Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Wed Oct 12, 2016 1:54 pm  

Aboveusonlypie wrote:

I disagree. I think his technique is good. And he's got the bottle, remember the penalty at Leeds?

He's always played in teams that have good kickers (Pat and Shaun Johnson) so he hasn't had much opportunity. His kicking out of hand has improved no end at NZW where he took the drop outs and penalties and kicked in play a lot. If his knees are up to it I think he might be pretty good.

The one at Leeds is one of the good ones, and he certainly has the arrogance/confidence. But form what I remember, he always seems to get under it and balloon it way high. It always looked to me like he just swung a peg at it and hoped.

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:46 pm  

nikos wrote:

didnt tony Clubb kick when he was a centre?

Not sure but I saw his kick out of hand from the Leeds grand final the other night and if his goal kicking is of a similar standard we best leave him off the list

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:44 pm  

Get everyone trying out kicking, and whoever scores a try has to take the conversion attempt.

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:01 pm  

CM Punk wrote:

Get everyone trying out kicking, and whoever scores a try has to take the conversion attempt.

We did that at school for a bit, didn't work very well.

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:37 pm  

I think Williams is the best option. as a half, it cant be a bad thing to develop kicking skills to complement his more natural flair. He is also pretty much guaranteed to start.

Smith is a good example of what dedication can do. Just look how his drop goal game developed over his time with us (and as a place kicker he wasnt as bad as people make out).

Now that Smith has gone - who is going to be the 1 point king ?

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Wed Oct 12, 2016 11:20 pm  

Well, let's hope we don't need as many next year...

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:07 pm  

Didn't Leuluai kick goals in his formative years over here in London?

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:13 pm  

Meefy wrote:

Didn't Leuluai kick goals in his formative years over here in London?

I think he did a bit and there was talk of him being in for it when Richards got the job.

If we don't sign a goalkicker I think it'll be between Leuluai, Tomkins, Powell and Williams. Given Powell won't always be on the field I'd probably rule him out.

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Sat Oct 15, 2016 6:20 pm  

JWarriors wrote:

The one at Leeds is one of the good ones, and he certainly has the arrogance/confidence. But form what I remember, he always seems to get under it and balloon it way high. It always looked to me like he just swung a peg at it and hoped.

That was my memory of him - always looked like he just hit it as hard he could. The definition of hit and hope.

I was at that Leeds game in 2011, and remember thinking we had a better chance by tapping it and trying to get a try. Celebrated like a lunatic when he landed it though!

Re: Goal kicker 2017 : Sun Oct 16, 2016 9:19 am  

Other clubs seem to have at least 2 options for kicking goals (Wire have 4!). Why do we leave ourselves in this situation and why haven't we brought through a genuinely world class kicker from our great academy