have a field day with him drifting across the field.