Re: nrl players in key postions : Mon Aug 01, 2016 7:36 am  

The OP is a WUM.

Re: nrl players in key postions : Mon Aug 01, 2016 8:21 am  

Overall, I have liked Anderson.

I just think the serious knee and back problems of the past two seasons have caught up with him.

Chester did say he may only play jabbed up is an obvious statement that the blokes body is suffering. Added to that Kirmond played against medical advice, just says where are squad is at right now.

I would give Yates and Crowther some extended game time over the next couple of weeks, to try to get some of these injuries. I would also use Harrison if able to as much as possible, to get as much out of the loan signing as possible

Re: nrl players in key postions : Mon Aug 01, 2016 11:58 am  

As far as Anderson is concerned I can understand where Belly is coming from. I am hearing he has a back problem that no one seems to be able to sort. To me the guy has no future at the club, if there is no likelihood of him playing again they should sit him down and do a deal and send him home. Time to move on for both parties.

Re: nrl players in key postions : Mon Aug 01, 2016 6:17 pm  

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Trojan Horse wrote:

Gidley and sandow are on a different class to Finn/Miller so not far wrong and if we could secure a top hb then that would be a great move.

Think the Jowitt comment is too harsh. However he is a liability in defence. His last tackle efforts are very flat footed or weak and he fails to cover the ball when he's on the line which has been evident a few times. His attacking play has been brilliant however and i still think he has a ton of potential but he does need to work on that side of his game much like Johnstone last off season. I'm not critical though as he's young and done very well this year.

I'm not the only one who thinks Jowitt is shaky in defence and I'm sure there will be more but I'm sure we can all see he has the ability to be a very good fullback for years to come.

Take you're point on Ridley and Sandown versus Finn and Miller.....but how would they have gone behind a totally busted and beaten pack. Mid season when we were dominating in the forwards Miller looked class and Finn had more time to pick a pass

Re: nrl players in key postions : Mon Aug 01, 2016 6:18 pm  

wotsupcas wrote:

[i] by[/i]Take you're point on Ridley and Sandown versus Finn and Miller.....but how would they have gone behind a totally busted and beaten pack. Mid season when we were dominating in the forwards Miller looked class and Finn had more time to pick a pass

Damn predictive text!

Re: nrl players in key postions : Mon Aug 01, 2016 7:28 pm  

For me ideally in the halves a younger version of Finn would be ideal. Miller is growing in stature and i do see him nowadays as more than just a support player.

Luke Walsh i believe is off contract and with Saints favourites to land Soward they may have to clear some cap space.

There are a few NRL players off contract but a lot dont have too many games under their belt.

On looking the ones with most game time I saw was Luke Kelly and another one called Williams I think

Re: nrl players in key postions : Tue Aug 02, 2016 7:23 pm  

http://www.zerotackle.com/top-5-five-ei ... act-23112/ A post off facebook. Think I have copied it correctly. Several half backs coming off contract but not too many with a lot of game time under their belt

http://www.zerotackle.com/top-5-five-ei ... act-23112/ A post off facebook. Think I have copied it correctly. Several half backs coming off contract but not too many with a lot of game time under their belt

Re: nrl players in key postions : Wed Aug 03, 2016 8:18 pm  

Eastern Wildcat wrote: http://www.zerotackle.com/top-5-five-eighths-off-contract-23112/ A post off facebook. Think I have copied it correctly. Several half backs coming off contract but not too many with a lot of game time under their belt That's the Top 5 NRL half backs mate off contract, would be nice if it was one of them but here's the list you were looking at. http://www.zerotackle.com/rugby-league/players/off-contract-2016/by-position-2016/ Interesting to see 3 of our ex players in the list. Luke Kelly would be a interesting one. I remember watching him play a couple of years ago I think and he looked a good player. He's had a bad knee injury that required knee reconstruction at the start of this season though that's kept him out all season, so a risky buy for anyone. Looking at the list there's not much to choice tbh like you say plenty of 19/20 year olds. Sam Williams has played enough games in the NRL and is still relatively young but don't know too much about him tbh.

Eastern Wildcat wrote: http://www.zerotackle.com/top-5-five-eighths-off-contract-23112/ A post off facebook. Think I have copied it correctly. Several half backs coming off contract but not too many with a lot of game time under their belt That's the Top 5 NRL half backs mate off contract, would be nice if it was one of them but here's the list you were looking at. http://www.zerotackle.com/rugby-league/players/off-contract-2016/by-position-2016/ Interesting to see 3 of our ex players in the list. Luke Kelly would be a interesting one. I remember watching him play a couple of years ago I think and he looked a good player. He's had a bad knee injury that required knee reconstruction at the start of this season though that's kept him out all season, so a risky buy for anyone. Looking at the list there's not much to choice tbh like you say plenty of 19/20 year olds. Sam Williams has played enough games in the NRL and is still relatively young but don't know too much about him tbh.

Re: nrl players in key postions : Wed Aug 03, 2016 8:31 pm  

I wonder if Chester will follow his Hull KR ethos, if so then he may decide to invest heavily on a quality scrum half as he did with Albert kelly?

Re: nrl players in key postions : Wed Aug 03, 2016 8:32 pm  

Sam Williams if I'm not mistaken had a spell at Catalans under Trent Robinson and was pretty decent. If we could get him as Finns eventual replacement then we would have an exciting partnership on our hands.